ANNOUNCES A VACANCY FOR PERCUSSION

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1 United States Marine Band Marine Chamber Orchestra Colonel ason K Fettig, Director ANNOUNCES A VACANCY FOR PERCUSSION Auditions or Percussion/Drum Set will be held on Monday, anuary 22, 2018, beginning at 8:00 am, at the Marine Barracks Annex, 7th L Streets, SE in Washington, DC The registration desk will be oen rom 7:15 am until 12:00 noon, but alicants are urged to check in by 8:00 am No seciic audition times will be assigned; musicians will be heard in the order in which they aear and register I not comleted on anuary 22, auditions will continue on Tuesday, anuary 2 Alicants should thereore be available to erorm on both days Alicants will be laced on the audition list uon the Marine Band s receit o a current résumé and comleted alicant actsheet These items should be received by the Marine Band beore the day o the audition The audition committee reserves the right to dismiss any candidate not meeting the highest roessional standards The President s Own United States Marine Band is America s oldest continuously active roessional musical organization Its mission is unique to rovide music or the President o the United States and the Commandant o the Marine Cors Marine Band musicians erorm requently at the White House in small ensembles, chamber orchestra, concert band, and as soloists The Marine Band erorms or a wide variety o commitments, to include ublic concerts, recording sessions, touring, chamber music recitals, military ceremonies and state unctions Today s Marine Band is comosed o 154 o the nation s inest musicians Those selected or the US Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra are exemt rom recruit training and are aointed to the rank o Sta Sergeant (E-6) under a contract or duty with the US Marine Band only The winner o the audition will receive instructions regarding enlistment rocedures The audition will consist o reared material on all ercussion instruments (reer to attached reertoire list), as well as sight-reading MARIMBA 1 Partita No 1: Bourrée (no reeats) rom Sonatas and Partitas or Violin (S Bach) XYLOPHONE 1 Porgy and Bess (Gershwin) 2 Overture to Colas Breugnon (Kabalevsky) Overture to Candide (Bernstein) 4 Billy the Kid (Coland) 5 Symhony No 6 (Persichetti) 6 Vientos y Tangos (Gandoli) 7 Galo rom Genevieve de Brabant (Oenbach/Bourgeois) BELLS 1 The Sorcerer's Arentice (Dukas) 2 Roman Festivals (Resighi) The Pines o Rome (Resighi) 4 March, Solid Men to the Front (Sousa) VIBRAPHONE 1 West Side Story, Act 1, No 8 (Bernstein) 2 The Frozen Cathedral (Mackey) SNARE DRUM 1 Chester rom New England Tritych (Schuman)(band version) 2 Festive Overture, Ous 96 (Shostakovich/Hunsberger) The Birth o Kié rom Lieutenant Kié, Ous 60 (Prokoiev) 4 Cariccio esagnol, Ous 4 (Rimsky-Korsakov) 5 Clarinet Concerto, Ous 57 (Nielsen) 6 When esus Wet rom New England Tritych (Schuman) 7 Danse Funambulesque (Strens) 8 Midway March (Williams) 9 March, Washington Post (Sousa) 10 March, The Stars and Stries Forever (Sousa)

2 TIMPANI 1 Concerto or Seven Wind Instruments (Martin) 2 Symhony No 1 in C, Ous 21 (Beethoven) Be Glad Then, America rom New England Tritych (Schuman) 4 Symhony No 9 in E-lat, K 54 (Mozart) 5 Overture to Candide (Bernstein/Grundman) ACCESSORIES 1 CYMBALS: Fantasy Overture, Romeo and uliet (Tchaikovsky) A Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky) 2 TAMBOURINE: Carnival Overture, Ous 92 (Dvorák) Suite No 1 rom Carmen (Bizet) Suite No 2 rom Carmen (Bizet) uiter rom The Planets, Ous 2 (Holst) TRIANGLE: Symhony No 4 in E minor, Ous 98 (Brahms) 4 BASS DRUM WITH CYMBAL ATTACHED: March, Washington Post (Sousa) DRUM SET This ortion o the audition is otional Candidates auditioning on drum set should be reared to erorm a variety o styles to include Rock, Latin azz, and Swing Sight-reading may be required and candidates may be asked to erorm with a small azz combo All auditionees should bring their own mallets and sticks All instruments will be rovided Alicants may bring their own tambourine, triangle, and snare drum i they so desire, although it is not necessary The ollowing instruments will be rovided by "The President's Own" United States Marine Band: Snare Drum: Pearl Philharmonic aluminum 65" X 14" Extra snare drum stand Cymbals: 17" Constantinole, Zildian 18" Artisans, Sabian 19" hand-hammered, Sabian Bells: Deagan, Parsial (range is G- C, two 1/2 octaves) Xylohone: Deagan, 870- ( 1/2 octaves) Vibrahone: Yamaha gold bars Marimba: Marimba 1 (4 1/ octave) Timani: Walter Light/ American Drum Co - " 28" 26" 24' American set-u Evans strata heads Drum set: Yamaha Male Custom Absolute 20 X 18 Bass Drum 12" tom 14" loor tom ˆ For urther inormation, lease write or call the ollowing: Marine Band Oerations 8th I Streets, SE Washington, DC telehone: (202) ax: (202) wwwmarinebandmarinesmil

