Instructions:
1. Fill out the GCBB Membership Form located here: https://forms.gle/rRoXPLDXtj4gFvG19

2. Create an unedited video of etude/excerpt performances and post to YouTube or another video sharing site as an unlisted video. Name the video as follows:
 
Last Name_First Name_Instrument_GCBB25-26

You are welcome to record separate videos for each excerpt or combine all the excerpts into one video. If making separate videos, please include which excerpt you are playing in the title. For example:
Smith_Jane_Eb Horn_GCBB25-26_Lyrical
Doe_John_Bass Trombone_GCBB25-26_Technical
 
3. The performing musician should be visible in the video the entire time. Ensure that within the video there is no speaking or identifying information of any kind. Do not say a name or make any introductions. The only identifying mark should be the typed video name.

4. Insert link(s) to video(s) in the form before submitting.

5. Submit Membership Application Form
 
Best of luck! We look forward to having you with us in the Grind City Brass Band!

Links to Recordings of the Audition Pieces

Dorothy Gates - Be Still (Composer's Website)
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Tom Davoren - Legacy (YouTube Video)
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Cornets & Flugelhorn

Cornet Cuts
​**Cornet preferred, but May be performed on trumpet if cornet not available**

• Etude: Charlier, 36 Transcendental Etudes, Etude No. 2, beginning - end of ¾ section
• Lyrical: Dorothy Gates, Be Still; mm. 10 - mm. 33 -AND- Tom Davoren, Legacy; mm. 86 - mm. 100
• Technical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; one beat before mm. 279 - mm. 300

​Click here for Cornet Excerpt PDF

Flugelhorn Cuts​ 

• Etude: Charlier, 36 Transcendental Etudes, Etude No. 2, beginning - first meno mosso​
• Lyrical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; one beat before mm. 127- mm. 149 -AND- Dorothy Gates, Be Still; mm. 64-end (pause briefly at multi-measure rests)
• Technical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; mm. 195-mm. 214

​Click here for Fluegelhorn Excerpt PDF

Eb Tenor Horns (F Horn Players)

Eb Horn Cuts
​**Eb Horn preferred, but may be performed on F Horn**

• Etude: Maxime Alphonse, Book 3, Etude No. 1 (part is written in F)
• Lyrical: Dorothy Gates, Be Still; mm. 37 - mm. 72 -AND- Tom Davoren, Legacy; Pickup to mm. 120 - mm. 135 (parts are written in Eb)
• Technical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; Pickup to mm. 181 - mm. 214 (parts are written in Eb)

​​Click here for Eb Horn Excerpt PDF

Baritones & Euphoniums

Baritone Horn Cuts
**Baritone horn preferred, but may be performed on Euphonium**

• Etude: Rochut, Melodious Etudes for Trombone, Book 1, Etude No. 35
• Lyrical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; mm 82 - end
• Technical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; Rehearsal letter M - mm. 204

​Click here for Baritone Horn Excerpt PDF​

​Euphonium Cuts

• Etude: Rochut, Melodious Etudes for Trombone, Book 1, Etude No. 35
• Lyrical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; mm. 82 - mm. 100
• Technical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; mm. 210 - mm. 245 (play upper divisi)

​Click here for Euphonium Excerpt PDF

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Trombones

Tenor Trombone Cuts

• Etude: Tyrrell 40 Progressive Studies, Etude No. 10, beginning - line 8, bar 3
• Lyrical: Dorothy Gate, Be Still; mm. 33 - mm. 49
• Technical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; mm. 184 - mm. 200

​Click here for Tenor Trombone Excerpt PDF

​Bass Trombone Cuts

• Etude: Blazevich, 70 Studies for BBb Tuba, Vol. 1, Etude No. 21
• Lyrical: Dorothy Gates, Be Still; mm. 33 - mm. 49
• Technical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; mm. 222 - mm. 251

​​Click here for Bass Trombone Excerpt PDF

Basses (Tubas)

Eb (F) Bass Cuts
​**Audition may be performed on F tuba** 

• Etude: Vassily Brandt (adapted Wes Jacobs), Last Studies, Etude No. 6 (see notated cuts)
• Lyrical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; mm. 82 - mm. 100 (play upper divisi)
• Technical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; Rehearsal Letter A - end

​Click here for Eb Bass Excerpt PDF

​BBb (CC) Bass Cuts
**Audition may be performed on CC tuba**

• Etude: Blazevich, 70 Studies for BBb Tuba, Vol. 1, Etude No. 9 (stop on the fermata before Tempo I) 
• Lyrical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; Rehearsal Letter G - mm. 100
• Technical: Tom Davoren, Legacy; Rehearsal Letter A - end

​Click here for BBb Bass Excerpt PDF

Percussion

Percussion Cuts

• See packet for Snare, Mallet, Timpani, and accessory parts.
• If not comfortable with a particular instrument, please denote when filling out the Google Form.
  

​Click here for the Percussion Excerpt PDF