2016 Season Squad Leader Announcement

Congratulations to the new squad leaders of the drumline for the 2016 season:

 

Brendan Todahl – Snare Drum Squad Leader

Jacob Keverline – Snare Drum Assistant Squad Leader

Alex Repke – Tenor Squad Leader

Chad Selmek – Bass Drum Squad Leader

Megan Snide – Cymbal Squad Leader

 

We are excited for the upcoming season under the leadership of these five individuals! We have updated the Contact page if you need to get in contact with them.

Go Bucks!

Tryout and Early Housing Information

Auditions are less than seven days away, and veterans and candidates are gearing up to earn their spots in the OSUDL.

Candidate days will take place on Sunday and Monday (August 9th and 10th respectively) with registration opening up at 12:00 pm and running up until 2:00 pm. Registration for candidate days will take place in the lobby of the Steinbrenner Band Center.

See the attached Audition Schedule 2015 for full schedule of all four days of auditions, and head over to the Auditions tab for more information about the tryout process.

Students are also eligible for early housing during and after the audition process, and is highly recommended for students commuting to the auditions. Take a look at the Housing Letter provided by the university for more information on the costs associated with early move in and who to contact for more information.

 

Good luck, and go Bucks!

Audition Schedule 2015

Housing Letter

Summer Session Schedule

Summer Sessions will take place this week tonight and tomorrow night (July 28 – 29) at their normal times. Next week, sessions will take place on Monday through Thursday (August 3 – 6) in preparation for candidate days, which start on August 9th. Please head over to the Audition tab for more information about tryouts.

2015 Playing Audition Information

Auditions for the OSUDL are right around the corner (August 9 – 12) and the playing audition information has been completed. Students auditioning will be asked to play a number of warmups and written pieces to their choice within the tempo maps provided. Sight reading will also be included in the audition. There will not be a met in the room for the audition.

 

The playing audition will take place in the morning block of the first day of Auditions (August 11th). Candidates will play alone in front of an adjudicator from outside the band program for 10 minutes, being asked to perform everything listed below in the Audition Packet. The music does not need to be memorized.

 

Please register for tryouts!

 

Snare candidates will be expected to play:

2015 Audition Piece
Buckeye Technique #1 – (8-8-16) 3 times @ 182 to 212 BPM
Buckeye Technique #2 – 3 times, the 1st as written, the 2nd with a crescendo on the 16th notes, and the 3rd with a decrescendo on the 16th notes @ 156+ BPM
Buckeye Technique #5 – 2 times @ 132+ BPM
Buckeye Technique #7 – 1 time @ 144+ BPM
Jupiter Warmup – A to the end @ 82 BPM
Building Blocks Warmup – 1 time @ 108+ BPM
2015 Audition Packet – Snare

Bass candidates will be expected to play:

2015 Audition Piece
Buckeye Technique #1 – (8-8-16) 3 times @ 182 to 212 BPM
Buckeye Technique #2 – 3 times, the 1st as written, the 2nd with a crescendo on the 16th notes, and the 3rd with a decrescendo on the 16th notes @ 156+ BPM
Buckeye Technique #5 – 2 times @ 132+ BPM
Buckeye Technique #7 – 1 time @ 144+ BPM
Jupiter Warmup – A to the end @ 82 BPM
Building Blocks Warmup – 1 time @ 108+ BPM
2015 Audition Packet – Bass

Tenor candidates will be expected to play:

2015 Audition Piece
Buckeye Technique #1 – (8-8-16) 3 times @ 182 to 212 BPM
Buckeye Technique #2 – 3 times, the 1st as written, the 2nd with a crescendo on the 16th notes, and the 3rd with a decrescendo on the 16th notes @ 156+ BPM
Buckeye Technique #5 – 2 times @ 132+ BPM
Buckeye Technique #7 – 1 time @ 144+ BPM
Jupiter Warmup – A to the end @ 82 BPM
Building Blocks Warmup – 1 time @ 108+ BPM
2015 Audition Packet – Tenor

Cymbal candidates will be expected to play:

2015 Audition Piece
Buckeye Technique #5 – 2 times @ 132+ BPM
Buckeye Technique #7 – 1 time @ 144+ BPM
Jupiter Warmup – A to the end @ 82 BPM
Building Blocks Warmup – 1 time @ 108+ BPM through measure 36
Demonstration of basic cymbal techniques – regular crash, scoops, chokes, dings, edge taps, sizzles, and hi-hats
2015 Audition Packet – Cymbals

Weekly Update – June 15

For this upcoming week, please have exercises 1-5 of the Buckeye Technique Packet and No Joke Strokes under your hands and memorized by this Thursday’s Summer Session. We will be playing through them on Tuesday and Wednesday as well, so make sure you are comfortable playing through them and come prepared to play.

 

Make sure to take a look at the marching schedule posted on the Summer Session tab so that you are keeping up with the marching aspect of the rehearsals.

 

Don’t hesitate to send the squad leaders any questions you may have, or videos of your playing and marching. This is especially useful if you are an out of state student or are unable to make it to all of the practices. The squad leaders are more than happy to watch video footage of you and send feedback throughout the week.

 

We look forward to seeing everyone this week!

Summer Sessions

Summer Sessions will begin tonight at 5:00pm outside the doors of the band center. When you first arrive, go to the second floor of the band center facilities and go to the instrument office to check out a drum for the night. You will need some sort of collateral to check out the drum, we recommend bringing your license. A drum and sling/harness will also be provided to you as you check out a drum from the instrument office. At the end of the night, the drums will be returned to the office.

 

We look forward to seeing everyone tonight!

Weekly Update – May 18th

Please take a look at the PDF Music page and grab all of the new 2015 sheet music. If you would like to have the old music that the OSUDL played make sure to download that this week, as we will be removing them from the page on next Monday, May 25th!

 

Summer Sessions are right around the corner as well, slated to start on Tuesday, June 9th. Drumline members will meet in the Buckeye Grove directly south of the Lincoln Tower practice field and in front of Morrill Tower at 5:00pm to have a sectional until the rest of the band reports at 6:30pm. Please have all of the music downloaded and printed out in a binder and be ready to rehearse at this time. Further information regarding Summer Sessions will be released in the coming days.

 

We look forward to seeing everyone this summer!

Weekly Update – April 29th

There will be no sectional held this evening due to finals week. Next week’s Wednesday night rehearsal (May 6th) will be the last of the spring semester.

Please continue to visit the page to get updates as to when rehearsals and other events will be taking place as we move into the summer.

Weekly Update – April 22nd

Sectionals will be returning to a normal schedule this week, beginning tonight in the Steinbrenner Band Center at 7:00 pm and running until 9:00 pm.

 

Also, the technical errors concerning No Joke Strokes on the Music PDF page have been resolved, and you should be able to access and download these files now.

 

We look forward to seeing everyone tonight!

Weekly Update – April 14th

There will be no Wednesday rehearsal on April 15th. Don’t forget to register for OSU Bands Night if you are planning on going. Bands Night is this Sunday from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm.

 

Also, take a look at the music PDF page and download a copy of a new piece we are playing, No Joke Strokes.

 

Go Bucks!