3 The President s Own UNITED STATES MARINE BAND Colonel ason K Fettig, Director Please rint or tye APPLICANT FACT SHEET NOTICE: Prior to submitting this orm, lease veriy that you meet the standard basic qualiications necessary to become a member o the U S Marine Band To review a list o these requirements, lease visit our website at: wwwmarinebandmarinesmil / Career Inormation PERSONAL INFO MILITARY First Name: Middle Initial: Last Name: Position(s) or which you are alying: Street Address: Aartment: City: State: Zi Code: Primary Phone: Secondary Phone: Address: Are you a United States Citizen? Yes No Date o Birth: Date available or enlistment: Do you have rior U S Military service? Yes No I so, how long did you serve? Years: Months: Are you now on active duty or reserve status? Yes No When does your contract end? Please list your current rank, unit and duty station: REFERENCES Name: Title / Position: Phone: Name: Title / Position: Phone: Please return this comleted alication and your current résumé by one o the ollowing methods (in order o reerence): marinebandoerations@usmcmil MAIL: Oerations Oicer United States Marine Band FACSIMILE: (202) Marine Barracks, 8th and I Streets, SE Washington, DC NOTE: Items submitted through the U S Mail are not delivered in a timely manner as they are diverted to an o-site security screening center beore being orwarded to our acility This rocess may cause a signiicant delay in the delivery o your materials Your name will be added to the audition list uon receit o your alication materials, and you will receive an conirming your aearance at the audition I you are unable to attend or have urther questions, lease call (202) between the hours o 7:0 am and 4:00 m eastern time on weekdays PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT FOR U S MARINE BAND APPLICANTS This statement is rovided in comliance with the rovisions o the Privacy Act o 1974 (5 USC 552a) which requires Federal agencies to inorm individuals who are requested to urnish ersonal inormation about themselves 1 Authority 10 USC 506, MCO P Princial Puroses The inormation that will be requested rom you in the selection rocess and ersonal interview is intended to rovide a basis on which to evaluate your suitability to hold a osition with the United States Marine Band This inormation may also be used to inorm alicants o additional oortunities in Marine Cors music Routine Uses In addition to being used by U S Marine Band sta in the audition and evaluation rocess, ertinent inormation will be rovided to other government activities in a reliminary screening to determine your ability to obtain a security clearance granting Category III White House Access, which is a requirement or duty with the United States Marine Band 4 Disclosure o this inormation is voluntary, but ailure to do so could result in the inability o U S Marine Band sta to evaluate your suitability or a osition in the United States Marine Band and could reclude urther articiation in the audition rocess Alicant s Signature: Date:

4 United StateS Marine Band Marine ChaMBer OrCheStra Colonel ason K Fettig, Director MARIMBA Percssion Aition anar, Partita No 1, Bourée (no reeats) rom Sonatas and Partitas or Solo Violin (S Bach) XYLOPHONE Porgy and Bess (Gershwin) # # # # # # # # 4 2 Allegro con brio q = # # # # # # # # # # # # n n 14 # # # # n n n n n n n n n n 16 # # # # n n n r Ó n Marine Barracks, 8th and I Streets, SE, Washington, DC Telehone: 202/ Internet: 1 wwwmarinebandmarinesmil USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

5 Overture to Colas Breugnon (Kabalevsky) 4 2 b b b b b b b 6 b Presto (in one) h = 126 b b b # semre b b b b n b b # n b # # b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b (loco) b s F b b b b b Overture to Candide (Bernstein) 9 Allegro con brio C b n h = 152 b b æ b b n # æ # # æ gliss ~~~~~~~~ USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

6 Celebration Dance rom Billy the Kid (Coland) 10 # # # # # # n n 8 C Ó # # Ó R secco Allegro Ó Ó h = 84 stacc n # 9 # # Ó R 9 # # # Symhony No 6 or Band 4 th movement (Persichetti) Excert 1 Vivace ( h =144-) C # # semre Ó 7 # Ó # # 10 Ó 1 b P b Ó b b b Ó USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

