Region 23

(includes Regions 23 and 27)

Updated 3-9-10

Fred Angerstein, Coordinator

Contact information:

Email address: fred.angerstein@kinkaid.org

Telephone: (713) 243-5436

All-Region Jazz Auditions

September 28, 2010 (deadline for entries September 21, 2010)

Auditions will be held at The Kinkaid School

Fred Angerstein, host (713) 243-5436

All-Region Band Auditions

Online entry deadline November 2, 2010

Auditions will be November 13, 2010, at Sealy High School

Bruce Kenner, host (979) 885-3515

Judges' Meeting 9:30 a.m. followed by Junior High auditions. HS auditions to follow no earlier than 2:00 p.m. with another judges' Meeting at 1:30 p.m.

Entries are due through the TMEA website. Hard copies of ATSSB membership card, fee payments, and copies of your entries are to be postmarked by the deadline for each contest (forms are found on the TMEA website after you enter your students). Make checks out to ATSSB Region 23 and mail to:

Alfred Angerstein
The Kinkaid School
201 Kinkaid School Road
Houston, Texas 77024

All-Region Clinic-Concert

November 20, 2010

The Kinkaid School (yes, that is the Saturday of Thanksgiving Break with Thanksgiving on the following Thursday -- so make plans accordingly).

Rehearsals start at 8:30 a.m. and the concert will be at 6:00 p.m. in the Kinkaid Brown Auditorium. There is no admission charge and the public is invited to attend.

Audition Music for 2010-11
High School - First four lines of the ATSSB Prescribed Audition Music, Year E and all prescribed scales

Junior High Music - First three lines of the ATSSB Suggested Junior High Audition Music, Year B (NOTE: FRENCH HORN WILL USE TRUMPET ETUDES, and the scales as prescribed by the region (see below links):

FLUTE OBOE BASSOON CLARINET ALTO/Eb CONTRA BASS/Bb CONTRA
ALTO/BARI SAX TENOR SAX F HORN TRUMPET TROMBONE BASS TROMBONE
BARITONE TC BARITONE BC TUBA UNIFIED PERCUSSION

Region 23 Middle School Scales:

Year B SmartMusic Files

You will need SmartMusic to play the file ($30 per year for students, $130 per year for teachers). Open it, select solo track, unselect accompaniment track, then play.

(Some files are not yet available)

If you would like SmartMusic files of the etudes, you will need a SmartMusic subscription from MakeMusic.com. Click on the links below:

FLUTE slow etude ALTO & CB Clarinet fast etude TRUMPET & BARITONE TC slow etude
FLUTE fast etude BASS & CB Clarinet slow etude TRUMPET & BARITONE TC fast etude
OBOE slow etude BASS & CB Clarinet slow etude TROMBONE & BARITONE BC slow etude
OBOE fast etude ALTO & BARI SAX slow etude TROMBONE & BARITONE BC fast etude
BASSOON slow etude ALTO & BARI SAX fast etude TUBA & BASS TROMBONE slow etude
BASSOON fast etude TENOR SAX slow etude TUBA & BASS TROMBONE fast etude
CLARINET slow etude TENOR SAX fast etude SNARE DRUM etude
CLARINET fast etude FRENCH HORN slow etude MALLETS etude
ALTO & CB Clarinet slow etude FRENCH HORN fast etude TIMPANI etude

You may also need to change the tempo if it is too slow (of course, the tempo can be adjusted for practice).

Here are the rules and procedures followed in region 23:

REGION 23 RULES 2009-10