Nov. 15th. Santa Rosa County Honor Band Tryouts
Honor Band tryouts will be held Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 15th. at Milton H.S.
It is expected that ALL instrumental students participate. This includes all horn players and percussionist.
These tryouts will count as a test for the 2nd. 9 weeks as well as set the initial chair placements within our
ensembles.
We will travel to Milton after school, busses will be provided. Students will perform at their selected time.
Following the audition, we will have dinner together at a local restaurant. Student's should be prepared to buy their meal.
Students are also allowed to drive themselves or carpool with their parents permission.
If everything stays on schedule, we should be home around 9:30pm.
4:30pm - 5:15pm Travel to Milton H.S.
5:15pm - 5:45pm Unload and Warm-up
6:00pm - 8:00pm Tryouts
8:00pm - 9:30pm Dinner and Return to NHS
Onsite Directions
Students should arrive and park close to the Milton High School Bandroom. The address is 5445 Stewart Street, Milton FL. Once they come up Stewart Street, they should turn onto Park Avenue by the airplane monument…then into the parking lot on the right. The bandroom is located on the hill of that parking lot and has large white letters on the side that read “Milton High School Bandroom”.
Once they walk into the bandroom, they should come to the information table and receive their audition forms. Please note:
ALL BRASS & WOODWIND PLAYERS WILL RECEIVE TWO FORMS (Audition Form #1 & Audition Form #2)
ALL PERCUSSIONISTS SHOULD RECEIVE THREE FORMS (Snare Audition Form, Timpani Audition Form, & Mallet Audition Form)
Students should fill-out the top portion for all of their audition forms and then proceed to warm-up in the bandroom.
After warming up, students should report to their audition room about 5-10 minutes prior to their scheduled audition. Be sure to take their audition forms with them to the audition rooms.
Once they enter the audition room, the student will turn in the appropriate audition form to the judge and begin their audition.
Brass & Woodwind Audition Room #1 (and form #1) – 3 Chromatically-Adjacent Major Scales & Prepared Piece
Brass & Woodwind Audition Room #2 (and form #2) – Chromatic Scale & Sightreading
Percussion:
Snare Room – Prepared & Sightreading
Mallet Room – Prepared & Sightreading
Once students have finished their audition, they should pack up their instrument and depart the campus (not hang out in the warm-up room and show off how high, fast, & loud that they can play!).
Directions to Milton H.S. are here.
The Milton H.S. campus layout is here.
It is expected that ALL instrumental students participate. This includes all horn players and percussionist.
These tryouts will count as a test for the 2nd. 9 weeks as well as set the initial chair placements within our
ensembles.
We will travel to Milton after school, busses will be provided. Students will perform at their selected time.
Following the audition, we will have dinner together at a local restaurant. Student's should be prepared to buy their meal.
Students are also allowed to drive themselves or carpool with their parents permission.
If everything stays on schedule, we should be home around 9:30pm.
4:30pm - 5:15pm Travel to Milton H.S.
5:15pm - 5:45pm Unload and Warm-up
6:00pm - 8:00pm Tryouts
8:00pm - 9:30pm Dinner and Return to NHS
Onsite Directions
Students should arrive and park close to the Milton High School Bandroom. The address is 5445 Stewart Street, Milton FL. Once they come up Stewart Street, they should turn onto Park Avenue by the airplane monument…then into the parking lot on the right. The bandroom is located on the hill of that parking lot and has large white letters on the side that read “Milton High School Bandroom”.
Once they walk into the bandroom, they should come to the information table and receive their audition forms. Please note:
ALL BRASS & WOODWIND PLAYERS WILL RECEIVE TWO FORMS (Audition Form #1 & Audition Form #2)
ALL PERCUSSIONISTS SHOULD RECEIVE THREE FORMS (Snare Audition Form, Timpani Audition Form, & Mallet Audition Form)
Students should fill-out the top portion for all of their audition forms and then proceed to warm-up in the bandroom.
After warming up, students should report to their audition room about 5-10 minutes prior to their scheduled audition. Be sure to take their audition forms with them to the audition rooms.
Once they enter the audition room, the student will turn in the appropriate audition form to the judge and begin their audition.
Brass & Woodwind Audition Room #1 (and form #1) – 3 Chromatically-Adjacent Major Scales & Prepared Piece
Brass & Woodwind Audition Room #2 (and form #2) – Chromatic Scale & Sightreading
Percussion:
Snare Room – Prepared & Sightreading
Mallet Room – Prepared & Sightreading
Once students have finished their audition, they should pack up their instrument and depart the campus (not hang out in the warm-up room and show off how high, fast, & loud that they can play!).
Directions to Milton H.S. are here.
The Milton H.S. campus layout is here.
