Part Placement Video Guidelines

Due Dates (Winds)
Early Decision: June 9
Regular deadline: July 4

We have an enrollment cap for the marching band. While we rarely turn people away, you are encouraged to get your signup in by the Early Decision (June 9) date to claim your spot early.

Wind Players

Guidelines

You will be asked for a link to your part hearing video when filling out the signup form. This can be on a video hosting platform such as YouTube or Vimeo, it can be in a storage service like Drive, Dropbox, or Box. As long as the link works, and will stay live through the summer

Videos should be taken from a perspective where the viewer can see your valves/keys/slide, and should prioritize sound recording quality over video recording quality. Please make sure your video reflects the way you sound in person as much as possible.

There will be two components to this year’s part hearing videos:

Scales:

Bb and C instruments - Concert Ab Major (two octaves if possible)

Eb and F instruments - Concert Eb Major (two octaves if possible)

All instruments - Chromatic scale to your personal comfortable high and low range limits

Fight Song

One play-through of Hail To OSU

Starting measure one, take the first, then third ending.

A recording of Hail can be found here.

Parts can be found here

Color Guard and Drumline

Drumline and Color Guard run workshops over the summer, and auditions take place at the end of the summer

Find more information about drumline and guard auditions on the drumline and color guard pages