Audition Requirements
- Brass
- Commercial Music and Jazz
- Guitar
- Keyboard
- Percussion
- Strings
- Voice
- Woodwinds
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Perform two songs by memory:
One selection in a jazz style. (Great American Songbook ie. Porter, Gershwin, Lerner/Loewe, Rodgers/Hart, etc).
One selection in a pop/commercial style.
A piano accompanist will be provided for your audition. Please bring piano music for your selected song placed in a three-ring binder.
Play all 12 major and 12 minor scales (Eighth notes at 120 bpm)
Play the melody and improvise over a Concert F Blues of your choice (accompanied by the faculty). Ex: Bags Groove, Now’s the Time
Perform a piece of your choosing in a commercial/jazz style by memory (student is responsible for bringing any necessary accompaniment tracks)
Chromatic Scale (Full Range)
Sight-reading
Play all 12 major in 4 octaves (All minor scales highly encouraged)
Perform a piece of your choosing in a commercial/jazz style by memory (student is responsible for bringing any necessary accompaniment tracks)
Be able to play chords and melody
Selection must show understanding of the role of the instrument in an ensemble setting
This selection may also be a solo piano piece in a commercial, jazz, or classical style
Optional but strongly encouraged: Play the melody, comp for one chorus, and improvise over an F Blues of your choice (accompanied by the faculty). Ex: Bags Groove, Now’s the Time
An All-State jazz etude may be performed in place of this component
Sight-reading
Play all 12 major and 12 minor scales (Eighth notes at 120 bpm)
Play the melody, comp for one chorus, and improvise over a 12-bar F Blues of your choice (accompanied by the faculty). Ex: Bags Groove, Now’s the Time
Perform a piece of your choosing in a commercial/jazz style by memory (student is responsible for bringing any necessary accompaniment tracks)
Be able to play chords and melody
Selection must show understanding of the role of the instrument in an ensemble setting
Sight-reading
Play and improvise over a 12-bar blues in a swing feel (accompanied by the faculty).Ex: Bags Groove, Now’s the Time
Demonstrate the following musical styles: Rock, Latin, and Funk
Prepare a rudimental snare drum solo of your choosing
Selections can be from the following or a similar resource
14 modern Contest Solos (John S. Pratt)
Modern Swing Solos (Charlie Wilcoxin)
Rudimental Cookbook (Edward Freytag)
Drumset sight-reading
Prepare a mallet solo on either vibes or marimba (2 or 4 mallets). If you have no mallet experience, you may choose to omit this portion of the audition, but we highly encourage you to try to play something.
Selections can be from the following or a similar resource
The Real Book
Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone (Morris Goldenberg)
Fundamental Method For Mallets (Mitchell Peters
Mallets for Drummer (Lynn Glassrock)