Audition Dates
Auditions will be held in Centennial East room 12. Sign-up sheets for audition times will be posted on the bulletin board outside Dr. Marko's office.
-
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
-
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
-
Thursday, December 8, 2022
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Audition Requirements
Pitch and tone quality, accurate rhythms, and jazz style (articulation, time feel, etc.) will be considered at all auditions.
-
- Short sight-reading example
- Prepared excerpt (download)
Optional:
- Improvisation outlining the chord progression to Concert F or Bb blues (as indicated on lead sheet available for download)
- If you wish to perform a prepared piece, a bebop head (melody) such as Au Privave, Billie’s Bounce, or Anthropology is appropriate.
-
- One or two short sight-reading examples
- Prepared excerpt (download)
- Compare two choruses, and play improvised solo for two choruses over blues in F or Bb (please use the chord progression provided for download)
Optional:
- Prepared piece: most any jazz standard such as Autumn Leaves, My Romance, Blue Bossa, Body and Soul, etc.
-
- One or two short sight-reading examples
- Walk two choruses over a blues in F or Bb — you may choose key (lead sheet provided)
- Prepared excerpt (download)
Optional:
- Improvisation outlining the chord progression to Concert F or Bb blues (as indicated on lead sheet available for download)
- Prepared piece: most any jazz standard such as Autumn Leaves, My Romance, Blue Bossa, Body and Soul, etc.
-
- Demonstrate the following styles: Medium Swing, Up-tempo Swing, Jazz Waltz, Bossa Nova, Samba, Mambo, funk/rock
- Trade "Fours" in a medium and up-tempo swing style
- Short sight-reading example of a big band composition
- Prepared excerpt (download)