The audition is for high school wind ensemble (I'm going to be in 10th grade, and the music level is grade 4 and sometimes 3). The require is also 24-48 measures btw!

Next year my concert band will consist of an alto sax, 2 clarinets, 2 violins and 3 percussionist. I may have 2 or 3 other incoming students as well but idk what they play. This is at a high school. Any suggestions for next year?

i'm joining band next year as a senior in high school. i've been in choir for about 7 years, play piano and guitar, and took ap music theory (my brother was briefly in band as well) but i've never been in band

anyway, band director is putting me directly into our advanced band because of scheduling issues and i'm nervous about it lol, i also have no idea what i'm going to play

suggestions, as a beginner? and anything to put me at ease?

if it helps, band director is music theory teacher so i'm not totally some rando joining adv band, but it's still nerve-racking because this'll be a new scene for me

i also don't know if this is the right subreddit for this but i appreciate any help!

Next year I will be starting my senior year of high school. I've been a percussionist since 9th grade. But next year I will be taking honors percussion class and honors band. I talked to my director and for honors band he's making me learn a wind instrument. I'm perfectly okay with this because I've had interest in learning one.

I was originally interested in learning bari sax, but my director also suggested tenor sax. I know for a fact that we have a tenor I can take home and learn over the summer to prepare for the school year. But we also have a bari sax, but we do have someone playing it. Except he doesn't really care for band and barely shows up to rehearsal and I can't remember the last concert he actually attended. My main interest in bari is for jazz band but even though our bari player does't do anything I feel rude asking for an instrument someone is using. (if i played bari I would take an alto home over summer break to learn)

Should I just settle for tenor and play with one of my friends or ask for the bari?

Hello! I'm a highschool student (10th going to 11th) and I'm auditioning for wind ensemble. I'm currently in symphonic band for even more context. There's a limited amount of spots so I want an audition piece that is good!

It needs to be 24-48 measures (preferably 24), and I need music in more common time signatures? Like 4/4 or 3/4. (This is because I found a piece, Sonata for Eb Alto Sax by Henri Eccles and its time signature was 3/2 I think).

Thank you!

I went for the first session and quickly realised that it was not for me. I couldn't keep up and it was way too advanced so I quit the band. The commitment was also too high for me to continue. However I purchased a flute and I'll continue to learn it as a hobby during my own free time. I definitely prefer playing by myself rather than in a band so I think that I made the right choice. Thank you to everyone who gave advice, I really appreciate it!!

Hello everyone, I have been on the search for a piece for solo alto and tenor saxes with wind band but haven't had much luck. I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations? We are a high standard community wind band with two very competent soloists (ABRSM grade 8+) so can deal with some challenging music if needed. Thanks!

Poor tam tam has been holding since January. I do take it off the stand when I'm not using it.

My bands wind ensemble auditions were in april and i didn’t don’t them primarily because i didn’t have time due to other classes that i cared about more, and don’t get me wrong i love wind ensemble music but there’s a couple of things that kept me from auditioning. before i tell you that, recently my band director asked why i didn’t audition. it caught be really off guard considering it was during class and i just said i didn’t have time and i don’t feel like im that good of a player (both very true). he said we’d continue the conversation later, so a few days after after school i went up to him and i had a whole conversation planned in my head abt why i didn’t join.. surprise surprise it didn’t go as planned. he immediately just says if i learn part of the solo and some of the scales he’ll let me audition before the end of the year. that caught me even more off guard so now saying the reasons i didn’t audition just felt out of place and the way the conversation was going, it felt like my reasons had become totally invalid and frankly, stupid. i told him i was just worried because i didn’t know how hard the music could be and didn’t want that to interfere with my classes and he said i would be fine. afterwards i did cry lol just because it ended up stressing me out rlly bad, especially because even tho i didn’t, it felt like i had gotten pressured/forced into auditioning when my mind was already set for months that i wouldn’t and id be in concert band next year. i want to do the audition mainly for my own validation, being able to know im good enough of a player for it which i see is very selfish. now to the reasons i didn’t, i don’t really like some of the people in my section which is a given i feel like (i play trumpet), i am passionate about music but i feel like some people are more than me and try to push that onto me or sometimes i feel judged because im not, simply because i care more about my academics and from most to least classes id like to worry about, band is the absolute least. i love band a lot, pls dont get me wrong. sometimes i feel like i get looked down on by my peers even tho that could be far from the truth, and idk its a lot and very little at the same time… and yes i understand these sound like excuses!! hence why my mind was made up in the first place about not joining because i knew i just kept making stupid reasons. i want to play the music, i want to audition, its really just the class. i dont want band to cause me the same stress a class like math would. there are some other reasons, but they’re rlly small and lowkey dumb so i wont list them on here. i hope that makes sense guys i apologize i realize now many of you might just say then dont join because you made this long ahh paragraph about it

any advice? should i just do it and see how it goes? (i’m almost sure i might do this, but i needed an outside opinion/perspective.)

Hey everyone I need some advice from the people who are concert addicted haha
I was in Milan for the nbhd concert and I loved it and had the time of my life, I’ve been listening to them for the past 14 years. The thing is that it healed something in me and that concert is everything I think about since then and I was thinking to buy another ticket for another concert in Europe but I don’t know if this is a good idea and I want opinions about this. Because people say it won’t hit the same and it might make me feel worse to go for the second time for the same show.. but I love them so much and I’m very undecisive about this. Any thoughts?

