Prerequisites

• Ability to produce a good tone with good breath

• Awareness of intonation and ability to adjust intonation by ear

• Ability to perform all articulation with appropriate style, including but not limited to staccato, legato, slur, fp, sfp

• Ability to perform advanced rhythmic figures in meters including 2/4, 4/4, or 6/4; 3/8, 6/8, 9/8 or 12/8 and 2/2 (cut time)

• Advanced technical facility as appropriate o their instrument

• Ability to perform major scales two octaves, up to 4 sharps and 4 flats and a chromatic scale within the instrument’s normal range.

• Ability to perform with a 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