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Meet Mr. Jovon Milford, Interim Director of Bands
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Upload your audition video file or paste a link from YouTube, Vimeo, DropBox, or any cloud storage site.
Audition Requirements
1. 12 Major Scales
2. Chromatic Scale
(Full range of your instrument from the lowest practical note to the highest practical note)
3. A prepared solo or etude
(Please do not perform marching band or concert band pieces.)
1. Snare (required)
Rudiments (5 stroke roll, 6 stroke roll, 9 stroke roll, 17 stroke roll, Long roll, Flam, Paradiddle, Swiss army triplet, Single Flammed Mill, and Lesson 25)
Prepared solo or etude (Please do not perform marching band or concert band pieces.)
2. Choose one additional instrument:
Mallets
12 Major Scales
Prepared solo or etude
Timpani
Prepared solo or etude
Videos should include a 1-2 minute routine choreographed by the student and include spins and tosses. Although not required, students may also use rifles, sabers, swing flags, or other equipment to demonstrate their skill.
Before students are invited to the preliminary audition, they must have a minimum 2.25 GPA, and upload a headshot and body shot. Upload Photos
Technical elements required for preliminary audition include:
Attire for preliminary audition
1. Make sure you have submitted your FAFSA information
Our FAFSA code is 003417
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803-376-5792
2. You must have been accepted into Allen University before your scholarship is official!
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Meet Mr. Jovon Milford, Interim Director of Bands
Welcome to the Allen University Marching "Band of Gold! Take a look around our site and enjoy some of the highlights of our story. We can't wait to meet you.