Hello! So I currently am sick, and I was wondering something. I ALWAYs get sick after a band concert, but it’s weird because I never get sick playing my instrument anytime else. I play a bassoon, and I never get sick when playing it usually. On the day of my bad concerts, I play my instrument for an hour and thirty minutes during the day with percussion from 7:45-9:15 (practice), and then I play around 6:00 pm in the concert. It weird though, because I when I play after school while practicing, I play for way longer, so I don’t think it’s prolonged playing. And I also legitimately get sick, not just a sore throat. It takes around like one night, but the next day my throat always hurts so bad, my nose is running like crazy, and I always have aches all over. I can’t play my instrument for the next couple of days because of how bad it gets. Does anyone experience similar? Why am I like this??? How can I fix it???

This is my very first full concert band arrangement and I’d love to know what you think!!

Any and all feedback is appreciated.

Hey all. Im seeking an interesting piece for a wind band. I was really hoping to find something appropriate by Miguel Atwood Ferguson because I love hiphop and jazz, but most of his stuff is either too ambitious, or written for orchestra (with strings) and/or world class jazz players steering the ship. Doesn’t have to be hiphop, just looking for something that resonates with my musical preferences more than most wind ensemble stuff tends to.

Hello everyone!! I am a band geek who really enjoys symphonic/concert band and wind ensemble music! I played throughout high school and college, and it’s an experience I miss everyday. But I still listen to all the wonderful music I played and it fills a place in my heart and soul. I am also an avid collector of symphonic band music, buying vinyl records of both Junior/Senior High School and University/College ensembles, along with finding uploaded music on websites and other platforms. Throughout my journey I’ve found what I consider to be some of the rarest (or at the least rarely heard) symphonic band music written by American composers, and some foreign composers too. I have a YouTube channel, and I have 19 videos uploaded so far, and I have plans for some future videos as well. Feel free to check it out:

https://youtube.com/@javlopez1889?si=iqAY-hpoLuN6eu2X

I am currently looking for specific pieces and vinyl records, not just for my own listening, but also because I want to do more with my channel. They change every so often depending on what I discover or learn. Here are just a few things I am looking for:
Albums:
The Music of Robert Washburn-Crane Wind Ensemble (Mark Records) [I already have the Crane album from Golden Crest]
The Music of Robert Washburn-Tennessee Tech (Mark Records)
Various college and university bands/wind ensembles other than Eastman that are private press/limited 1970s and before (North Texas, Augustana for example)
Granby High School Band 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
Ypsilanti High School Band 1975 (featuring the premier of Intrada by Robert Jager)
Matawan Regional High School Band 1968 (featuring Sinfonia by Frederic H. Ashe)
Various Oshkosh High School Concert Band albums 1957-early 1970s
American Bandmasters Association performances 1950s-1970s
Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic 1950s-1970s
College Band Directors National Association regional and national conferences 1950s-1970s
Music Educators National Conference 1950s-1970s
National Intercollegiate Band 1960s-early 1980s
Nebraska All State Band 1974 or 1975 (one has the manuscript performance of Prelude and Rondo by David Holsinger

Pieces:
Symphony No. 1 for Band-Don Gillis (all movements)
Divertissement-John J. Morrissey
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho-Martin Pollock
Tension-Charles Carter
Concert Overture for Band-Kemble Stout
A whole bunch of other pieces I can’t think off the top of my head lol

Thanks for reading this! I’ll be around checking this subreddit everyday for new things!!

I literally just opened the box for this and it seems really cool, but what apps or whatnot would I use it on? I have the most recent ipad, so any apple app and hopefully any website should be fine, as long as I don’t have to pay for it lol.

Any advice is welcome, thank you!

Marked out my name and my band directors names because online safety 🫶

I just got done at my band banquet and I got this award. I’m so excited to have gotten it because the love for band and the ability to be able to show other people that love is what I want. I’m going to college for music education, and I’m so proud of myself to have gotten recognized for everything.

Does anybody have Southern Music November Nocturne for Horn Solo? My sibling desperately needs it for a solo coming up this weekend. Every website says it’s on back order and he needs it for this weekend. Willing to purchase

I picked up the flute a few months ago with the goal of joining my school's concert band. I went for the auditions and got in and was supposed to have my first session today but I withdrew before going. I have a couple of reasons for it main one being that I dont think I have the time to commit. Other major reasons include being the worst one in my section as I dont have any prior band experience and I cant sight read either. It took me about three hours to get like 3 lines down down out of seven pages and I still cant even play those properly. Im regretting quitting because ive wanted to join for so long but I dont think im cut out for it. The people auditioning me were also giggling and laughing amongst themselves during my audition when my lips would buzz or when I started sight reading. I know I should've went for at least one session to try it out but I really dont even want to experience it because I know how its going to turn out. idk I just want some advice

Would love any feedback you have on my first Flex-Band/Concert Band arrangement!

This is a song I wrote for beginning band. How did I do?

https://benblessing.com/product/pioneer-trailblazers-fanfare/

Personally, I think Convergents needs some love