MMEA ALL-STATE STRING AUDITIONS (revised February 2020) Audition ID: _________________

PART ONE: SOLO

Difficulty of Solo (circle one)

Easy Medium Difficult

Outstanding Most Often Sometimes Rarely

Rhythm & 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Tempo  Consistently secure  Beat is mostly secure  Beat usually secure  Beat is inconsistent  Beat erratic
 Accurate note values  Occasional isolated  Most rhythms are  Many rhythms are  Rhythms are not
& rests rhythmic errors accurate inaccurate accurate
 Appropriate tempo  Tempo almost  Tempo not appropriate  Very little sense of the  No consistent tempo
appropriate (<±25) (>±25) tempo
 Errors begin to detract
from performance
Intonation & 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pitch  Consistently centered  Most pitches centered  Errors and imprecision  Frequent & repeated  Many wrong notes
pitch  Corrects most begin to detract from errors  No correction of pitch
Accuracy  Quickly corrects incorrect pitches performance  Very few corrections errors
incorrect pitches  Mostly clear  Often corrects incorrect of pitch errors  Misses all modulations
 Clear modulations & modulations & pitches  Misses most and accidentals
accidentals accidentals  Often clear modulations modulations or
or accidentals accidentals
Tone Quality 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
 Beautiful tone  Consistent tone across  Usually controlled tone  Tone quality is  Tone poor in all ranges
throughout range normal range in normal range inconsistent  Not clear
 Focused, clear tone  Mostly clear tone  Lack of focus and  Poor tone frequently  No vibrato
 Excellent vibrato  Vibrato mostly secure control begins to detract detracts from the
from performance performance
 Vibrato inconsistent or  Very little vibrato
inappropriate for style
Articulation 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
(bowing)  Outstanding attacks,  Occasional isolated  Lack of consistency or  Many attack, release &  Lack of appropriate
releases & control attack or release control in attacks or control issues attacks or releases
 Bowing appropriate errors releases begin to detract  Several deficiencies in throughout playing
style for repertoire  Most bowing from performance bowing technique  Severe bowing issues
 Bow straight and technique appropriate  Bowings not appropriate
secure from frog to tip to music to style
 Bow mostly straight  Some technique
from frog to tip problems including bow
not straight
Technique 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
(left hand  Facility is plainly  Good facility  A few problems with left  Consistent problem  Several consistent
facility, evident  Demonstrates good hand technique that with key aspect of problems with many
 Demonstrates secure working knowledge of begins to detract from technique or posture aspects of left hand
fingerings) knowledge of most positions performance  Very limited shifting technique and/or
positions on all strings  Good coordination  Simple shifting in basic demonstrated posture
 Excellent coordination between left & right positions, but very few  Many problems with  No upper positions or
between left & right hands upper positions left & right hand shifting
hands  A few timing issues coordination
between left & right
hands
Artistry 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
(dynamics,  Consistent nuance,  Nearly consistent  Performs with musical  Sometimes attempts  Rarely demonstrates
interpretation, artistry, dynamics, nuance, artistry, expression & dynamics, to perform with expression and style
phrasing & expressive dynamics, phrasing & but lacking in areas of musical expression,
musicianship) style expressive style nuance or artistry phrasing & style

Comments for solo:

Total Solo Score:

(60 points possible)
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MMEA ALL-STATE STRING AUDITIONS (revised February 2020) Audition ID: _________________

PART TWO: EXCERPT

Outstanding Most Often Sometimes Rarely
Rhythm & 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Tempo  Consistently secure &  Beat is secure  Beat mostly secure  Beat inconsistent  Beat is erratic
accurate  Most rhythms are  Most rhythms are accurate  Many rhythms are  Rhythms are
 Tempo appropriate accurate  Tempo not appropriate inaccurate seldom accurate
(within ±10 bpm from  A few duration errors (more than ±20 bpm)  Very little sense of the  Not able to tell
marked tempo)  More than ±10 bpm tempo what tempo they
 Secure syncopation from marked tempo are playing
Intonation 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
& Pitch  Consistently precise  Occasional isolated  Some intonation errors or  Frequent & repeated  Very few secure
pitches & notes error wrong notes errors pitches
Accuracy  Secure knowledge of  Some errors related to  Many wrong notes
clefs clef reading
Dynamics & 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Articulation  Consistently plays  Consistently plays  Often plays marked  Sometimes attempts  Rarely or never
marked dynamics & marked dynamics & dynamics & articulations, but marked dynamics or plays marked
articulations articulations, may miss not enough contrasts when articulations, and mostly dynamics or
 Outstanding phrasing 1 or 2 markings needed, may miss 3 or 4 markings missed articulations
& musicality  Good phrasing and markings  Very little phrasing or  No phrasing or
 Bowings accurate musicality  Some phrasing or musicality musicality musicality
 Often accurate  A few missed bowings  Many bowings missed  Most bowings
bowings missed

Comments for excerpt: Total Excerpt Score: x2=

(60 points possible)

PART THREE: SCALES

Overall Criteria:  Consistently accurate pitches, rhythm, &  A few pitch, rhythm, tempo, and/or  Significant pitch, rhythm, tempo, and/or
articulations articulation errors articulation errors
 Tempo appropriate (within ±10 bpm from  Tempo slower than marked  Inconsistent tempo
marked tempo) Begins to detract from performance Clearly detracts from performance
Scale #1: _____ 5 4 3 2 1
Scale #2: _____ 5 4 3 2 1
Chromatic Scale 5 4 3 2 1

Comments for scales: Total Scale Score: x2=

(30 points possible)

Judge’s Overall Comments:

Total Score:
(150 points possible)

Judge’s signature:

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