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Scholarship Audition Requirements

Lincoln University marching musical band

LU Band Scholarship Audition Standards for Wind Instrument Players


  • Be able to perform major scales. Please do two octaves when applicable.
  • Be able to perform a chromatic scale.
  • Perform one prepared etude or solo. Please, no marching band pieces or pop tunes.
  • Be prepared to do sight-reading.

LU Band Scholarship Audition Standards for Percussion Instrument Players


  • Be able to perform the 26 American Standard Rudiments in an open-close-open format.
  • Be able to perform major scales and a chromatic scale on a mallet instrument.
  • Perform one prepared etude or solo. Please, no marching band pieces or pop tunes.
  • Be prepared to do sight-reading.