DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF THE OKLAHOMA ALL-STATE BAND AUDITION EVALUATION MEASURE

Abstract

In 2012, the Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OkMEA) band division embarked on a mission to research and address some of the reliability issues it encountered with its existing audition adjudication measurement tool. In this study, I utilized the McPherson and Thompson (1998) Process Model for Assessing Music Performance as a framework for analyzing the OkMEA audition structure. From this analysis, I developed a general audition measurement rating scale for its all-state band and orchestra wind and percussion auditions. The OkMEA implemented the Barber General Audition Measure (BGAM) at the auditions in 2014. This study examined five years (2015–2019, N = 2699, K = 425) of total scores for all final round wind and percussion audition results, categorized by instrument groups, audition year, and total results. The reliabilities were measured using Cronbach’s alpha, the intraclass coefficients (ICC), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) based on a mean rating (k = 5) in a consistency, 2-way mixed-effects model. The analysis results showed strong overall consistency and reliability by individual group, total year, and the five-year block using the BGAM.