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There are many opportunities available for middle school students to participate in various bands and honor festivals during the year. Hanover Middle School is part of the Southeastern District of the Massachusetts Music Educators Association, and therefore can participate in the yearly SE District Jr. Music Festival as well as the music festival sponsored by the Southeastern Massachusetts School Bandmasters Association (S.E.M.S.B.A.). Students in grades 7 and 8 from the band and chorus may audition to be accepted to these music festivals. Audition information is distributed at the beginning of the year. Members of the honor band and chorus are selected based on an audition of scales and prepared music. It is highly recommended that all students audition for this great opportunity. Lessons with a private lesson instructor are highly recommended for interested instrumentalists and most lesson teachers regularly send students to these auditions and festivals. Those students selected for the honor ensemble will participate in a weekend rehearsal and concert under the leadership of a well-known conductor. It is a wonderful musical experience and a chance to meet other young musicians from Massachusetts.
Junior District Scale Requirements Major scales are to be played from memory and as indicated below. All scales should be slurred, in eighth notes, at MM quarter note =120, ascending and descending. The charts below clearly define the major scales and the required octave range. Chromatic scales, played from memory within the range indicated below, should be slurred in eighth notes ascending and descending at the tempi indicated below (quarter note = one beat). The charts below clearly define the ranges for all chromatic scales and their tempi.
Jr. District Audition Percussion Requirements All percussionists will need to prepare Solo #3 from "Eight 3 Minute Audition Solos for Multiple Percussion" - Tanner, Alfred Pub..cat.# 3-2955. Students will be judged on not only on how they play the different percussion instruments at each station but also on how they count the beats or measures between each written part. Students should take note of the setup of the different stations suggested by the author and should bring sufficient copies of music for each station.
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Junior S.E.M.S.B.A. Scale Requirements Major scales are to be played from memory and as indicated below. All scales should be slurred, in eighth notes, at a moderate tempo, ascending and descending. The charts below clearly define the major scales and the required octave range. Chromatic scales, played from memory within the range indicated below, should be slurred in eighth notes ascending and descending at the tempi indicated below (quarter note = one beat). The charts below clearly define the ranges for all chromatic scales and their tempi.
Jr. SEMSBA Audition Percussion Requirements All percussionists will need to prepare the exercises using percussion accessory instruments. Students will be judged on not only on how they play the different percussion instruments at each station but also on how they count the beats or measures between each written part. Students should take note of the setup of the different stations suggested by the author and should bring sufficient copies of music for each station.
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