Registration for the spring semester of the 2021-22 season is now open.

Auditions will be held December 15th from 4-6PM at the Jazz Academy.

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Audition Information

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 sound and tone/touch
  • Your ability to read music
  • Ability to demonstrate a jazz or swing feel
  • Knowledge of basic scales
  • Basic knowledge of counting and playing rhythms (16th notes, triplets. etc.)

Your private music instructor and/or band director can be helpful to you as you prepare for this audition.

Audition Date & Time: December 15th, 4-6 pm

*NOTE: If you are unable to attend the scheduled audition date, please reach out to Mary Manos at mmanos@jazzartsgroup.org for information on how to submit a virtual audition.

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 “On the Sunny Side of the Street”)

3.) You will be asked to perform a sight reading excerpt, to be chosen by the panel based on age/skill level.