Instrumentation

                     Instrumentation of the 7th Grade CODA Band is:

10   flutes,   1 alternate

4    * oboes,   1 alternate

                          4    * bassoons,   1 alternate

                          20   clarinets (4-6-6),  1 alternate

                          4    bass clarinets,   1 alternate

                          2    * contra clarinet,   1 alternate

                          4    alto saxes,   1 alternate

                          2    * tenor sax,   1 alternate

                          2    * bari sax,   1 alternate

                          12  trumpet (3-4-5),   1 alternate

                          8    horns,   1 alternate

                          9    trombones,   1 alternate

                          4    euphoniums,   1 alternate

                          6    tuba,   1 alternate

                          8    percussion,   1 alternate

*  There may be (because of their age) a limited number of students auditioning in these areas.  If, in the opinion of the judges no one has prepared the material to an acceptable level, these sections do not have to be filled.

            F.Instrumentation of the 8th & 9th Grade CODA Band is:

4    first flutes

6    second flutes

1flute alternate

2first oboes

2second oboes

1oboe alternate

2first bassoons

2    second bassoons

1bassoon alternate

4    first Bb clarinets

6second Bb clarinets

10  third Bb clarinets

1Bb clarinet alternate

2Eb alto clarinets

1Eb alto clarinet alternate

4    Bb bass clarinets

1    Bb bass clarinet alternate

2contra-alto or contra-bass clarinets

1contra-alto or contra-bass clarinet alternate

2first alto saxophones

2    second alto saxophones

1alto saxophone alternate

2tenor saxophones

1tenor saxophone alternate

2baritone saxophones

1baritone saxophone alternate

3    first cornets

4    second cornets

6third cornets

(NOTE:  If trumpet I & II parts need to be assigned, they shall be given to chairs 3 & 4 for trumpet I and chairs 8 & 9 for trumpet 2)

1cornet alternate

2first horns

2    second horns

2third horns

2    fourth horns

1horn alternate

2first trombones

3second trombones

4third trombones

1trombone alternate

4euphoniums

1euphonium alternate

6tubas

1tuba alternate

7percussion

1percussion alternate

G.Instrumentation of the Senior High Symphonic CODA Band is:

1piccolo

1piccolo alternate

4    first flutes

6    second flutes

1flute alternate

2first oboes

2second oboes

1oboe alternate

2first bassoons

2    second bassoons

1bassoon alternate

4    first Bb clarinets

6second Bb clarinets

10  third Bb clarinets

1Bb clarinet alternate

2Eb alto clarinets

1Eb alto clarinet alternate

4    Bb bass clarinets

1    Bb bass clarinet alternate

2contra-alto or contra-bass clarinets

1contra-alto or contra-bass clarinet alternate

2first alto saxophones

2    second alto saxophones

1alto saxophone alternate

2tenor saxophones

1tenor saxophone alternate

2baritone saxophones

1baritone saxophone alternate

3    first cornets

4    second cornets

6third cornets

(NOTE:  If trumpet I & II parts need to be assigned, they shall be given to chairs 3 & 4 for trumpet I and chairs 8 & 9 for trumpet 2)

1cornet alternate

2first horns

2    second horns

2third horns

2    fourth horns

1horn alternate

2first trombones

3second trombones

4third trombones

1trombone alternate

4euphoniums

1euphonium alternate

6tubas

1tuba alternate

5percussion I  (snare emphasis)

1percussion I alternate

2percussion II (mallet emphasis)

1percussion II alternate

1percussion III (timpani emphasis)

1percussion III alternate

H.Instrumentation of the Senior High Wind Ensemble will be:

             1piccolo

2    first flutes

3    second flutes

1first oboe

1second oboe

1English Horn (if necessary)

1first bassoon

2    second bassoons

2    first Bb clarinets

3second Bb clarinets

4    third Bb clarinets

2    Bb bass clarinets

1contra-alto or contra-bass clarinet

1first alto saxophone

1    second alto saxophone

1tenor saxophone

2baritone saxophones

2    first cornets

2    second cornets

2third cornets

2first horns

1    second horn

1third horn

1fourth horn

1first trombone

1second trombone

1third trombone

1bass trombone

2euphoniums

3tubas

5percussion I  (snare emphasis)

2percussion II (mallet emphasis)

1     percussion III (timpani emphasis)