7 Symhony No 6 or Band 4 th movement (Persichetti) Excert ( h =144-) rigoroso 255 b b b b b b b 261 b b b b 266 b b 2 Vientos y Tangos (Gandoli) 217 b b 219 # n b # n n # b var III 'virtuosi (iano e bandoneon)' Xyl 4 4 b b iu # n b b # b b n b n n b n b b b b 221 b b Ó 4 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

8 Galo rom Genevieve de Brabant (Oenbach/Bourgeois) 17 bb 4 2 Presto bb n 145 cresc oco a oco bb n 15 b b bb bb R R R " æ U 5 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

9 BELLS The Sorcerers Arentice (Dukas) b b b b n n n b cresc bb b b n 19 bb b b rin b b n n iú Vi b b b b 8 q = GLOCK détache n n b # rin semre cresc Poco animato Poco animando 21 n n 6 n b b b b n n n n 22 Au Mouv t GLOCK n n b b b b b b b b b 2 n b n n b n b b bb b b n b n n b n n n b # n n # b n n n Ÿ~~~~~ # n # b # bb b b Ÿ~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~ 24 n 6 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

10 The Sorcerers Arentice (continued) bb b b 26 b b b b b q = n n b n n b b n n b b n bb b b bb b b n # n n bb b b n n n # n 2 n n q = n n 2 n Vi bb b b n b b n b b b b b 8 q = GLOCK b b b b n 6 n détache b n b # n n n n b b b n n n b # 18 rin cresc rin iú n semre cresc Poco animato Poco animando 21 n n 6 n n # n # # n n n n n n n 22 Au Mouv t GLOCK n n b 7 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

11 Roman Festivals (Resighi) Excert 1 17th bar o 18 (Allº vivace) # # # # 4 2 h = # # # # # # # # # # # # 19 n n n n n n b n n b b b b n b bb b b Lostesso temo b b b USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

12 Roman Festivals (Resighi) Excert 2 h = 6 6 Temo 4 esante di Valzer 1 b 9 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

13 The Pines o Rome (Resighi/Duker) b b Allegretto 8 2 vivace b b 1 b b n 2 R b 8 b 5 F cresc b n # # 1 # 2 # 9 b 8 2 b b b USMB Percussion Audition Excerts R R R R R R R R R Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b R R R n# # #

14 The Pines o Rome (Resighi/Duker) cont ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # # string ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # # cresc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a # # # temo 5 n n n 9 b 8 7 cresc b 6 Più vivo n 12 # # # 2 8 Vivace # # # # n n # # # # 5 cresc 6 # 11 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts 7 string semre n # # # # # # # # n # # 9 Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ # # # # # Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ Tacet to end

15 March, Solid Men to the Front (Sousa/Byrne) b b b C q h = 120 b 5 TRIO b b b b n n b b b b 61 n P b b b b n n b n 69 n bb b b 77 n n bb b b A w Ó 85 bb b b b b b b bb b b 2 n 125 n 12 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

16 VIBRAPHONE West West Side Story, Act 1, 1, No No 8 (L (Bernstein) Bernstein) Allegretto q = C Ó 2 string un oco # # # b b b b b # b b b # b # Z 589 C 2 b b bn -F - - w w 2 b b F - - b b 597 C h = 88 n dim molto b - - w 604 # # # Ó Poco iù mosso (Fugue) # # # b # n # n b b n b b b n n # # n b # # # ß n R b b b b n # 1 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

17 The Frozen Cathedral (Mackey) 196 S q = 100 bb b b b 4 4 n bb b b b 4 7 n 8 4 P 200 bb b b b 4 4 n bb b b b 4 4 P 204 b b b b b b b b b b 208 b b b b b F P 211 b b b b b T 214 b b b b b cresc F 217 b b b b b U bb b b n b 4 4 n bb b b b 7 n 8 4 Ó This electronic ile is the roerty o The US Marine Bnad - FOR AUDITION USE ONLY Distributing this ile without the ermission o the comoser/ublisher to anyone other than the arty listed above is unishable by law 14 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

18 SNARE DRUM Chester rom New England Tritych (Schuman)(band version) 210 (Allegro vivo q = circa 160)? Sn Dr 214? ? P F Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ w 220? Bass Dr 22? 226? Sn Dr (lam) Ó cresc ( ) oco a oco ( ) P ( ) ( P ) Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ w ( ) Ó 225 ( F ) F ( ) Ï Ó USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

19 Festive Overture, Ous 96 (Shostakovich) 17 h = 160 SD? C Ó 1 Ó 1? Ó Ó Ó? 1 Ó Ó 1 Ó? Ó Ó Ó? Ó Ó 1 Ó 1 F? 16 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

20 The Birth o Kié rom Lieutenant Kié, Ous 60 (Prokoiev) Excert 1 1 Doio movimento q=116 Tamb mil Solo? 4 π?? π Excert 2 1 Allegro come rima q=116 Tamb mil? 4 π π? 14 w æ w æ w æ æ π Andante assai rit Ó 17 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

