UCLA Bruin Marching Band
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About Auditions

If you have been admitted as a new UCLA student for this coming Fall Quarter, you may audition to be in this year's Bruin Marching Band. You may audition in person at the UCLA campus, or by sending in a taped performance. You may send in a VHS tape, MiniDV tape, DVD, Windows Media Player file, or Quicktime file (audio cassette or audio CD may be sent, but a video format is preferred). If you choose to audition in person, please call the Band Office at (310) 825-3835. In-person auditions for the Band begin in May. Auditions will continue throughout the summer until each section is filled, so it is to your advantage to audition at your earliest convenience, or send in your tape as soon as possible.

Audition Requirements

Brass, Clarinets, Alto Sax and Tenor Sax
  • Short prepared piece or etude
  • The following major scales: Bb, Eb, C, F
Flute and Piccolo
  • Short prepared piece or etude
  • The following major scales: Bb, Eb, C, F
  • Piccolo solo from Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever performed on either Piccolo or Flute
Percussion
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  • Perform a two minute routine to music of your choice
Golden Girl (Feature Twirler)
  • Perform a two minute routine to music of your choice

For Taped Auditions

Record the same as above on a VHS tape, MiniDV tape, DVD, Windows Media Player file, or Quicktime file (audio cassette or audio CD may be sent, but a video format is preferred). Please include your name, address, phone, UCLA ID number, and email address with your recording. Also indicate your previous marching experience or if you have never marched before. Send your audition to the address below, or to schedule an audition appointment call or write:

Gordon Henderson, Director
UCLA Bruin Marching Band
Schoenberg Music Building Room 2421
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1616

310-825-3835

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History of the Band

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