Wind Instruments (Listed in Order of Performance)
| Junior | Clinic | Senior |
| Scales | Scales | Scales |
| Chromatic | Chromatic | Chromatic |
| Solo (Director Login Required)* | Solo (Director Login Required)* | Solo (Director Login Required)* |
| Sightreading | Sightreading | Sightreading |
| Terms (Region Level Only) | Terms (Region Level Only) | Terms (Region Level Only) |
| Tone | Tone | Tone |
*Note: PDF solos are only available to download by band directors of the SCBDA. To request access to the solo, please contact your registering band director.
1. String Bass Players – Students will be selected through the All-State Orchestra auditions for the Region and All-State Bands.
2. Note: Students auditioning will perform for one of 3 types of committees. Single committee auditions will take place in one room; double committee auditions will take place in 2 rooms, and triple committee auditions will use 3 rooms. ALL students auditioning will perform scales first followed by the solo and then sight-reading.
3. Students attending the Governor’s School for the Arts must audition in their “home region”.
4. Tone – This is for beauty, control, knowledge of characteristic sound, and ability to use this knowledge to the maximum effectiveness.
5. The required solo for winds must be performed within a two-minute time limit.
Percussion (Listed in Order of Performance)
| Junior | Clinic | Senior |
| Technical Proficiency | Technical Proficiency | Technical Proficiency |
| Solo (Director Login Required)* | Solo (Director Login Required)* | Solo (Director Login Required)* |
| Sightreading | Sightreading | Sightreading |
| Overall Technique | Overall Technique | Overall Technique |
| Terms (Region Level Only) | Terms (Region Level Only) | Terms (Region Level Only) |
*Note: PDF solos are only available to download by band directors of the SCBDA. To request access to the solo, please contact your registering band director.
5. Solo – Percussionists will designate one of the following two groups as their major area of performance: 1 – Battery/Mallets or 2 – Timpani. The time limit for each solo for battery and mallets is one minute. The time limit for the timpani solo is two minutes.
6. Musical Terms – Terms will be assessed at the Region audition only. Terms will not be part of the All-State callback audition. The terms will be shown to students during auditions, not read aloud. A group of terms will be listed on a sheet along with multiple choices of definitions. The students are to say the term aloud and give the correct answer. Click Here to view an Example Term Card.
7. Overall Technique for percussion will be the equivalent of the tone score for wind instruments. The technique score will be given at the end of the audition and will reflect the student’s overall level of sound quality and general approach to performing percussion music.
Sightreading Guidelines
| Junior | Clinic | Senior |
| Region | Region | Region |
| All-State | All-State | All-State |