21 Cariccio esagnol Ous 4, 4 th movement (Rimsky-Korsakov) Allegretto 8 6 U 4 Corni Solo quasi Cadenza (I) (no metronome marking given) b b b b b 6 8 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tamburo Solo w u b Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dimin U U Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~ UŸ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ w dim Cadenza (II) Violino Solo semre L Tim? a temo π USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

22 Clarinet Concerto, Ous 57 (Nielsen) Excert 1 Tenth bar o (Allegretto un oco) q (q = 72) 4 æ F æ æ 4 2 æ æ æ Z π æ i 4 2 ZZ æ Excert 2 q = P P P P P P i i i i i i!! i i i i i i!!!!!! Z Z Z æ 8 P P P æ æz USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

23 Clarinet Concerto, Ous 57 (Nielsen) cont 27 (Allegro non troo) Excert 8 Viol # # n b b b b n Z ZZ æ Z ZZ æ æ 2 π cresc Z ZZ æ æ æ æ 8 2 π 8 2 æ 29 Poco iù mosso π æ æ I I R I R a accel æ molto dim R R RÔ RÔ æ 1 2 æ æ 4 æ 0 I R I R I R I R I R 1 R R RÔ RÔ RÔ rall R R Un oco meno mosso segue R R R R 4 R R 5 R R 6 R R 7 R R 8 R R R U 20 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

24 When esus Wet rom New England Tritych (Schuman) Excert 1 {h = 2 Ÿ~~~ c60} Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ó (lam) Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó F P P Solo 5 10 Ÿ~~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~ Ó w w Ó Ó Excert 2 Ó Ó ṗ 85 Temo I Ÿ~~~~ (lam) Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó 90 oco Ó 95 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ó w w Ó Ó 21 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

25 Danse Funambulesque (Strens) 19 Temo Iº h = 84 C Solo Players Ó 22 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

26 Midway March (Williams) 69 ã8 69 (A la marcia) æ F æ æ Ó ß ã 76 ã 79 ã ã 85 ã æ æ Ó ã æ æ 8 6 æ æ ã USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

27 March, Washington Post (Sousa) q = ? 8 æ æ æ æ? æ @ æ? æ / /? 2 «æ æ solo P Trio USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

28 March, The Stars and Stries Forever (Sousa) March Temo C / Ó ^ æ ^ æw Ó [oco] æ æ 9 / 15 / 21 / 29 / æ [oco] [ ] [ ] æ æ æ æ æ æ æ [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [lightly] [ ] [ ] [ ] æ æ æ æ [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] æ æ æw æ æ æ æ Ó æ æ æ æ [ ] æ Ó 7 / TRIO Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó 4 / Ó Ó Ó 49 / Ó Ó Ó 55 / Ó Ó Ó Ó 25 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

29 March, The Stars and Stries Forever (Sousa) cont 61 / Ó Ó 67 / Ó 2 [Play] 2 Ó æ Ó Ó æ Ó 77 / Cym O æw w ~ æ æ BD Cym O æw w ~ æ BD 84 / 91 æ Cym æw æw / Ó [ ] O 1st X dim 2nd X cresc [2nd X] [ ]- ^ ^ Ó BD/Cym Grandioso [Cyms 2nd X only] Cym O ^ ^ Ó BD/Cym æw ~ Ó æw æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ 98 / æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ 105 / æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [2nd X] [2nd X] [2nd X] [2nd X] 111 / æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ 118 / ^ æ æ æ æ æ æ O æ æ O æ æ æ æ v [sz][2nd X] [sz][2nd X] 26 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

30 TIMPANI Concerto or Seven Wind Instruments, rd movement (Martin)? # # # # ^? P? #? #? ^ ^ ^ ^ # un oco cresc h=69-72 solo? 4 # # # # æ æ cresc # ^ 20 ^ ^ # æ ^ ^ # n F # F # # # meno # dim # F # ^ ^ # # ^ ^? # q=q 22 # 2 {h=112} # # #? # # π ^ 27 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

31 Symhony No 1 in C, Ous 21, rd movement (Beethoven)?? Trio 4 Corni!?!!! cresc s! s!! Menuetto Allegro molto e vivace h 108 A? 4!!! 7!!!!!! s s s Be Glad Then, America rom New England Tritych (Schuman)? 8 12 solo?? {10}? Ó 28 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

