Instrumental Audition Guidelines and Rules
All-County Scoring  Each woodwind, brass, string, and percussion student who auditions at our January audition festivals earns a score based on a 100-point system. A weighted score, determined by the solo level, is used for selection to an all-county ensemble.
Limits on Solo Levels All string, brass, woodwind, and percussion are limited as follows at January audition: | | Grade in School | NYSSMA Solo Levels | | Elementary | 4-6 | 1-4 | | Junior High | 7-9 | 1-5 | | Senior High | 10-12 | 1-6 | All solo auditions must be within the NYSSMA levels listed for each student's grade in school. Seating Auditions After selection to an All-County group, each student will receive the concert music which is to be prepared before the first rehearsal. At the first rehearsal, sectionals and/or auditions may be held.
Rules
Instrumental students are only selected to an all-county band or orchestra by attaining a score at a live audition at the designated date and site for that festival.
All student instrumental auditions must be registered on SoloChair.com by November 15. No late registrations permitted.
A student may only perform an audition on an instrument listed in the drop down menu on the SoloChair festival registration page.
A second published edition of the solo (judge's copy) is required by ECMEA for a student to be considered for selection into an all-county ensemble. If a student performs without a second published edition of the solo, he/she will only receive a rating and will not be eligible for selection into an all-county ensemble.
Students with illegally copied music (not published editions) will not be allowed to perform.
Teachers are not allowed to switch students between audition rooms.
All instruments (including strings & mallet percussion) will play only 1 octave scales.
Auditions are 10 minutes in length except Junior and Senior high percussion auditions which are 15 minutes long. Adjudicators may choose to hear excerpts of long solos.
Observers are allowed to hear only the scale and solo sections of the audition, and are not allowed to interrupt or speak during the audition. Failure to observe this rule will disqualify the auditioning student.
Audio or video recording of any part of the audition is not allowed. Failure to observe this rule will disqualify the auditioning student.
When an adjudicator has his/her private student scheduled in his audition room, every attempt will be made to switch the private student into another audition room of the same instrument. This reassignment is at the discretion of the Festival Administrator or adjudicator, and not of the parent or student.
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Instrumental Guidelines 