Fall 2024 Drum Line & Front Ensemble Audition Information

2024 Drum Line & Front Ensemble Camps

(Attendance at all camps is mandatory. Exceptions would be for those marching drum corps, or school-related conflicts at the May camp. All absences must be approved prior to camp.)

Summer Weekend Camps
  • Saturday, May 11 - Battery Only
    • This camp will be about meeting the staff and student leaders for the percussion as well as learning the standards and technique we utilize in the MSU Pride Marching Band! (No cuts/moves are made during this camp).
    • While this camp is about learning the ways of our percussion section, having the ability to play the audition material for this camp is heavily encouraged. The faster we can start rehearsing the music and not learning the music, the better off we will be!
  • June Camp - Saturday, June 22-Sunday, June 23  (This will be for battery & front ensemble)
  • July Camp Dates - TBA (This will be for battery & front ensemble)
Sunday, August 11 - Sunday, August 18 - MSU Pride Marching Band Camp
  • This camp will be held the week prior to the first day of classes in August. It encompasses everything from moving onto campus, to our first performances the weekend before classes start.

Prospective & Returning Members:

1. Prospective incoming members should submit the Online Pride Band Application. Returning drumline / front ensemble members should fill out the Returning Member Form.  

2. Submit Drumline and Front Ensemble Participant Form (below).

3. Please download and refer to the Information & Technique Manual. This contains both battery and front ensemble information.

4. Please download and print off copies of the audition material which will be used in each camp. Please arrive with prior knowledge of how to play these selections.

Drumline and Front Ensemble Participant Form
Instrument Preference 1st Choice*
Instrument Preference 2nd Choice*
Camp Attendance*

 
Audition Material:
Battery Audition Material
SNARE EXERCISES TENOR EXERCISES BASS EXERCISES

Fundamentals

Triplet Rolls / audio

WC Legatos / audio

Exercise 1

Exercise 1 Revised

Exercise 2

Exercise 2 Revised

Fundamentals

Triplet Rolls / audio

WC Legatos / audio

Exercise 1

Exercise 1 Revised

Exercise 2

Exercise 2 Revised

Quad Exercises

Fundamentals

Triplet Rolls / audio

WC Legatos / audio

Exercise 1

Exercise 1 Revised

Exercise 2

Exercise 2 Revised

   Cymbal Audition Material
EXERCISES

Please refer to the following videos for proper cymbal technique.

WC Legatos / audio

Flips

Chokes and Crashes

Sounds

The Basics

   Front Ensemble Material

EXERCISES

Block Chords

Collapsing Eights

Maroon Scales

Fight Song

If you have any questions, please email.