32 Symhony No 9 in E-lat, K 54, 1 st movement (Mozart)? C b b Ó b? Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b w w w w w b? Adagio e = b b b Ó Overture to Candide (Bernstein/Grundman) b Ó b b b Ó 2 b Ó 2 Excert 1 Allegro molto con brio ( h 152 ) Hard sticks? C Ó Ó b Ó gliss b gliss Excert 2 ( h 152 )? 151 b b b? b b F Ó 2 Excert ( h 152 ) (sot sticks) 190? 2 Ó Ó b C b - Ó b - Ó 2 C -F b b - Ó -? C b - Ó b Ó b bw C Ó 2 C - æ - b Ó b Ó? C 2 Senza 2 Ó Ó b Ó Ó 1 rall Ó b Ó C - - ṗ π dim 29 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

33 Overture to Candide (cont) Excert 4 216? C ( h 152 ) Hard sticks b π b (non cresc) b b b b? b b n b b b b b 224 b F b? b b b b b b n b b 2? 21 2 b C w æ Più mosso b ( w 96 ) b Ó b b Ó b b Ó? b Ó 2 b Ó C b 29 b b Ó b cresc? b Ó b b Ó b Ó 2 b Ó C b 247? b b cresc Ó b b Ó b b Ó b Ó 2? 2 b Ó C, 255 b b b b 0 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

34 ACCESSORIES CYMBALS: Fantasy Overture, Romeo and uliet (Tchaikovsky)?? Ó? c Ó 2 Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó Ó? Ó Ó Ó Allegro guisto q=18-160? Ó O A Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky) S h = ? 2 Ó Ó? Ó 1 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

35 TAMBOURINE: Carnival Overture, Ous 92 (Dvorák) ˆ Q C h = Ó 1 cresc R Ó 1 Ó Ó Ó S h = C 4 6 U wÿ w Ÿ w Ÿ w Ÿ W Poco iù mosso 4 Ó 2 4 Ó 5 4 Ó secco 2 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

36 Suite No 1 rom Carmen Aragonaise (Bizet) Allegro vivace {qd = 80} Tamburino 8 dim molto π π N o 1 a Aragonaise (Prelude to Act IV) 6 6 A oco cresc B dim π Suite No 2 rom Carmen Danse Bohme (Bizet) Tamburino ( q = ) 4 Ÿ π E Ÿ D Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

37 uiter rom The Planets, Ous 2 (Holst) Excert h = (Allegro giocoso) Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~ 6 Excert 2 56 h = 58-6 Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~ 6 Ÿ~~~~ 16 4 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

38 TRIANGLE: Symhony No 4 in E minor, Ous 98, rd movement (Brahms) Excert 1 Allegro giocoso q = Ÿ~~~~~ B 9 Excert q = semre Excert I q = Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ 2 Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ Ÿ~~~~~~~~ 2 semre 4 Ÿ~~~~ 9 Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ Ÿ~~~ 6 ObI Pk Ÿ Ÿ~~~~~~~~? 5 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

39 BASS DRUM WITH CYMBAL ATTACHED: March, Washington Post (Sousa) q = ? 8 æ æ æ æ? æ @ æ? æ / /? 2 «æ æ solo P Trio 2 6 USMB Percussion Audition Excerts

40 United States Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra Colonel ason K Fettig, Director Marine Barracks Washington Oerations: (202) th I Streets, SE Public Aairs: (202) Washington, DC Fax: (202) wwwmarinebandmarinesmil Career Inormation AUDITIONS Auditions or The President s Own occur only in anticiation o roected vacancies and are announced in The International Musician, as well as by direct mailings to college band directors and instrumental music instructors All auditions take lace in ohn Phili Sousa Band Hall at Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, and are conducted much like those o maor symhony orchestras There is no reliminary taed round Interested alicants should send a letter o inquiry with a current résumé to: Oerations Oicer, US Marine Band, Marine Barracks, 8th and I Streets, SE, Washington, DC , or ax this inormation to (202) Alicants must travel to Washington at their own exense MUSICAL REQUIREMENTS No seciic level o education is required, but most members hold college degrees, and many hold advanced degrees The laying ability and exertise required are equivalent to those o any maor roessional musical organization The broad range o commitments by The President s Own requires musical versatility rom all band members Tyical commitments include band concerts, ceremonial events, chamber orchestra, educational outreach, small ensemble erormances, touring, and recording sessions QUALIFICATIONS United States citizenshi and successul comletion o an extensive background investigation are mandatory in order to obtain a Secret Security Clearance with Category III White House Access Alicants holding a dual citizenshi will be required to renounce their oreign citizenshi as a rerequisite to obtaining clearance This clearance is a requirement or the assignment o the Military Occuational Secialty (MOS) Member, United States Marine Band Due to the length and scoe o the security clearance rocess, it is initiated ollowing the member s enlistment onto active duty Failure to obtain and maintain this security clearance will result in administrative searation rom the US Marine Cors Current regulations authorize enlistment between ages 17 and 28 Age waivers may be granted in some cases; however, the maximum age or which waivers may be granted to those with no rior military service is 4 Alicants must also ass the Armed Services Vocational Atitude Battery (ASVAB) and a comlete hysical examination, which includes comlying with established height/weight standards both at the time o enlistment and throughout one s Marine Cors career (see height/weight chart on the ollowing age) The laying art o the audition assesses only the individual s musical qualiications To be oered a osition in The President s Own, one must also be hysically qualiied and be caable o being granted the required security clearance Selection as a inalist is not a determination that one is musically qualiied or the osition Finalists are those the committee wishes to hear again in order to make a more comlete assessment o their abilities Finalists are interviewed at the time o the audition in an eort to identiy any otential roblems that could aect the individual s ability to be enlisted or duty with The President s Own, either related to health or the White House security clearance The Privacy Act notice included as art o the Alicant Fact Sheet exlains that inormation will be requested in the selection rocess and ersonal interview to rovide a basis on which to evaluate the alicant s suitability to hold a osition with The President s Own, and will not be used or any other urose While disclosure o this inormation is voluntary, ailure to do so could result in the inability o the sta to evaluate the alicant s suitability or a osition in

