Drumline Audition Procedure

While most of the audition will happen at our camps, we will also be holding video auditions. These videos are great practice tools and they help the audition panel keep track of your progress and efforts. These videos need to be submitted to the Drumline Virtual Auditions form found under the Virtual Audition Information tab below.

These videos will be reviewed and critiqued by the following audition panel. The videos will be used to determine your placement in the line before every camp. Your placements will be announced on the leaderboard below. Your placement will not be final until our last camp. Please be flexible and ready to move to any instrument that you may be asked to play on.

Audition Panel:

Newell Ramsey (ramseyna@nmsu.edu)
Alberto Barajas (wowbert8@nmsu.edu)
Anthony Guererro (tonyg71@nmsu.edu)

Camp Dates

  • Camp #1 – June 10th, 9:00AM-12:00PM, 1:00PM-4:00PM
  • Camp #2 – July 15th, 9:00AM-12:00PM, 1:00PM-4:00PM
  • Camp #3 – July 22nd, 9:00AM-12:00PM, 1:00PM-4:00PM
    • All camps will be located in the NMSU Music Center Band Room

Things need for Camp:

  • Water Bottle
  • Closed-toed, Athletic Shoes (no converse, sandals, etc. )
  • Comfortable Clothing (shorts, short-sleeved shirt, sportswear, etc.)
  • Sticks
  • Pad
  • Black Binder (Music will be all digital, but paper copies will be provided)
  • Sack Lunch/Money for Lunch
  • Hat (Optional)

 


 

Audition Music

Drumline Audition Music

Warm-ups
    A. Super Eights (128-136 bpm)
                I. Stock
               II. SN accent 1, T accent 8, BD split 8ths
              III. SN accent 8, T accent 1, BD 16ths
              IV. SN cresc, T decresc, BD sixtuplets
               V. SN decresc, T cresc, BD 32nds

   B. Duple rolls (120-128 bpm)
               I. Skeleton
              II. Staccato buzz/ BD split 16ths
             III. Open Roll/ BD add 32nds to the split
             IV. Tenors add arounds.

    C. Thirteen (84-88 bpm)


2. Cadences
      A. Stands Cadences
      B. Cleaning Lady
      C. Linkin Parkinglot


3. Pregame
      A. Entrance, Fight song #1, Armed Forces, State Song 2022
      B. Fight song #2 (labeled state song in the drive...please don't confuse with state song 2022)


4. Halftime- Moulin Rouge  
      A. Act I

 

Drumline Leadership

Drumline Captain: Adrian De Leon (adeleon@nmsu.edu)
Snare Captain: Jerimiah Perez (jperez31@nmsu.edu)
Tenor Captain: Eduardo Dominguez (eduardod@nmsu.edu)
Bass Drum Captain: Noah Mejia (nmejia07@nmsu.edu)
Cymbal Captain: Olivia Martinez (olivia03@nmsu.edu)

THE FOLLOWING LINK IS ONLY TO BE USED FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT COMPLETE THEIR AUDITIONS IN-PERSON DURING THE CAMPS