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!
South Jersey Band and Orchestra Directors Association (SJBODA) Audition Info 2023-2024
- Junior High
- Info
- Requirements
- Solo (from Rubank’s Concert and Contest Collection)
- Trombone: Missa Morceau de Concours (pg. 12), mm. 1-44
- Baritone/Euphonium: Ostransky, Romance in Eb (pg. 7), Beginning to end of meas. 4 on line 4
- High School
- Info
- Requirements
- Solo
- Trombone: Barat Andante & Allegro
- Bass Trombone: McCarty Sonata, movements 2 & 3
- Baritone/Euphonium: Telemann (arr. Roselle) Sonata in G
New Jersey Association for Jazz Education (NJAJE) Audition Info 2023-2024
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 handy format
- Tuners
- Bandmate – A fantastic tuner for beginners because it 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”
- Trombone
- 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
- Full Range (per SJBODA)
- Accidentals Recap
- Full Range w/ Accidentals
- Key Signatures Recap
- Full Range w/ Key Signatures
- Advanced Clefs