Brass & Woodwinds

• Scales - SCBDA Region Junior Level
• Prepared piece - up to 1 minute in length, solo only - no ensemble parts
• Sight Reading
• Interview

Percussion

• Snare - SCBDA Region Junior Level rudiments
• Mallets - SCBDA Region Junior Level Scales
• Prepared piece (Snare or Mallets) - up to 1 minute in length, solo only - no ensemble parts
• Sight Reading
• Interview

Upon acceptance, F1CA students will have additional requirements above and beyond the base requirements for Band. They must complete at least 6 of the items below each semester:

• Marching Band*
• Eastern District Band Audition*
• Eastern District Band Clinic**
• Region 5 Audition*
• Region 5 Band Clinic**
• All-State Audition
• All-State Clinic**
• Solo & Ensemble*
• Private Lessons
• Outside Clinics
• Outside Performances (PAC, Little Theatre, Florence Symphony, etc.)
• Florence Youth Orchestra
• Tri-M Music Honor Society (10-12 grades)

* required, ** required if the student earns a chair in one of the ensembles

• Solos - select two songs which show the character and quality of your voice. Students should be prepared to sing both selections from memory with piano accompaniment.

Folk songs, hyms, lyrical/quality musical theatre, or jazz/pop ballads are permissible. The selections should be of differing styles that display musicallity, expression, understanding of vowel shaping, and range.

• Sight Reading

Students will echo sing simple and complex intervals and rhythmic patterns. They will also sight read a short passage on solfedge or a neutral syllable.

• Interview

Upon acceptance, F1CA students will have additional requirements above and beyond the base requirements for Chorus. These requirements include:

• Audition for All-City Chorus
• Audition for All-State Chorus
• Audition for Chamber Choir and Women's Choir
• Attend one on campus Honors Choir performance
• Attend one off campus musical performance and submit a written review
• Participation in Tri-M Music Honor Society (10th-12th grades)

• Learning and performing a Jazz combination in a group setting
• Dance improvisation activity
• 1 minute prepared solo in the style of Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary or Modern
• Interview 

  Please come prepared with proper dance attire (clothes you can move in and are school appropriate) and a water bottle.   Please send your music to aarnold@fsd1.org prior to the day of auditions. Please send either the music itself or a link to it, with the start time and end time of the solo along with your full name.

Upon acceptance, FOCA students will have additional requirements above and beyond the base requirements for Dance. These requirements include:

• Participate in extra dance performances
• Audition/Perform in off-campus events *(if/when available)
• Participate in Master Classes with guest artists
• Attend a college's Day of Dance

Upon acceptance, F1CA students will have additional requirements above and beyond the base requirements for Audio Engineering. These requirements include, but are not limited to:

• Participation in Recording Projects
• Assisting in school events when needed.

Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass

• 2 octave Major scales
• Solo piece
• Sight reading
• Interview

The most important quality to be part of the orchestra is not perfection, but a work-hard attitude and perseverance. Orchestra welcomes anyone who loves music and wants to have fun!

Upon acceptance, F1CA students will have additional requirements above and beyond the base requirements for Orchestra. These requirements include:

• Audition/ Participation in the Florence Youth Orchestra
• Region Orchestra Auditions
• After School peer tutoring (once a month)
• FAME member in good standing
• Participation in Tri-M Music Honor Society (10th-12th grades)
• Participation in Solo & Ensemble
• Attendance at two concerts or performances each semester (SFHS groups or community groups)

Piano Audition Requirements:

• Perform two contrasting pieces (must perform the whole piece OR an excerpt of at least 12 consecutive measures from each piece)
• Perform a Major Scale in one or two octaves (hands separately or together, in any major key)
• Complete a brief written diagnostic test (covers music theory and terminology)
• Complete an interview

Upon acceptance, F1CA students will have additional requirements above and beyond the base requirements for Piano.

1. Maintain a regular practice routine at home and at school.

2. Perform in at least one master class each school year.

3. Perform in at least two piano recitals each school year (Winter and Spring).

4. Participate in any piano festivals during the school year or summer months.

5. Maintain proficiency in Theory/Technique requirements at Level C (or higher) according to the National Federation of Music Clubs District Requirements:

   Major keys: C G D A E F
   Harmonic minor keys: a e d
   Scales: one octave, hands together. Minimum speed: quarter note = 60
   Chords: tonic, subdominant, dominant; root position and inversions, hands separately. Root position only of chords in required minor keys
   Cadences: I - IV - I - V (V7) - I in required Major keys only
   Intervals: played from the keynote as they occur in the scale

6. Master piano pieces at challenging and attainable levels on a regular basis each semester.

Upon acceptance, F1CA students will have additional requirements above and beyond the base requirements for Studio Production & Film Design. These requirements include:

• Participation in Studio-B Productions (SFHS film club)
• Running Technical Assistance in a Minimum of One Production Each Year

Upon acceptance, F1CA students will have additional requirements above and beyond the base requirements for their art classes.  These requirements include:

• Active NAHS membership
• One art competition submission per semester
• One art gallery or museum visit per semester
• Attendance at two SFHS Fine Arts events per semester
• Research Project - assigned in enrolled art class