Current Students

I’ve created this page so that all of you have extra material and tools to practice and learn at home. If you have suggestions for other information here (websites or handouts we use during lessons, etc.), email me!

Honor Band Auditions

South Jersey Band and Orchestra Directors Association (SJBODA) Audition Info

Junior High

• Info
• Requirements
• Scales
• Solo (all from Rubank’s Concert and Contest Collection – students must own the book in order to audition. Links below to purchase. Solo will be performed unaccompanied, but the piano accompaniment is helpful for practicing if you have somebody who can play for you)
  • Trombone: TBD
    • Trombone solo book
    • Trombone solo book with online media (piano part, play along track, etc.)
    • Piano accompaniment only
  • Baritone/Euphonium: TBD
    • Baritone bass clef solo book
    • Baritone bass clef solo book with online media (piano part, play along track, etc.)
    • Piano accompaniment only

High School

• Info
• Requirements
• Solo
  • Trombone
  • Bass Trombone
  • Baritone/Euphonium

New Jersey Association for Jazz Education (NJAJE)

Audition Info

Tools:

• Metronome Online
• MusicTheory.net – Helpful lessons, exercises, and tools (see below for exercises)
• Apps – A lot of students ask me about the apps I use during lessons. Here are some of my favorites:
  • ForScore – iPad music reader
  • iBone – Handy for visualizing the harmonic series
  • InTune – Intonation practice
  • Notion – Notation software
  • Tenuto – MusicTheory.net’s exercises in a streamlined app format
  • Tuners
    • Bandmate – A fantastic tuner for students because it more clearly shows you what note you’re currently playing on the staff
    • Tonal Energy – My favorite tuner/metronome/recorder combo
• Harmonic Series & Position Chart
• Circle of 5ths
• Warmups
  • Trombone
    • “Beginner“
    • “Intermediate” (A)
    • “Intermediate” (B)
  • Baritone/Euphonium
    • “Beginner“
    • “Intermediate”
• Guide to Slurs (Trombone)

Theory Practice:

Note Identification

• Staff lesson/recap
• Lines only (Good Burritos Don’t Fall Apart): 
• Spaces only (All Cows Eat Grass): 
• Lines & spaces
• Extending Range
  • Below the staff (Tuba/Bass Trombone)
    • B1-F2 
    • F1-F2 
  • Above the staff (Trombone/Baritone/Bass Trombone)
    • B3-F4
    • B3-B4
• Full Range (per SJBODA)
  • Trombone/Baritone
  • Bass Trombone
  • Tuba
• Accidentals Recap
• Full Range w/ Accidentals
  • Trombone/Baritone
  • Bass Trombone
  • Tuba
• Key Signatures Recap
• Full Range w/ Key Signatures
  • Trombone/Baritone
  • Bass Trombone
  • Tuba
• Advanced Clefs
  • Tenor
  • Alto
  • Treble
  • All

Key Signature Identification

• Major
• Minor