Festival of Honor Bands

The Festival of Honor Bands occurs on the last Saturday of January each year and consists of three honor bands.  The bands are comprised of High School and Junior High School students from Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota who come together for a full day of rehearsals culminating in a late afternoon concert. Students are selected on the basis of a taped audition and given the opportunity to work with guest clinicians. All application and audition materials are listed below.

The 2009 Festival of Honor Bands will be held on Saturday, January 31

To participate in 2008 Festival of Honor Bands please
download the Honor Band Application (pdf)

and return to:

Dr. David Bohnert
Director of Bands
Wayne State College
1111 N. Main
Wayne, NE 68787

 

 

Audition Music

Click on the appropriate links below to view and print this year's audition music. You will need Adobe Reader to view these files, which is available for free download at:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

 

Junior High School Band

 

All Junior High auditions should begin with a chromatic scale throughout the individual's full range. Please slur eighth notes at m.m. 60. Then record the appropriate audition piece below.

 

FLUTE	HORN
OBOE	TROMBONE
CLARINET	BARITONE B.C.
ALTO/CONTRA ALTO CLARINET	BARITONE T.C.
BASS CLARINET	TUBA
BASSOON	STRING BASS
ALTO SAXOPHONE	MALLET PERCUSSION*
TENOR SAXOPHONE	SNARE DRUM*
BARITONE SAXOPHONE	TIMPANI*
TRUMPET	ALL PARTS

*Percussionists may perform on one or more instruments for their audition (no rudiments required).

 

High School Band

 

All High School auditions should begin with concert C and A flat scales throughout the individual's full range. Please tongue eighth notes at m.m. 80. Then record the appropriate audition piece below.

 

*Percussionists may perform on one or more instruments for their audition (no rudiments required).

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