41 The President s Own and could reclude urther articiation in the audition rocess Likewise, disclosure o inormation during the interview that is determined to be disqualiying in nature could result in the alicant s immediate dismissal rom the remainder o the audition rocess The criteria or duty with The President s Own are very stringent and are established by those outside agencies resonsible or granting hysical qualiication and security clearances The President s Own must comly with the criteria and guidance rovided by these outside agencies in order to assess alicants While each alicant is dierent, and each will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, the ollowing are some issues that could aect the individual s ability to be ound ully qualiied or enlistment with The President s Own : Physical Qualiications: Disqualiying conditions may include, but are not limited to, ailure to meet height/weight standards at time o enlistment; serious vision and auditory roblems; hyertension; diabetes; heart deects; seizure; inlammatory bowel syndrome; loss o an eye or kidney; cancer within ive years; anorexia; treatment or asthma during the ast ive years; allergy immunotheray during the ast two years; and hysical limitations due to inury or congenital conditions Laser eye surgery is a otential disqualiier or enlistment Alicants who have had laser eye surgery should contact LtCol ohn R Barclay, Executive Assistant to the Director, at (202) 4-99 or ohnrbarclay@usmcmil rior to the audition When doing so, have a coy o your contact lens/eyeglass rescrition rom beore surgery available Clearance Qualiications: Disqualiying conditions may include but are not limited to: arrest and/or conviction o a elony; requent involvement with authorities even as a uvenile; DWI/DUI; having been a atient in an institution rimarily devoted to the treatment o mental, emotional, or sychological disorders; attern o inancial irresonsibility (bankrutcy, debt or credit roblems, deaulting on a student loan); membershi in any organization that advocates the commission o acts o orce or violence to deny other ersons their rights under the Constitution o the United States; having etitioned to be declared a conscientious obector to war; moving violations with ines over $200; illegal drug use (to include any use o cocaine, heroin, LSD, and PCP); and the illegal urchase, ossession, or sale o any such narcotics Note: Alicants with questions about their seciic cases should call LtCol ohn R Barclay, Executive Assistant to the Director, at (202) 4-99 or ohnrbarclay@usmcmil rior to the audition At the comletion o the ersonal interview and health/ security screening, i it is determined that health and/or background issues could aect an individual s ability to be enlisted or duty with The President s Own, such matters will be addressed with the resective agencies resonsible or hysical qualiication or clearance matters I these agencies conirm that an alicant is unequivocally disqualiied or either hysical or security clearance reasons, the Director reserves the right to eliminate the individual rom urther consideration Once ound ully qualiied and selected or a osition with The President s Own, alicants receive ull medical and atitude testing at the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) nearest their current residence This testing is coordinated by The President s Own in cooeration with local Marine Cors recruiters ABOUT THE ENLISTMENT The enlistment rocess is comleted at the alicant s local MEPS A standard our-year enlistment contract is signed or duty with the US Marine Band only Marine Band musicians are ermanently assigned and may not be transerred to any other unit or location Uon enlistment, new members are aointed to the rank o Sta Sergeant (ay grade E-6) in the US Marine Cors and receive all ay and beneits commensurate with that grade They are also subect to the Uniorm Code o Military ustice, the rules and articles o which govern the disciline o the US Armed Forces Following enlistment, new members reort directly to Washington, DC, with oicial travel and shiment o household goods conducted at government exense Marine Cors Weight Standards Male Weight Standards: Height (inches) Weight (ounds) Minimum Maximum Female Weight Standards: Height (inches) Weight (ounds) Minimum Maximum

