How do you prepare for a band audition?

Tips for a Successful Music Audition

1. Get an early start. Study each school’s audition requirements carefully.
2. Come prepared. Perform all of your audition pieces as many times as you can before your audition.
3. Set yourself up for success on audition day.
4. Expect the unexpected.
5. Don’t worry if you’re not perfect.

Is it hard to make all-state band?

The process of advancing to All-State is a competitive process. It requires talent, diligence, and understanding of the audition process. Often, due to lack of auditioning experience, talented players will mess up and choke.

Does all-state band look good for college?

At the kind of schools you are looking at, absolutely not. It’s all about the audition. Nail the Audition and no one will care what you did at All-state..

What does it mean to make all region band?

All Region Band is an audition process that involves hundreds of students-Jefferson band students have already been working on their Region Music and scales since last year! The work will culminate in a clinic and concert for Region Full Orchestra and for Region Band.

What does it mean to make all-state?

all-state in American English (ˈɔlˈsteit) adjective. selected on the basis of merit to represent one’s state, often in a competition. an all-state debater.

Do colleges like drum major?

Drum Major is a huge responsibility, and colleges know that. You’ll show leadership on and off the field and will often be the first person that younger students will come to with questions or concerns, since you are acting as a liaison between the band conductor and the students.

Do colleges care about music?

Continuous enrollment in music is valued by colleges and universities much more highly than extra years of foreign language classes. Playing an instrument well can help a student get into a university if the student is willing to play in the university’s ensembles.