Auditions for the 2014-15 HS West Jazz Ensemble
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 18, 2013 from 2:30pm -6pm first come first served.
Middle school students please email if attending the auditions and the approx. time you choose to arrive. tcassera@smithtown.k12.ny.us
WHERE:
IN THE MUSIC SUITE OF High School West Bldg.
WHY:
THE PURPOSE OF YOUR AUDITION IS TO DETERMINE PLACEMENT INTO JAZZ ENSEMBLE and PART TO BE PLAYED.
ALL 2014-15 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
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.
All results will be posted here on this blogspot.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
