Band: Fanfare Winds

Prerequisites

  • Ability to maintain a mature, controlled tone at all dynamic levels
  • Acute awareness of intonation and ability to adjust intonation by ear
  • Ability to perform all articulations at the highest artistic level
  • Ability to perform advanced rhythmic figures in all meters
  • Advanced technical facility
  • Ability to perform all major scales, minor and chromatic scales
  • Ability to perform with a mature sense of phrasing and musical style
  • Ability to perform with a steady inner pulse
  • Consistent ability to watch and follow the conductor
  • Command of the full range of dynamics on their instrument
  • Mastery of all fingerings on their instrument and ability to read all written notes within the instrument’s normal range