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for UI Bands</h2> <p>All students must audition for acceptance and placement every semester in all University of Illinois bands. This strict policy is one way the University of Illinois Band Program lives up to it's historic responsibility. Please read this entire page before going to another page.  </p> <p>If you want information on auditioning for <b>athletic bands</b>, read this page then select <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://bands.illinois.edu/content/athletic-bands-audition-information">HERE</a>.</p> <p>If you want information on auditioning for <b>concert bands</b>, read this page then select <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://bands.illinois.edu/content/concert-bands-audition-information">HERE</a>.</p> <h3>All Incoming Freshman and Transfer Students (new students)<br/> Preliminary Placement Audition (Music Majors & Non-Majors)</h3> <p>Preliminary auditions for new students (freshmen and transfer students) to get an idea about which concert band to audition for will be available throughout the spring and summer on specific dates to be listed on this page soon. </p> <p>During this preliminary audition, students may indicate their interest in participating in one of the Concert Bands and/or Athletic Bands. This audition will let you know basic information such as acceptance to the band program and a likely band placement for scheduling purposes. This audition is NOT the actual placement audition that is required. The preliminary placement audition offers the student necessary information regarding acceptance and likely scheduling.</p> <p>Music majors are already accepted to bands by virtue of being accepted through audition to the School of Music, however, a placement auditions is still required to get an idea of likely scheduling.  </p> <p><b>If you take the Marching Illini audition, that audition doubles as your preliminary placement audition.</b></p> <h3>Preliminary Placement Audition Material</h3> <p>The core of all auditions for concert bands and athletic bands is the same.  If you take the Marching Illini audition, that counts as your preliminary placement audition.  </p> <ul> <li>Two scales of your choice, plus chromatic scale throughout your workable range</li> <li>2-minute prepared work (solo, etude, excerpt, concerto, etc. -- but just 2 mins. of it)</li> <li>Sight reading<br/> <br/> Concert Percussion: Sight reading on your selected instrument and a prepared work on your selected instrument not to exceed 2 minutes. <br/> <br/> Marching Percussion:  See "Athletic Bands" on the audition menu.</li> </ul> <p>All ensembles are open to every University of Illinois student based on audition.  </p> <p>Non-Music Majors</p> <p>If you are not a music major, you are not alone. Sixty percent of bands enrollment is from non-majors representing every college and virtually every major on campus. </p> <h3>Current U of I students</h3> <p>Any UI student who has not taken a preliminary placement audition or played in UI bands previously, must do so before participating in the UI Bands. Contact the University Bands Office <u>before</u> August 1 to make arrangements.</p> <h2>Specific Audition Information</h2> <p>If you want information on auditioning for <b>athletic bands</b>, select <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://bands.illinois.edu/content/athletic-bands-audition-information">HERE</a>.</p> <p>If you want information on auditioning for <b>concert bands</b>, select <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://bands.illinois.edu/content/concert-bands-audition-information">HERE</a>.</p> <h2> </h2> </div> </div> <br style="clear:both"/> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="container"> <div id="links"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/news">News</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.music.illinois.edu/about.php">History</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/faculty-and-staff">Faculty</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/ensembles">Ensembles</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/content/general-audition-information">Auditions</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/content/bands-library">Band Library</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/content/corporate-partners">Corporate Partners</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/giving">Giving</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/content/ui-bands-alumni">Band Alumni</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/content/resources-0">Resources | Links</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/contact">Contact | Information</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/content/prospective-student-information-form">Prospective Students</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.bands.illinois.edu/">Home</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.music.illinois.edu/">School of Music</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.music.illinois.edu/isym/index.html">ISYM</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.faa.illinois.edu/">College of Fine and Applied Arts</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.illinois.edu/">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a>  </div> </div> <div id="cfaa-logo"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.faa.illinois.edu/"><span>College of Fine and Applied Arts</span></a> </div> <div id="illinois-logo"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110511233306/http://www.illinois.edu/"><span>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> $(function(){ $('#header .block-primary-links .content > ul.menu').addClass('sf-menu'); $('ul.sf-menu').superfish(); $('#banner').cycle({ fx: 'fade' }); }); $(document).ready(function() { try { myAudioObj = new Audio(""); audioObjSupport = !!(myAudioObj.canPlayType); basicAudioSupport = !!(!audioObjSupport ? myAudioObj.play : false); if (myAudioObj.canPlayType) { canPlayMp3 = ("no" != myAudioObj.canPlayType("audio/mpeg")) && ("" != myAudioObj.canPlayType("audio/mpeg")); } } catch (e) { audioObjSupport = false; basicAudioSupport = false; } if (canPlayMp3) { $('.1pixelflashplayer').each(function(index) { var $player = $(this); $player.hide(); var url = $player.attr('title'); $player.after('<audio controls="controls" height="100px" width="300px" src="'+url+'" ></audio>'); }); } }); </script> </body> </html>