Student Leadership Application

Peer Evaluation Form

Teacher Recommendation Form

Parent/Student Signature Page

Leadership Seminar & Audition Schedule

March 8            4:45 PM – 6:00 PM: Leadership Seminar (ALL ATTEND)

  • Organizational Meeting

  • Hand Out Information Packet & Leadership Application

  • Review Available Positions

  • Discussion of Process                              

March 9            4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Marching Seminar (ONLY SL, CAPTAIN & DM ATTEND)

  • Review Marching Fundamentals and Marching Audition Material.

  • Wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes.

                         5:00 PM – 5:30 PM: Instruction Seminar (ONLY SL, CAPTAIN & DM ATTEND)

  • Candidates for DM, CAPTAIN and SL will learn instruction techniques for the teaching portion of the audition process.

March 10           4:45 PM – 5:45 PM: Conducting Seminar (ONLY DM ATTEND) – with Wes Booker, Boston Crusaders DM!

  • Candidates for Drum Major will work on conducting techniques.

March 23           5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Instruction Seminar (ONLY SL, CAPTAIN & DM ATTEND)

  • Candidates for DM, CAPTAIN and SL will learn instruction techniques for the teaching portion of the audition process.      

March 24           4:45 PM – 5:45 PM: Conducting Seminar (ONLY DM ATTEND)

  • Candidates for Drum Major will work on conducting techniques.

March 27           8:45 AM: ALL LEADERSHIP PAPERWORK DUE – NO EXCEPTIONS.

April 10-11         7:30 AM – 4:00 PM: Marching Leadership Interviews (Before school, Tiger Time, after school)

April 17             4:40 PM – 5:10 PM: Marching Audition

  • All Marching Leadership Candidates will participate in the Marching audition

    5:15 PM – 6:00 PM: Instruction Audition

  • DM, CAPTAIN, and SL candidates will continue with the Instruction audition

                     6:05- PM – 6:30 PM: Conducting Audition

  • DM candidates will continue with the Conducting audition

April 21             12:00 PM: Leadership Team Positions Posted @ SPHSBand.org

The Audition Process:

Paperwork – Application, Resume, Special Honors (band only), Teacher Recommendation Form (x3), 5 Peer Evaluation Forms DUE March 27 AT 8:45 AM

Additional Drum Major Paperwork – Essay (DM Candidates) Due March 27 – 8:45 AM

Marching/Teaching/Conducting Auditions

  • Marching audition on Plus-Sign Drill (ALL Marching Leadership Candidates) April 17

  • Teaching audition (ALL Marching Leadership Candidates) April 17

  • Conducting audition (DM Candidates) April 17

Leadership Interviews April 10-11, Before school/Tiger Time/after school

Drum Major, Band Captains, Section Leaders, and Logistical Leadership will be posted Friday, April 21.

Marching Audition

(Marching Leadership Candidates)

General Information

Each candidate will be required to march a Plus-Sign drill on the marching field.

The Plus-Sign Drill will be marched without instruments/equipment.

The tempo will be 120 and 160.

The exercise will be performed multiple times

Marching Sequence

Plus-Sign Drill

  • Forward march 8, PREP, Backward march 8 – HALT

  • Backward slide left 8, PREP, Forward slide right 8 –HALT

  • Backward march 8, PREP, Forward march 8 – HALT

  • Backward slide right 8, PREP, Forward slide left 8 –HALT

Teaching Audition

(DM, CAPTAIN, SL, and Color Guard Candidates)

General Information

         Each candidate will be required to teach a small group for 5 minutes. 

         Band:

  • Balance Transfer Exercise

         Color Guard:

  • TBD at your Spin Camps.

         Percussion:

  • TBD at your Percussion Camps.

The metronome will be on at 120 BPM.

Conducting Audition

(DM Candidates)

Each candidate will conduct the meter exercise with a cutoff on the final measure.

Each candidate will conduct an excerpt of an opener by memory.

  • An MP3 of the excerpt will be played while the candidate is conducting.

  • The MP3 and score are both downloadable on the Stony Point Band Website.

Can I ask a wind musician who did indoor/fall percussion to be my percussion evaluator?

All percussion evaluators need to be students who participate in the percussion section full-time as their primary instrument.

What about extra points on the score sheet?

The most commonly asked about are summer band camps (Longhorn Music Camp, Texas State Band Camp, etc.) and volunteering at USBands Austin Finale. All of these are 20 points. If you have anything outside of these 2, please ask.