Green Country Band Directors Association

GCBDA Honor Bands

Entry Deadlines

First deadline October 10
$15 per entry

Second deadline October 17
$45 per entry

Emergency Deadline October 21
$100 per entry

Audition Information

Registration: https://www.opusevent.com/

Cuts Posted: October 23
Online Auditions Open: October 23
Online Auditions Close: November 5 (midnight)
District / First Round Judging: November 7
First Round Results Posted: November 8
Second Round Etudes released: Octoberr 9

Clinic Information

TBA

Audition Cuts

7th Grade Cuts

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7th grade winds

Eb Scale
Chromatic Scale
Etude: m. 1-8 and 17-34

7th grade percussion

No scales
Mallets-m.17-30
Snare- m. 31-40
Timpani- m.31-40

Junior High Cuts

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JH winds

Db Major Scale
Chromatic Scale
mm. 1 - 13
mm. 20 - 29

JH Percussion:

No scales
Mallets - mm. 1 - 13
Snare - mm. 24 - end
Timpani - mm. 24 - 33

Audition Etudes

7th Grade Auditions

Junior High Auditions

High School Auditions

  • 10-12 grade students
  • Audition Etudes
  • Scales

    • Jazz Auditions

  • Adition material is the same as OMEA
  • Jazz Audition Etudes

    • Member Schools

    • Beggs
    • Berryhill
    • Bixby
    • Booker T. Washington HS, Tulsa
    • Catoosa
    • Chelsea
    • Claremore
    • Claremore Sequoyah
    • Coweta
    • Daniel Webster HS, Tulsa
    • Drumright
    • Edison HS, Tulsa
    • Glenpool
    • Inola
    • Justus-Tiawah
    • Kiefer
    • Mannford
    • Oklahoma Union
    • Oologah
    • Pawnee
    • Regent Preparatory
    • Verdigris
    • Will Rogers HS, Tulsa