For general information about tryouts, visit our tryouts page.

The tryout sheets below contain musical exercises and are a required component of the music audition. The tryout sheet does not need to be memorized.

Music to be memorized for 2026 auditions includes Buckeye Battle Cry, Fight the Team (chorus/break/chorus only, not tag ending), Hang on Sloopy and Beautiful Ohio (Long Version - m.13 to the end). Schools songs are available for download here.

Brass

Brass candidates must also be prepared to perform:

• Any of the 12 major scales (You determine tempo and rhythm.)
• A two-octave chromatic scale. (You determine the starting pitch, tempo and rhythm.)
• One short sight-reading etude.

Percussion

Snare

Tenors

Bass

Cymbals

Cymbal candidates must also be prepared to perform:

• Buckeye Battle Cry from mm26 to the end
• Fight the Team from beginning to mm17
• Hang on Sloopy from mm17 to the end
   

Rubrics and Scoring Sheets

These documents are designed to inform candidates how they will be scored during tryouts. The rubrics describe the criteria judges and squad leaders use to evaluate the auditions for music and marching. Scoring sheets are the documents the judges and squad leaders will fill out in your evaluation.

Rubrics

Music rubrics are split into three groups based on your instrument. The marching rubric is identical for all instruments.

Scoring Sheets