Audition for the National All-Star Marching Band

About you

First name

Last name

Date of birth

Your email

Use one you will still have after you graduate. We email decisions here.

Your mobile

Parent or guardian

We copy them on decisions, and they will need to sign if you are offered a place.

Their name optional

Their email

School and instrument

School

Grade next year

Years of experience optional

Instrument

What to record

Everyone records these

8s and 4s forward
Tempo 120 BPM. Take 8 counts forward at an 8-to-5 step size, followed by 4 counts mark time. Repeat 4 times.

Box 8 to the left
Tempo 120 BPM. 8 counts forward, 8 counts slide left, 8 counts backward, 8 counts slide right, 8 counts forward, then halt. Percussionists crab step the left and right segments.

Your videos

Upload to YouTube, Vimeo or Google Drive and paste the share link. Unlisted is fine. Please make sure the link works for someone who is not signed in — that is the most common reason an audition cannot be reviewed.

Marching fundamentals

8s and 4s forward, and the Box 8 to the left, at 120 BPM.

Instrument excerpts

Both excerpts for your instrument, as listed on the requirements page.

Performing the audition choreography

Record yourself performing the audition choreography shown in our reference video.

Anything we should know optional

If I am not offered a place this time, email me when auditions open again next year.

We will email you and your parent to confirm we have it.