[TPIN] Minnesota All State Wind & Percussion audition etudes

[Michael Anderson]

I think the Minnesota etude is a good one because it is efficient. Just
about everything you need to look for to separate the players who have
advanced skills and those who don't is there.

To really test someone on all of these skills would require 5 or more
different etudes or solos. I think this one serves the purpose quite well..
Flame away. ;-)

Oklahoma uses the Voxman/rubank book. The problem is they sometimes pick bad
etudes in that book. There are a couple that are very uncharacteristic and
quite difficult even for an advance player to master. This year's slow etude
is a good example. There are many good etudes in this book.. But sometimes
they pick those that aren't so useful.

At Oklahoma City Univ. the faculty recorded all the all-state etudes and put
them on our web site. (Tim Phillips was the engineer)

You can find them here if you are interested in hearing my recording of the
trumpet etudes.. You have to fill out a form to get to them though.. No
biggie.. We won't contact you.. Just put a note in there that you aren't a
high school student.. Unless you are and want to check out the school. :-)

http://www.okcu.edu/music/OMEA_etudes/

I may use that minnesota etude here for chair placement auditions!

MA


> From: Billy Marquis <bmarquis at awesomenet.net>
> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:55:39 -0600
> To: <TPIN at tpin.okcu.edu>
> Subject: [TPIN] Minnesota All State Wind & Percussion audition etudes
> 
> Ellis,
> 
> Your description of the trumpet etude as a notational puzzle is very accurate.
> This seems to be the trend in education these days - not to see what students
> know, but see if you can trick them or confuse them.
> 
> Here in Texas, TMEA, our older state association, selects three etudes each
> year for each instrument for All-State auditions. TMEA currently selects three
> All-State bands, plus at least one jazz band. (I don't know for sure about
> choirs or orchestras) The etudes are different each year, but are selected
> from standard wind instrument etude books.
> 
> About 15 years ago, a group of small school directors formed the Association
> of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB). The rationale was that we directors at
> smaller schools, usually working alone or with one other director, did not
> have the advantage of instrumental specialists on staff or ready access to
> private lessons. A five year rotation of etudes was adopted, wiith the
> students preparing two etudes, seven major scales and a chromatic scale.
> Trumpet etudes are taken from Selected Studies by Rubank/Voxman. ATSSB seats
> two All-State bands, plus one jazz band.
> 
> Check out TMEA at http://www.tmea.org/  - under Divisions > Band > All-State >
> Audition Materials
> Check out ATSSB at http://www.atssb.org - click Auditions on left bar
>