"The Sound of Mobile"

Challenger responsibilities:

• Alert the student being challenged 48 hours before the challenge. 

• Talk to a band director to challengee (student being challenged) when it is convenient for everyone. 

• Have the challengee and band director sign to agree to the challenge date and time. I

Both challenger and challengee will participate in a blind audition - the band director will not see who is playing. 

There is a timeout on challenges two weeks before any concert. 

Music will be provided by band directors. 

• Symphonic will read level 3 from Sightreading Factory. 

• Concert will read level 2 from Sightreading Factory. 

• Yay band level 1 from Sightreading Factory. 

There is a solo for trumpet and mellophone in the 3rd movement of the marching show. The soloist will be the first chair in the symphonic band. If you want to try out for the solo, follow the sit-down band challenge system. 

Audition info from Spring and Summer 2026 for 2026-27 school year

 
25%  Scales (concert F,Bb,Eb,Ab scales and arpeggios. 2 octave instruments are flute, clarinet, and mallets) 80 bpm in scale pattern.

25%  Sight reading

35%  Excerpt 

5%  Essential element difficulty

10%  Essential element execution

Process

1.  Students will perform the above excerpt at 90 bpm.

2.  Major scales are concert pitch F,Bb,Eb,Ab (we will pick two of these at random)

3. Sightreading- level 3 on sightreading factory.com

4.  For Essential Element - Tell us a range of sight reading ability from the essential elements book 1 or 2 of 20 booklines. Then the director will choose one for you to perform in the room.
   For example, student A comes in and says, "I can play booklines 80-100 of essential elements book 2." Director says, "Play line 86." Then student A will play that bookline. All things being equal, student A would have a higher score than student B who came in and only gave a range of 70-90 from book 1.

5. The student will then receive a sight reading excerpt to study for 60 seconds and then perform. Percussion will sight read snare.

Challenge system for sitdown bands (Symphonic,Concert, and Yay Band) 

Challenger should alert the challenge 48 hours before the challenge. The challenger should talk to a band director to schedule the challenge when it is convenient for everyone. The challenger will have the challenge and band director sign to agree to the challenge date and time. It will be a blind audition which means the band director will not see who is playing. There is a timeout on challenges two weeks before any concert. Music will be provided by band directors. Symphonic will read level 3 from sightreading factory. Concert will read level 2 from sightreading factory. Yay band level 1 from sightreading factory. 

There will be solos in the marching show. The soloist will be the first chair in symphonic. If you want to tryout for the solo it would work the same way as the sitdown band challenge system works. 

ANYONE who has not auditioned needs to schedule a time with Dr. Beattie.

Oboe

Symphonic Band

1. Sara Lovelace

2. Christian Manzy

Bassoon

Symphonic Band

1. Noah Martin

Flute

Symphonic Band

1. John Krause

2. Truneir Pettway

3. Leonor Hinojosa

4. Silas Miller

5. Kyle Perry

Concert Band

1. Corbin Perry

2. Ava Wendtt

3. Cherysh Stowe

4. Sylvia Hickman

5. Ariana Dueitt

YayBand

1. Esther Kagabo

2. Maria Tecum

3. Feliciana Ulin-Az

4. Keaundrey Wilson

Clarinet

Symphonic Band

1. Rosemary Burks

2. Cheyenne McCants

3. Abhinav Parupalli

4. Kayleigh Freeman

5. Kenya Stallworth

6. Madeline Shettlesworth

7. Helena Nguyen

8. Layla Harper

9. Madison Taylor-Grayson

10. Abigail Bush

11. Amilyah Tripp

Concert Band

1. Safari Timmons

2. Avery Green

3. Micah Jackson

4. Isabella Dunnavant

5. Sophie McDavid

6. Penelope Smith

YayBand

1. Taraji Williams

2. Lauren Wilson

Alto Saxophone

Symphonic Band

1. Samantha Li

2. Dylan Jones

3. Katherine Wotczak

4. Erin Hammond

Concert Band

1. Douglas Nguyen

2. Brandon Gamble

3. Madeleine Bush

YayBand

1. Brynn Phelps

2. Anderson White

3. Chance Counsel

4. Kendall Taylor

5. Sidney Ford-Green

Trumpet

Symphonic Band

1. Brennan Dennis

2. Beatrice Hernandez

3. Tenzing Sherpa

4. Noah Ouisy

5. Dexter Cox

6. Lillian Culliver

7. Trace Vaughn

8. Ronwick Thomas

Concert Band

1. Catherine McGough

2. Braylen Pugh

3. Catava Gandy

4. Daniel Stewart

5. Liam Norris

6. Keona Young

YayBand

1. Naomi-Love Howell

2. Jakayla Fuller

3. Jakoby Gardner

4. Seth Lovelace

French Horn

Symphonic Band

1. Caleb Webb

2. Sydney McGough

3. Eve Cabral

4. Benjamin Stringfellow

Concert Band

1. Soraya Magee

2. Oliver Lyons

3. Shelton Hill

4. Akcire Giles

Trombone & Baritone

Symphonic Band

1. James Colleli (Trombone)

2. Caleb Corcoran (Baritone BC)

3. Jerrian Young (Baritone TC)

4. William Cobb (Trombone)

5. Hudson Ream (Trombone)

6. Chase Joiner (Trombone)

7. David Carroll (Trombone)

8. Judson Arendall (Baritone BC)

9. Mack Morgan (Trombone)

Concert Band

1. Michael Lynch (Trombone)

2. Nicholas Lockette (Baritone BC)

3. Diane Bell (Baritone BC)

4. Malasia Beck (Trombone)

5. Wyatt Petersen (Trombone)

6. Hodari Kagabo (Baritone BC)

YayBand

1. Joseph Mai (Trombone)

2. Jaiden Nettles (Trombone)

3. Jakaylee Adams (Trombone)

4. Lakendria Jones (Trombone)

5. Angie Ulin-Tecum (Trombone)

Tuba

Symphonic Band

1. Stanley Dees

2. Ryan Henderson

Concert Band

1. Kasuan Bullard

2. Havyon May

3. Nickolas Gaines

YayBand

1. Chase Ross

2. Bryce Hebert

Percussion

Symphonic Band

1. Dylan LeGros

2. Edwin Perry

3. Noah Berry

4. Jordan Fluker

5. Eleanor Frances Fernandez

6. DeJean Franklin

7. Kenton Moss

8. Liam Norton

Concert Band

1. JaHayden Turner

2. Dillon Vo

3. Aiden Joiner

4. Brayden Deas

5. Jadier Morejon

6. Sara Lovelace

7. Everett Jones

8. Madelyn Nguyen

9. Nolin Vo

10. Seth Lovelace

11. Tyrone Lucas

12. Jakayla Taylor

13. Levi Keesee

YayBand

1. Tyrone Lucas

2. Jakayla Taylor

3. Levi Keesee

4. Jazmin Huff

5. Jasmine Finch

6. Ethan Tran

7. Riley Allen

8. Johnnie Crenshaw

9. Talia Ford