Audition Advice:
We look forward to hearing you play and want you to have a successful audition and experience. As you play through your audition, we will be listening/watching for the following:
Your private music instructor and/or band director can be helpful to you as you prepare for this audition.
Audition Date & Time:
August 27th, 2022 10:00am – 2:00pm (Returning Youth Jazz students)
10-11:30am: Saxophones
11:30-12:30pm: Brass
12:30-2pm: Rhythm Section
August 28th, 2022 12:00pm – 3:00pm (New Youth Jazz students)
12-1pm: Saxophones
1-2pm: Brass
2-3pm: Rhythm Section
Audition Requirements:
1.) Students will be asked to play the ascending and descending concert B-Flat major scale. (Brass: two octaves if possible).
2.) Choose ONE selection from the following etudes. Students will be asked to perform the song two times through (take the repeat): First time: play the written melody, Second time: perform an improvised solo. When in doubt about improvising on the song, simply restate the melody, utilizing new rhythms and variations!
Level 1 – for beginning/intermediate instrumentalists
(based on the 12-bar blues in the key of concert F)
Level 2 – for intermediate/advanced instrumentalists
(based on the standard jazz song “Lady Be Good”)
3.) You will be asked to perform a sight reading excerpt, to be chosen by the panel based on age/skill level.
