Auditions for the 2013-14 Jazz Ensemble
All results will be posted here on this blogspot.
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 from 2:30pm -6pm first come first served.
PLACE:
IN THE MUSIC SUITE OF THE High School West Bldg.
THE PURPOSE OF YOUR AUDITION IS TO DETERMINE PLACEMENT INTO JAZZ ENSEMBLE.
ALL 2013-14 school year -9TH –12TH GRADE INSTRUMENTAL STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE and WELCOME to audition.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
ALL STUDENTS: MUST BE PART OF THE MUSIC PROGRAM full time & COMMITED FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.
1. PREPARE A JAZZ SOLO from the NYSSMA Manual or an excerpt from the Junior or Senior Jazz band material at this web site, http://isym.music.illinois.edu/information/audition_material.html
2. SIGHT-READING
3. CHROMATIC AND MAJOR SCALES
4. Improvise over a Bb or F blues. Not mandatory.
All students IN ADDITION TO ABOVE
BRASS Players:
PREPARE TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR RANGE
1. CONSISTENTLY PLAY YOUR HIGHEST NOTE CLEANLY
2. PLAY A SCALE FROM YOUR LOWEST TO YOUR HIGHEST NOTE
WOODWINDS Players:
1. Prepare to play in 2 octaves with good intonation.
2. DEMONSTRATE WOODWIND DOUBLING
ON FLUTE, CLARINET, AND OTHER SAXES IF POSSIBLE
3. DEMONSTRATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALTISSIMO REGISTER.
PERCUSSIONISTS:
PREPARE SEVERAL STYLES (LATIN, ROCK, SWING,
FUNK, BOSSA, JAZZ WALTZ, ETC.) AND BE ABLE
TO DO 4 BAR FILLS AND RETURN TO THE PATTERN.
PIANO, GUITAR AND BASS, (ACOUSTIC OR ELECTRIC):
PREPARE TO READ A CHORD PROGRESSION AND MELODY.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
