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The flyer and "tape" round packet will be posted on the USAF Band web site soon - http://www.usafband.af.mil" target="_blank. The most current information will be on the USAF Band website.

This is the first opening in the Concert Band since 2000. I look forward to reviewing many fantastic submissions.

Brian Sands


The United States Air Force Concert Band – Washington D.C.

Tuba Audition

Audition Process
Preliminary audition CDs/MP3s and resumes are due May 18, 2012. Applicants
who are considered musically qualified will be contacted by The USAF Band auditions
team and then by a local Air Force recruiter to assess each applicant's eligibility to
enlist in the Air Force. Once approved by the recruiter, applicants will receive an
audition invitation letter. All invited candidates must be prepared to meet Air Force
maximum allowable weight standards.

All live audition rounds will be held on Monday, July 16, 2012, at Joint Base
Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. For more information call 1-800-283-8995 or
email usafbandaudition@afncr.af.mil" target="_blank
Preliminary Recording:
Preliminary Audition CDs/MP3s and resumes are due May 18, 2012. Please send
a resume and preliminary recording with the following requirements:

1. The Stars and Stripes Forever, J.P. Sousa - Beginning to first ending
2. Symphony in Bb, Paul Hindemith - Movement I, letter J to 1 after letter K
3. Lincolnshire Posy, Percy Grainger - Movement III, Rufford Park Poachers, pickup to m. 51 through m. 64
4. Concerto for Tuba, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Movement II, number 6 to four after number 7

The Vaughan Williams may be recorded with or without accompaniment; an excerpt from a live performance is acceptable. The lower divisi should be performed for all excerpts unless otherwise notated.

All recordings should be made within the past year. The Audition CD/mp3 and
current resume submission deadline is May 18, 2012. Submit MP3s and
resume to: usafbandtubaaudition@gmail.com" target="_blank.

The USAF Band
ATTN: Auditions - Tuba
201 McChord St
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, DC 20032-0202

Is the AF currently accepting transfers from other branches/prior service?

Jeff,

You would have to contact our Auditions folks to get a read on your situation. usafbandaudition@afncr.af.mil" target="_blank. We're pretty much shut down over the holidays so you may not get a reply until the new year.

Brian

Is the age limit still 34?

Brian,

MSgt Morgan sent me a message stating that the AF audition would be open to prior service/current service members.

Thanks for the reply.

J

"Maximum age at time of enlistment is 34."

Brian

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Hope you are all working on your tapes. As the bass trombonist of the USAF Concert Band (see? it says so right down there at the bottom ), I am looking forward to hearing some great playing, and finding a new member of our, if I may say so, stellar low brass section. (The upper part of the band ain't too shabby either.)

Good luck to everyone auditioning tomorrow!

Any word?

No hire.

Anybody know who advanced to semis? Finals?

Dan Castillo from CU was a finalist

From what I've heard, the finalists were:

Dan Castillo
Genevieve Clarkson
Simon Wildman
Kyle Huron

...although I make this statement with no sense of authority, just merely passing on what I've heard through the grapevine's grapevine.

DaTubaKid wrote:From what I've heard, the finalists were:

Dan Castillo
Genevieve Clarkson
Simon Wildman
Kyle Huron

...although I make this statement with no sense of authority, just merely passing on what I've heard through the grapevine's grapevine.

Pretty sure that's correct.

We will be having another audition for Tuba in the Concert Band on July 16, 2012. Preliminary recordings will be due May 18, 2012.

The "tape" round rep will be the same - Stars and Stripes, Rufford Park, Hindemith Symphony and Vaughan Williams. The formal list will be posted at www.usafband.af.mil soon.

The live list will be revised and made available soon.

Brian Sands

The live list should be posted on the web site ... soon. Here is the list:

2 minutes of a solo of the candidate’s choice

Barnes, Third Symphony; 1 before #1 to 4 after #3
Bliss - Birds of Thunder; m.164 to m.204 (No mute. Please do not bring a mute.)
Boyer - Joyce's 71st New York Regiment March; all
Creston - Celebration Overture Tuba I; beginning to m.30, m.52 to m.81,m.156 to m.166
Glinka - Russlan and Ludmilla Overture; beginning to #1
Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy - Rufford Park Poachers; pickup to #51 to #64
Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy - Lord Melbourne; C to end
Hindemith - March from Symphonic Metamorphosis; I to end
Mahler - Symphony #6 - 4th mvt #104 to #106
Moussourgsky, arr Hindsley - Pictures at an Exhibition; #114 to end
Respighi, arr Odom - The Fountains of Rome; #10 to #14
Sousa - The Stars and Stripes Forever; all
Vaughan Williams - Toccata Marziale; beginning to 1 after #2, pickup to #14 to 1 after #19
Wagner - Overture to the Meistersinger; J to L
Weber, Arr Lake - Oberon Overture; 8 after B to 14 after B (upper divisi)

Brian

Any word?

Here's a start:

I know that there were 18 in the first round, and 5 people advanced. An additional 5 were added to that group (finalists from March and/or currently in a regional USAF band). From that round of 10, 4 were advanced to the finals this afternoon.

--
Phillip

Simon, Dan, and Will Russell were 3 of the 4 finalists. Don't know who won.

Did anyone get hired?