My son recently participated in a regional honor band. The band consisted of 28 trumpets. They had to audition for placement. Placement ranged from 1st trumpet/1st to 7th chair, 2nd trumpet/1st to 7th chair, 3rd trumpet/1st to 7th chair and 4th trumpet/1st to 7th chair. Can anyone explain to me where he stood ability-wise within the group of 28? He was 1st trumpet/7th chair. Thank you.
He ranks #7 out of 28, pretty much. 1st trumpet 1st chair is the best, 3rd trumpet 7th chair is the least. It's not exactly, precisely that simple but it's what the director thought so you should take it and be quite proud of him..
1st trumpets are usually the ones who play the higher notes, so more skilled. So he ranks pretty high :)
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, students from both Dexter High School and T.S. Hill Middle School, under the direction of Scott Rybolt and Jim Wade, traveled to Jackson, Mo. for the annual All District Band auditions. Our Dexter students performed extraordinarily well, said Rybolt, with 16 students from high school named to All District. Perhaps most noteworthy is that 17 students from the middle school level made the grade, which is the greatest number of students in the history of the school to be named to the All District Band. Only Jackson Schools had more members named to All District. Dexter High School, however, had the most students named to the All District Jazz Band. Students will now travel to Cape Girardeau to perform in the Southeast Missouri All-District Band Concert to be held on Saturday, Nov. 16 at Cape Central hHgh School. Serving as clinician at the event will be Gary Gackstatter of St. Louis Community College -- Meramec. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. Family and the community are encouraged to attend.
