HOW TO AUDITION FOR THE 2020 INTERCOLLEGIATE BAND
We are pleased to announce that the Mississippi Intercollegiate Band will be held on the Hinds Community College campus on March 19-21, 2020. Our clinician will be Professor Anthony Maiello of George Mason University (https://music.gmu.edu/staff/anthony-maiello/). Professor Maiello is an outstanding clinician, and your students will certainly enjoy this experience.
Download the 2020 Intercollegiate Band Schedule
Download the 2020 Intercollegiate Band Roster
Basic Information
The procedure for preparing the recording is as follows:
If you have further questions about this process, please work with your band director who will help you get answers to your questions.
There is no individual fee for a student to audition or participate. Each student is responsible for his/her own lodging, transportation, and meals.
Local Hotels
Hampton Inn
493 Springridge Rd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 925-9393
Hilton Garden Inn
5007 Hampstead Blvd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 460-6116
Holiday Inn Express
495 Springridge Rd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 708-0400
Comfort Inn and Suites
5010 Hampstead Blvd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 925-8250
Fairfield Inn and Suites
Hampstead Blvd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 925-5750
Download the 2020 Intercollegiate Band Schedule
Download the 2020 Intercollegiate Band Roster
Basic Information
- Band students from any 2 year or 4 year institution are eligible to audition, regardless of major.
- All students should fill out and submit this registration form: https://forms.gle/i9kjYmUmHm2C8X82A
(Your audition recording and copy of the music will be uploaded into the registration form.) - Winds Audition Requirements:
- Extended chromatic scale
- 1.5 minutes of prepared etudes or excerpts from solo literature
- A PDF copy of all music on the recording should be included
- Percussion Audition Requirements:
- All students will audition on snare, mallets, and timpani
- Each etude or excerpt for each percussion instrument should not exceed 1 minute in duration
- A PDF copy of all music on the recording should be included
The procedure for preparing the recording is as follows:
- Speak your name very clearly at the beginning of the recording.
- Introduce the chromatic scale and etude verbally, then perform it.
- Please indicate the end of your recording by saying, “end of recording".
- Recordings should be done in 1 take. No “splicing” or “editing” of recordings allowed.
- Recording files and music pdf files should be labeled 'InstrumentFirstNameLastName.' (Ex: TrumpetJohnSmith.mp3 or TrumpetJohnSmith.pdf)
- Mislabeled files may not be able to be opened.
- All auditions are due on February 21, 2020.
If you have further questions about this process, please work with your band director who will help you get answers to your questions.
There is no individual fee for a student to audition or participate. Each student is responsible for his/her own lodging, transportation, and meals.
Local Hotels
Hampton Inn
493 Springridge Rd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 925-9393
Hilton Garden Inn
5007 Hampstead Blvd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 460-6116
Holiday Inn Express
495 Springridge Rd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 708-0400
Comfort Inn and Suites
5010 Hampstead Blvd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 925-8250
Fairfield Inn and Suites
Hampstead Blvd
Clinton, MS 39056
(601) 925-5750