We Angrily Scream about High Clefs because High Clefs Are NOT FUN (All Band People Welcome!)

Same

We split into two classes based on skill
But freshmen always have to take the class for the technically less skilled no matter what

We do that too, although freshmen can audition into the top group. We've had freshmen come in being the best players in their sections, which is a little insane.

Yeah same.
But they have to audition, and then they can take the higher class the next year.

We have the auditions at the end of the year so you get one term in the higher band before the next year

I just had mine five seconds ago.
It was okay
Play an etude thing
Play three major scales from memory
Play a minor scale (not from memory)
Play chromatic from your lowest note ascending only
And that's it.

For our audition we had play a piece we prepared and sight-reading

That's kinda nice.
But if we arent happy with our chair placement, we can "challenge" people to get a higher chair.

Huh?

Its sorta complicated and I don't feel like explaining

OK

Oh yeah; the school I used to go to had challenges, but at the school I'm currently at we have chair tests in the fall and then again in the spring and the placements are fixed. All the incoming band freshmen audition in the spring before they start high school and everyone in the lower group auditions in the spring too (people in the top group don't have to re-audition). Groups are decided then but not chairs; we have chair tests really early in the school year which kinda sucks.

What are chair tests?

Challenges are when you and the person ahead of you basically re-audition and the band director decides who's better and adjusts chairs accordingly

What are chair tests?

Everyone plays some stuff for the band director and he puts you in order by skill

Oh
We never had that
Or maybe I just haven't done it yet

Oh well….. Not sure what to say

…OK

…. Meep.

….Blep

Anyone want to ree about something?

….Maybe

Ah.

…So
How's life?

Okay.

Good

Yeah
Finished almost all my homework for the weekend :3

Congratulations!

Thank

:)

To change tracks for just a moment, I'm in the pit band for our school's production of Shrek! The reason that this is so significant is that we just got a new band director, and our old director wouldn't do ANYTHING like this for us. He never even told the bands about the Junior and Senior District competitions around here, so when we finally sent people our seniors (including myself) felt like we missed out on some seriously fun things! I've gone for chorus and whatnot, but the only people I knew in the bands came from other schools with far more funding. Well, goodbye to that old pill! Actually, no, he's still playing in the pit band with the other professionals because the school won't let him go. He just wants to retire, man!

…. So….
On that related note…
We had our fall musical or whatever, and it was supposed to be "Xanadu." Don't ask me what it is, I have no idea.
But we (band kids) were super upset since they wanted a certain band to do it, and there was no pit band.
I mean the performers did have roller skates or whatever, but it just kinda made us disappointed.