Chair Placements

                           Chair placements are a big deal in band. Many times in marching band there isn’t really chair placements. You just have your part and you stay with those people most of the time. It isn’t until the end of marching band season and the beginning of concert band season that chair placements even become something you think of. And if you audition for Wind Symphony and get in then you already have your chair given to you.

            If you decide not to audition for Wind Symphony or if you do audition and don’t get in, then you are either in Symphonic or concert band. Concert band doesn’t really have chair placements, you just kinda sit anywhere. But in Symphonic band you have a chair placement test to determine what chair you will sit and what part you will be on.

            Although there is chair placements, it doesn’t really matter where you sit, as long as you know your music and put your all in. Yes, there are different parts, but it all reality there are not all that different. Second is usually lower than first and so on. And there are times that one part plays while the other part rests and vice versa. But all in all, all of the part are important in the band. If they weren’t there wouldn’t be the different parts.

            You can also challenge if you don’t like your spot and want to move up a chair. But the process to challenge is pretty difficult. You have to know your music very well and you can’t really mess up all that much. In every challenge if you win, you can only move up one chair. And there is a certain amount of time you have to prepare and to do the actual challenge. Challenging is basically based on your playing ability and who is better when you come down to it, but no one really thinks about that during a challenge.