The Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ will offer a day-long All-State Preparation Clinic to middle and high school students on Saturday, August 27. The clinic is free, but advance registration is required.
Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Music faculty and guest instrumentalists will offer clinics on the Florida Bandmasters Association and Florida Orchestra Association’s All-State Band and Orchestra audition requirements for 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12 grades, as well as Jazz Band audition requirements for 9-12 grades.
The day includes interaction with Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ music faculty, who provide coaching on the Florida All-State audition etudes and strategies on how to successfully audition. Emphasis will be placed on all-state exercise preparation, tone production, technique development, scales, sight-reading strategies and audition readiness.
“Every student who attends should benefit, whether they ultimately make an all-state ensemble or not,” said Michael Wilkinson, assistant professor of trombone. “Learning to be a musician is a journey, and one year’s clinic may be the part of the journey that gives a student the inspiration to practice a little more, or may give them that ‘gem’ of musical knowledge that helps to take them a level higher in their musical journey. For some, attending the clinics may just give them that boost that helps in their all-state audition, and gets them into one of the ensembles.â€
For students who are considering attending Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ to study music, the day showcases each of the wind, percussion and string professors’ teaching and musical thought processes, and provides emergent music students an opportunity to experience what Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ music is like for a day. The annual event is in its 11th year and approximately 400 students are expected to attend.
More information about the All-State Preparation Clinic is available at https://music.cah.ucf.edu/camps/allstate.php.
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