Student Leadership Application

Peer Evaluation Form

Teacher Recommendation Form

Parent/Student Signature Page

Leadership Seminar & Audition Schedule

March 11            4:45 PM – 6:00 PM: Leadership Seminar (ALL ATTEND)

  • Organizational Meeting

  • Hand Out Information Packet & Leadership Application

  • Review Available Positions

  • Discussion of Process                              

March 22           4:45 PM – 5:45 PM: Conducting Seminar (ONLY DM ATTEND)

  • Candidates for Drum Major will work on conducting techniques

March 26            4:45 PM – 5:15 PM: Marching Seminar (ONLY SL, CAPTAIN & DM ATTEND)

  • Review Marching Fundamentals and Marching Audition Material.

  • Wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes.

                         5:15 PM – 5:45 PM: Instruction Seminar (ONLY SL, CAPTAIN & DM ATTEND)

  • Candidates for DM, CAPTAIN and SL will learn instruction techniques for the teaching portion of the audition process.

March 28           5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Instruction Seminar (ONLY SL, CAPTAIN & DM ATTEND)

  • Candidates for DM, CAPTAIN and SL will learn instruction techniques for the teaching portion of the audition process.      

March 31           8:45 AM: ALL LEADERSHIP PAPERWORK DUE – NO EXCEPTIONS.

April 10,11,14        7:30 AM – 4:00 PM: Marching Leadership Interviews (Before school, Class, after school)

April 15             4:40 PM – 5:10 PM: Marching Audition

  • All Marching Leadership Candidates will participate in the Marching audition

    5:15 PM – 6:00 PM: Instruction Audition

  • DM, CAPTAIN, and SL candidates will continue with the Instruction audition

                     6:05- PM – 6:30 PM: Conducting Audition

  • DM candidates will continue with the Conducting audition

April 18             5:30 PM: Leadership Team Positions Posted @ lhpantherband.org

The Audition Process:

Paperwork – Application, Resume, Special Honors (band only), Teacher Recommendation Form (x3), 5 Peer Evaluation Forms DUE March 31 AT 8:45 AM

Additional Drum Major Paperwork – Essay (DM Candidates) Due March 31 – 8:45 AM

Marching/Teaching/Conducting Auditions

  • Marching audition on Plus-Sign Drill (ALL Marching Leadership Candidates) April 15

  • Teaching audition (ALL Marching Leadership Candidates) April 15

  • Conducting audition (DM Candidates) April 15

Leadership Interviews April 10,11,14 , Before school/Classes/after school

Drum Major, Band Captains, Section Leaders, and Logistical Leadership will be posted Friday, April 19.

Marching Audition

(Marching Leadership Candidates)

General Information

Each candidate will be required to march a Plus-Sign drill on the marching field.

The Plus-Sign Drill will be marched without instruments/equipment.

The tempo will be 120 and 160.

The exercise will be performed multiple times

Marching Sequence

Plus-Sign Drill

  • Forward march 8, PREP, Backward march 8 – HALT

  • Backward slide left 8, PREP, Forward slide right 8 –HALT

  • Backward march 8, PREP, Forward march 8 – HALT

  • Backward slide right 8, PREP, Forward slide left 8 –HALT

Teaching Audition

(DM, CAPTAIN, SL, and Color Guard Candidates)

General Information

         Each candidate will be required to teach a small group for 5 minutes. 

         Band:

  • Balance Transfer Exercise

         Color Guard:

  • TBD

         Percussion:

  • TBD

The metronome will be on at 120 BPM.

Conducting Audition

(DM Candidates)

Each candidate will conduct the meter exercise with a cutoff on the final measure.

Each candidate will conduct an excerpt of an opener by memory.

  • An MP3 of the excerpt will be played while the candidate is conducting.

  • The MP3 and score are both downloadable on the Panther Band Website.

Can I ask a wind musician who did winter guard to be my guard evaluator?

All guard evaluators need to be students who participate in the guard section full-time as their primary commitment.

What about extra points on the score sheet?

The most commonly asked about are summer band camps (Longhorn Music Camp, Texas State Band Camp, etc.) All of these are 20 points. If you have anything outside of this, please ask.