AUDITIONS FOR DRUMLINE IS FOR PLACEMENT ONLY. The drumline includes the "battery" and the "front ensemble". All percussion/piano students have a place in our marching band. Our auditions will be to help place each student where they and the program will be the most successful. Our placements auditions will be during the first three days of the summer percussion camp (currently scheduled June 8th-12th from 8-10 am - subject to change). Please learn the exercises BEFORE camp. Videos of each exercise, along with technique videos, will be available May 30.
DRUMLINE EXERCISES - Please learn ALL of these exercises before placement audition.
Velocity Strokes 1.0
Velocity Strokes 2.0
Double Strokes
Rolls
DRUMLINE EXERCISES - Please learn ALL of these exercises before placement audition.
Velocity Strokes 1.0
Velocity Strokes 2.0
Double Strokes
Rolls
Street Beat - Drumline 2019 - we will use this for 2020 as well.
Fremont Battery 2020 AUDITION INFO
Our drumline will consist of 2-4 snares, 2 tenors, 4-5 bass drums, 2-3 marimbas, 2 vibraphones, bells/xylophone, drum-set, synthesizer/piano, auxiliary percussion. These positions will be set by placement auditions. Our audition process this year will be quite different than usual due to the circumstances. Please look at these links to research and practice exercises specific to the instrument you are insterested in. Each of these resources dive into all levels of playing. Please work on the BASICS or FUNDAMENTALS videos.
SNARE DRUM - www.snarescience.com and snarescience on YouTube
Tenors - QuadChops youtube channel and The Quad Method YouTube
Bass Drums - Bass Drum Group youtube channel
Snare (2-4 players - typically has drumline experience)
1-
2-
3-
4-
Tenors (2 Players - typically has drumline experience)
1-
2-
Bass (5 Players - may or may not have drumline experience)
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
Front Ensemble (may or may not have previous experience).
All front ensemble students will play cymbals or single toms for summer parades. The front ensemble will also have weekly sectionals throughout July to work on percussion techniques and music.
other helpful links/resources
Vic Firth Marching Percussion Youtube channel
Our drumline will consist of 2-4 snares, 2 tenors, 4-5 bass drums, 2-3 marimbas, 2 vibraphones, bells/xylophone, drum-set, synthesizer/piano, auxiliary percussion. These positions will be set by placement auditions. Our audition process this year will be quite different than usual due to the circumstances. Please look at these links to research and practice exercises specific to the instrument you are insterested in. Each of these resources dive into all levels of playing. Please work on the BASICS or FUNDAMENTALS videos.
SNARE DRUM - www.snarescience.com and snarescience on YouTube
Tenors - QuadChops youtube channel and The Quad Method YouTube
Bass Drums - Bass Drum Group youtube channel
Snare (2-4 players - typically has drumline experience)
1-
2-
3-
4-
Tenors (2 Players - typically has drumline experience)
1-
2-
Bass (5 Players - may or may not have drumline experience)
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
Front Ensemble (may or may not have previous experience).
All front ensemble students will play cymbals or single toms for summer parades. The front ensemble will also have weekly sectionals throughout July to work on percussion techniques and music.
other helpful links/resources
Vic Firth Marching Percussion Youtube channel