Fall 2021 Audition
Information
All auditions for performing jazz groups will be recorded auditions submitted by the student.
Students will need to submit a separate video for each ensemble they are auditioning for. Please see the details below for each ensemble. To submit an audition please follow the instructions below and submit auditions here.
Patriot Jazz Ensemble Auditions Audition music can be found here! Part 1: Scales • Record Concert Ab Major Scale and F Dominant Scale Part 2: Required Excerpt • “Ticker” by Bill Holman – Up Swing, half note = 104 Jazz Ensemble recorded • Original recording can be found here. auditions must be • Pay attention to articulations, inflections, phrasing, dynamics, feel, andsubmitted by Saturday , nuance. Not all of these are marked….LISTEN! August 21, 2021 at Reeds 11:59 p.m. Alto: mm. 52-77 (soli) Tenor: mm. 52-77 (soli) Submit audition form Bari: mm. 52-77 (soli) and link to recording Brass here. Lead Trumpet: mm. 95-121 Section Trumpet: mm. 95-121 Trombone: mm. 1-30 Bass Trombone: mm. 51-107 Rhythm Section Guitar: mm. 95-145 Piano: mm. 125-145 Bass: mm. 95-145 Drums: mm. 95-145 Part 3: Improv Audition (for those seeking solo chairs) Record two choruses of F Blues Backing Track can be found here Swoop Jazz Collective Auditions Audition music can be found here!
Video audition guidelines Any format of play-a-long accompaniment is acceptable (iRealPro, Aebersold, Band-in-a-Box,etc) as long as it is properly balanced with your instrument and is at or above minimum tempo. Higher quality play-a-longs are preferred.
Audition Music Placement auditions will consist of two tunes from the following list. One must be a blues, the other a standard from the list. Record melody in, solo (1-3 choruses), no head out necessary. Bassists include a walking chorus before solos. Drummers see separate instructions below.
Blues: Billie’s Bounce or Au Privave (Tempo 160 or greater)
Standard: What is This Thing Called Love, Blue Bossa, or Alone Together (Tempo 160 or greater)
Students are allowed to read, but memorization is encouraged!
Drummers
Record yourself playing the following styles and tempos, 16 bars except where indicated. Use a metronome only for count off/tempo reference. Please record all styles in no more than one or two videos, total.
Medium-tempo Swing, quarter note = 120 BPM Swoop J.C. recorded auditions must be Up-tempo Swing, quarter note = 250 BPM submitted by Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Bossa Nova, quarter note = 130 BPM 11:59 p.m.
Funk, quarter note = 90 BPM (8 bars only) Submit audition form and link to recording
here.
Suggested listening:
“Billie’s Bounce” Keith Jarrett Standards Trio: Still Live (1988)
“Au Privave” Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1959)
“What is This Thing Called Love?” Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)
“On Green Dolphin St” Miles Davis, 1958 Miles (1958) “Alone Together” Steve Lacy, Soprano Sax (1958)
Jazz Combo Auditions Audition music can be found here!
Video audition guidelines Any format of play-a-long accompaniment is acceptable (iRealPro, Aebersold, Band-in-a-Box,etc) as long as it is properly balanced with your instrument and is at or above minimum tempo. Higher quality play-a-longs are preferred.
Audition Music Placement auditions will consist There Will Never Be Another You. Record melody in, solo (1-3 choruses), no head out necessary. Bassists include a walking chorus before solos. Drummers see separate instructions below.
Record yourself playing the following styles and tempos, 16 bars except where indicated. Use a metronome only for count off/tempo reference. Please record all styles in no more than one or two videos, total.
Medium-tempo Swing, quarter note = 120 BPM Jazz combo recorded Up-tempo Swing, quarter note = 250 BPM auditions must be submitted by must be Bossa Nova, quarter note = 130 BPM submitted by Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Funk, quarter note = 90 BPM (8 bars only) 11:59 p.m. Submit audition form and link to recording here.
Please contact Dr. Roberts with any questions at [email protected].