42 RECRUIT TRAINING Members o The President s Own are not required to undergo recruit training The mission o The President s Own is to rovide music and erorm such other unctions as are directed by the President o the United States and the Commandant o the Marine Cors Unlike other Marine Cors musical units, The President s Own has no secondary combat role, and its members are exemt rom all such training The President s Own musicians reort to Washington ully trained to erorm their rimary duties in the accomlishment o the band s unique musical mission Thereore, there is no requirement or The President s Own musicians to undergo recruit training New members are instructed by the Assistant Drum Maor in aroriate military and band-related subects This ongoing rocess o instruction gives each musician essential knowledge about his or her role in the US Marine Cors PAY/ALLOWANCES Military ay is divided into two categories: basic ay (which is taxable) and other allowances (housing, subsistence) which are not taxable Federal, state, and social security taxes are deducted only rom the income s taxable ortion In addition, all members o the armed orces are allowed to claim legal residence in their home state i they so desire This may also aect their state tax status (see chart below or detailed inormation regarding ay and beneits) OTHER PAY INFORMATION Members o the armed services receive ay increases ater the second year o service These increases continue at the third and ourth year and then are given every two years ater that time u to year 26 In addition, requests or military ay raises are resented to Congress each year The Basic Allowance or Housing (BAH) is determined by rank The BAH is recomuted eriodically to ensure that it conorms with actual housing costs The Washington area has one o the highest BAH rates in the nation RETIREMENT BENFITS Members o The President s Own, like all other active duty service members, are covered under the military s Blended Retirement System Armed services members qualiy or retirement at the comletion o 20 years o active service at 40 ercent o their base ay, with an additional 2 ercent each year thereater This ension beneit requires no contribution rom the individual The Blended Retirement System also includes articiation in the Thrit Savings Plan (TSP) The TSP is a deined contribution lan that allows members to save or retirement in a taxdeerred, government sonsored retirement lan The member will be eligible or 1% automatic and u to 4% emloyer matching contributions to their individual account rom their Members o the US Armed Forces are aid on the 1st and 15th o each month O the total ay and allowances due, only the basic ay is taxable Monthly deductions on this chart are estimated based uon average deductions o current members These amounts luctuate based uon seciic state o residence, marital, and deendent status In addition, members are aid er diem while traveling on government business and are entitled to an annual clothing allowance used to deray the costs o uniorm urchase and maintenance Glossary: Monthly Pay and Allowances or a Sta Sergeant (Pay Grade E-6) Eective an 1, 2017 BAH (Basic Allowance or Housing) a sum determined by housing costs in the geograhic region in which the members are stationed; this hels deray rent or mortgage costs BAS (Basic Allowance or Subsistence) the sum allocated to deray the cost o meals (Both BAH and BAS are nontaxable income) SGLI (Servicemember s Grou Lie Insurance) a monthly deduction entitling the member to be insured or $400,000 Sousal coverage is also available DENTAL there is no cost or a member without deendents; members with one deendent ay $110 monthly, more than one deendent costs $88 monthly USN/MC RETIREMENT HOME a mandatory deduction or all Sailors and Marines Pay and Allowances: Without With Deendents Deendents Basic Pay $2,48670 $2,48670 BAH 2, ,66700 BAS Total Monthly Gross 4,9699 5,52199 Total Annual Gross 59, ,2688 Monthly Deductions (estimated): Federal Tax Social Security SGLI $400, Dental Medicare USN/MC Ret Home Total Monthly Deductions Monthly Net Pay: $4,54112 $5,157 Annual Net Pay: $54,4944 $61,84476 Note: Net ay reers to the amount taken home; gross ay relects income rior to deductions

