Welcome to our recruitment center for all prospective students looking to enter Clark Atlanta University and join the band program for the 2023-2024 academic year.

FOR WINDS AND PERCUSSION ONLY!
Auxiliary auditions will be held Spring Semester 2023 (May)
Apply to CAU today!

Audition Process

  • ​​Please make sure you fill out our information form (click on "Join The MMP" button below)
  • Please make sure you apply to the University (see above). 
  • After you have applied, you can set up an audition with a member of our band staff. Most auditions will be conducted via YouTube or in-person/on-site. If you will be on our campus and would like to audition, please e-mail caubands@cau.edu.

On-Campus Auditions (March/April 2023)

We are pleased to offer on-campus auditions during the months of March and April. You are welcome to schedule an audition on select evenings during March and April (see flyer to the left) or during our Admitted Student Day on Saturday, March 25th (see flyer to the left).

For our Admitted Student Day, all of our music ensembles (Mighty Marching Panthers, University Choir/Philharmonic Society, Jazz Orchestra, AUC Center-wide Orchestra) will be conducting auditions, as well as seeking music majors/minors.

 Virtual Scholarship Auditions (YouTube/Zoom)

  • We are accepting YouTube auditions. Please upload an UNLISTED video to YouTube and e-mail the link to caubands@cau.edu. Click on the button to e-mail the link. Last day for submissions will be Friday, April 14, 2023 at 11:59 PM. Please include the following:​
    • State CLEARLY your name, location and instrument
    • BRASS/WOODWIND/MALLET PERCUSSION: Play your five best major scales with arpeggios
    • BRASS/WOODWIND/MALLET PERCUSSION: Play the chromatic scale throughout the practical range of your instrument
    • FOR PERCUSSION (Snare Drum) - Play the following six rudiments in open-closed-open format
      • ​5 Stroke Roll
      • Single Paradiddle
      • Flam Tap
      • Flam Accent
      • Single Ratamacue
      • Paradiddle-diddle
    • Play a prepared selection (e.g. All-State etude) of no more than 32 measures that displays your lyrical and/or technical proficiency (NO MARCHING BAND MUSIC! Marches are allowed.)
  • If you are majoring or minoring in music, please contact Dr. Michael Decuir, interim music department chair at mdecuir@cau.edu and Cc Reisha Jones, music department admin at rjones@cau.edu to schedule a separate audition.