Scholarship Audition Dates/Information

Contact the Band Office at 662-325-2713 to schedule your audition for the 2025 Famous Maroon Band.

Audition Dates are below (all by appointment)

• Weekdays (Monday - Friday) during Spring semester through March 28
• Friday, November 22 (Music majors only)
• Friday, January 31 (For students attending the MSU Honor Band Clinic)
• Saturday, February 22 (Preferred date for incoming music majors; all other majors are welcome)
• Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15 (open to all majors)

Brass & Woodwind Scholarship Audition Requirements

• 5 major scales (Student's choice, 2 octaves where appropriate.)
• Chromatic scale
• A 1-2 minute prepared piece that demonstrates your best qualities as a musician
• Sight reading

Percussion Scholarship Audition Requirements

Percussionists are encouraged to audition on multiple instruments, but this is not required.

• Snare Drum
• • 5 rudiments (Student's choice, Open-Closed-Open)
  • Long Roll
  • A 1-2 minute prepared piece (on concert or marching snare) that demonstrates your best qualities as a musician
  • Sight reading
• Mallet Percussion
• • Same as Brass & Woodwind requirements
• Timpani
• • Etude or solo
• Percussionists must also be placed successfully on the drumline to receive a scholarship award. See below.

Drumline Auditions

• The 2025 MSU Drumline audition submissions are due on Friday, May 2.  The audition packet will be available in January 2025.

Auxiliary Auditions

More information can be found on the Auxiliaries page.

• Audition submissions for the 2025 MSU Feature Twirlers are due on Saturday, March 15. 
• Audition submissions for the 2025 MSU Color Guard are due on Saturday, April 26.