43 basic ay The lan consists o ive dierent investment unds that oer diversiication over a broad range o bond and equity markets The TSP is governed by the Federal Retirement Thrit Investment Board Enrollment oortunities are available to all military ersonnel The rogram is very similar to a civilian 401k or 40b style lan but at a lower administrative cost NON-MONETARY BENEFITS As active duty members o the military, The President s Own musicians receive all medical and dental care, x-rays, tests, and rescritions without charge Deendents are also authorized to receive ree medical care at selected military acilities A contributory lan allows deendent dental care to be covered at a modest cost Members who retire ater 20 years o service also retain medical beneits through Tricare The musicians o The President s Own receive ull exchange and commissary rivileges or themselves and their deendents Members who retire ater 20 years o service also retain ull exchange and commissary rivileges The Washington, DC, area has a wealth o government and military acilities that are available to active duty members and their amilies These include swimming ools, tennis and racquetball courts, gymnasiums, and gol courses Marine Cors Community Service oers rental o caming and athletic equiment, etc at little or no cost In addition, there are amle oortunities or recreational, cultural, educational, and historical ursuits throughout the Washington, DC, metroolitan area LEAVE (VACATION) TIME Marines receive 0 days aid leave each year lus some ederal holidays when not on duty Secial liberty may also be granted by the Director All requests or leave are aroved or disaroved based on the band s schedule The President s Own has no blanket leave eriods during which the entire band is on leave at the same time To accomlish its mission, it is necessary or the Marine Band to remain oerational 65 days a year EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE When unds are available, Marine Cors tuition assistance ays u to 100 ercent o tuition, instructional ees, laboratory ees, comuter ees, and mandatory course enrollment ees combined, not to exceed $250 er semester hour equivalent and $4,500 er individual er iscal year Tuition assistance unds are authorized or vocational-technical, undergraduate, graduate, undergraduate develomental, indeendent study, and distance learning rograms Courses must be oered by institutions accredited by agencies recognized by the United States Deartment o Education In addition to tuition assistance, the Veteran s Administration oers educational assistance to all active duty service members in the orm o the GI Bill Two dierent GI Bill rograms exist: the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post 9/11 GI Bill These rograms oer a range o beneits including the oortunity to transer educational beneits to souses and children Some rograms require a contribution rom the service member Inormation regarding the GI Bill and other educational beneits is available rom the Veteran s Administration There are a number o colleges and universities in the Washington area, including Georgetown University, George Mason University, George Washington University, Catholic University, the University o Maryland, and the Peabody Conservatory o Music HOUSING Military housing is limited in the Washington area and should not be anticiated The maority o members live in the Washington metroolitan area, including areas o Maryland and Virginia BAH is not aid i a member obtains military housing THE PRESIDENT S OWN HISTORY The President s Own has been art o the events that have shaed our national heritage or more than two centuries Its omniresent role in events o national imortance has made it art o the abric o American lie Established by an Act o Congress in 1798, the Marine Band is America s oldest continuously active roessional musical organization Its mission is unique to rovide music or the President o the United States and the Commandant o the Marine Cors President ohn Adams invited the Marine Band to make its White House debut in the uninished Executive Mansion on New Year s Day 1801 In March o that year, the band erormed or the inaugural o Thomas eerson and research suggests it has erormed or every Presidential inaugural since that time In eerson, the band ound its most visionary advocate An accomlished musician himsel, eerson recognized the unique relationshi between the band and the Chie Executive and he is credited with giving the Marine Band its title, The President s Own Whether erorming or South Lawn arrival ceremonies, State Dinners, or recetions, Marine Band musicians aear at the White House more than 00 times each year These erormances range rom a solo harist or chamber orchestra to a dance band or ull concert band, making versatility an imortant requirement or band members Additionally, the band articiates in more than 500 ublic and oicial erormances annually, including concerts and ceremonies throughout the Washington, DC, metroolitan area Each all, the band travels through a region o the United States during its concert tour, a century-old tradition started by ohn Phili Sousa, the band s legendary 17th director The Marine Band s integral role in the national culture and in the government s oicial lie has airmed the imortance o the arts as a bridge between eole Since 1798, The President s Own has remained the only musical organization whose mission is to rovide music or the President o the United States and the Commandant o the Marine Cors The Marine Band continues to celebrate its rich history and tradition while also breaking new ground in the organization s third century o bringing music to the White House and to the American eole

44 Dear Auditionee: In addition to The President s Own, there are excellent oortunities or musicians in our ten Marine Cors ield bands Enoy the satisaction o becoming a member o America s elite ighting orce while serving as a member o a erormance ensemble Celebrate our nation s most treasured traditions with others that share your assion or music and service to our country in an environment that challenges you to live u to your ull otential Positively imact the lives o areciative audiences in concert venues, on arade ields, and in roessional sorts stadiums around the world These bands are stationed at the maor commands o the Marine Cors and are located in Hawaii, southern Caliornia, the Carolinas, Virginia, Louisiana, and Okinawa, aan Regardless o the ensemble ceremonial band, concert band, show band, combo, or chamber ensemble Marine musicians enoy the satisaction and exerience gained through ull-time erormance with a roessional musical organization in national and international venues As a Marine musician you may qualiy or an enlistment bonus, a choice o duty station, accelerated romotion to the rank o sergeant (E-5), and 100% tuition assistance while enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree rogram I you would like to learn more about these rewarding ositions, lease contact an audition coordinator by ing MarineMusic@marinesusmcmil, by calling the musician recruiting coordinator at (70) or by visiting the web site, htt://wwwmarinescom/eligibility/musician-enlistment-otion-rogram Thank you or your interest in Marine Music and or auditioning or this osition with The President s Own Sincerely, ason K Fettig Colonel, USMC Director, US Marine Band