University of Alabama Percussion Camp
Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27, 2019
2019 Returning Member and Prospective/New Member Audition Registration: 2019 MDB Audition Registration – CLOSED
*You are responsible for providing your own transportation to campus and your own lodging.
**This year we will be requiring a registration fee of $35. That fee is required of returning members and freshmen and transfer students.
Camp Specifics:
- MDB Percussion Pre-Camp schedule
- MDB Percussion Pre-Camp helpful info form (TBA)
- dashboard parking pass: TBA
- Equipment: We will provide all drums, stands, and cymbals. You may bring your own snare and tenor sticks, if you like. We’ll provide bass drum mallets. We will also provide all keyboard instruments and mallets. There’s no need for you to bring any instruments.
If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Welborn at:
office: (205) 348 – 9440
email: kwelborn@ia.ua.edu
Instruments for which you can audition and the audition/camp packets:
- snare drum: Snare 2019 MDB Percussion Camp Packet
- multi-tenors: Multi-Tenors 2019 MDB Percussion Camp Packet
- bass drums: Bass Drums 2018 MDB Percussion Camp Packet
- cymbals: Cymbals 2018 MDB Percussion Camp Packet
- front ensemble: Front Ensemble 2018 MDB Percussion Camp Packet
Additional Percussion Camp Materials (required):
- Stick Control Ritual 2019 (All battery students, including cymbals, need to learn this exercise)
Additional Front Ensemble Materials
(password protected/please go to Facebook Group for password)
- TBA
2019 Sound Files for Audition Packets:
- MDB I’m Telling’ Ya Part 1: sound file (8 clicks precede start of exercise) 110 150 200
- MDB I’m Telling’ Ya Part 2: sound file (8 clicks precede start of exercise 110 150 200
- MDB Basics: sound file (8 clicks precede start of exercise, clicks in between A, B, and C)
108 120 132 - MDB Basic Strokes: sound file (8 clicks precede start of exercise) 88 92
- MDB Accent to Tap: sound file (8 clicks precede start of exercise) 116 126 136
- MDB Triplet Sequencing: sound file (8 clicks precede start of exercise) 140 150 160
- MDB Flams: sound file (8 clicks precede start of exercise) 120 130 140
- MDB Cadence 2019: (8 clicks precede start of cadence) 100 108 116
Exercises, Cadence, Etc.
- Coming Soon!
Cheers, Pre-Game, Stand Tunes, Shorties
- Coming Soon!
Million Dollar Band 2019 Percussion Staff:
- Neal Flum, director and battery arranger
- Michael Strange, front ensemble and battery instructor, front ensemble arranger
- Nathan Rearick, battery instructor, battery arranger
The University of Alabama Percussion Section is proud to use the equipment/products of: