Audition requirements
In-person live: Students will be asked to play music meeting the rep. requirements listed below.
- Med. swing: metronome marking (mm)=140
- Bright/fast swing: mm=240+
- Samba, Bossa, or salsa groove: mm=your choice
- Jazz waltz: mm=130
- 12/8 Afro Cuban groove: mm=120
- Funk or hip hop groove: mm = your choice
- 鈥淪traight No Chaser鈥 (blues by Thelonious Monk): mm=140
- For this selection, you鈥檒l play the melody 2x; play two 12-bar chorus of time; play two 12-bar choruses of a solo and finish with one chorus of the melody again for a total of seven continuous 12-bar choruses. When playing the melody, you鈥檒l play the rhythm of the melody along with outlining the melodic shape on the drums as best you can. (Low notes on lower sounding drums, high notes on higher sounding drums and cymbals.)
Recorded:
If you choose to submit a recorded audition, then record an example of all the grooves/styles listed above. You may submit separate recordings or a single continuous recording.
Note: For accompaniment on your recorded audition, students can record with a live band or use play-along tracks such as iReal Pro, Aebersold recordings or 鈥淟earn Jazz Standards鈥 on YouTube.鈥
Virtual-live:
Students participating in virtual live jazz auditions can expect to use this as an opportunity to ask/answer questions; jazz auditions will be 15 minutes each. Additionally, students should prepare a jazz etude or transcription 3-5 minutes in length to perform. No accompaniment is needed.
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