Audition Requirements Cycle 2

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Who can audition?

To be eligible to audition for AIJB, students must reside in the State of Illinois, be a 7th or 8th grade student in good standing in their Illinois school band program, and be nominated and registered to audition by their school band director.  AIJB reserves the right to verify student eligibility with local school officials.

2025 Audition Requirements
(Cycle 2 • Nov. 2024 audition/Jan. 2025 festival)

Download AIJB Requirements – Cycle 2

Woodwinds and Brass

  1. Chromatic Scale – Tongue Ascending, Slur Descending (AIJB Scale Sheet: WoodwindsBrass)
  2. Selected etudes from Rubank Supplementary Studies by R.M. Endresen (Rubank Inc.)

Percussion

  1. Selected Snare, Mallet, and Timpani etudes from More Audition Etudes by Garwood Whaley (Meredith Music)

2025 AIJB Auditions – Required Etudes (Cycle 2)

Flute/Piccolo
Rubank Supplementary Studies for Flute – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #31, pg. 19 (q=100)
  2. Etude #37, pg. 23 (q=80)
  3. 3 Octave C-C Chromatic Scale (AIJB Scale Sheet)

Oboe
Rubank Supplementary Studies for Saxophone – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #23, pg. 13 (q=100)
  2. Etude #19, pg. 11 (q=76)
  3. 2 Octave C-C Chromatic Scale (AIJB Scale Sheet)

Bassoon
Rubank Supplementary Studies for Trombone – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #24, pg. 13 (q=160)
  2. Etude #42, pg. 25  (q=76)
  3. 2 Octave G-G Chromatic Scale (AIJB Scale Sheet)

Clarinet
Rubank Supplementary Studies for Clarinet – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #21, pg. 12 (q.=70) [No D.C.]
  2. Etude #19, pg. 11 (q=76)
  3. 3 Octave E-E Chromatic Scale (AIJB Scale Sheet)

Bass Clarinet (transposed copy)
Rubank Supplementary Studies for Tuba – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #31, pg. 17 (q=112)
  2. Etude #16, pg. 9 (q.=60)
  3. 2 Octave E-E Chromatic Scale (AIJB Scale Sheet)

Saxophone
Rubank Supplementary Studies for Saxophone – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #23, pg. 13 (q=96)
  2. Etude #15, pg. 9 (q=69)
  3. Alto & Tenor – 2.5 Octave C-E Chromatic Scale
    Baritone – 2 Octave C-C Chromatic Scale   (AIJB Scale Sheet)

Trumpet
Rubank Supplementary Studies for Trumpet – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #29, pg. 22 (q=96) [stop at second double bar]
  2. Etude #9, pg. 8 (q=76) [stop at double bar]
  3. 2 Octave A-A Chromatic Scale (AIJB Scale Sheet)

French Horn
Rubank Supplementary Studies for French Horn – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #12, pg. 10 (q.=66) [No D.C.]
  2. Etude #16, pg. 12 & 13 (e=112)
  3. 2 Octave F-F Chromatic Scale (AIJB Scale Sheet)

Trombone/Euphonium
Rubank Supplementary Studies for Trombone – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #24, pg. 13 (q=160)
  2. Etude #42, pg. 25 (q=76)
  3. 2 Octave G-G Chromatic Scale (AIJB Scale Sheet)

Tuba
Rubank Supplementary Studies for Tuba – R.M. Endresen

  1. Etude #31, pg. 17 (q=112)
  2. Etude #16, pg. 9 (q.=60)
  3. 2 Octave G-G Chromatic Scale (AIJB Scale Sheet)

Percussion
More Audition Etudes – Garwood Whaley

  1. Snare- Etude #1, pg. 9 (q=126)
  2. Mallet – Etude #3, pg. 27 (h=72)
  3. Timpani – Etude #7, pg. 23 (q=100/q=60)