Audition Requirements for all Jazz ensembles

About the Jazz Ensembles

All Instruments except Drums

• Chromatic Scale, spanning the student’s entire playable range
• Concert C-major, Bb-major, and G-major scales and arpeggios
• 1 piece, representative of the student’s current level
• Sight-reading, chosen by the judges at the audition
• Other arpeggios (prepare these if you are able):
  • C-maj7, C-min7, C7, B-flat-maj7, B-flat-min7, B-flat7, G-maj7, G-min7, G7
• N.B.: Piano players will also be asked about their knowledge of chord symbols and if they can read symbols as well as notes

Drums

• Play 16 bars of time in these feels and a tempo of your choosing:
• 4/4 Swing
• 3/4 jazz waltz
• 4/4 Latin
• Ballad with brushes