Region 23
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 AngersteinAll-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):
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:
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: