GENERAL PROCEDURES AND INFORMATION

• Students should arrive early to warm-up or set-up instruments. The prepared selections should not be more than 5 minutes total. 
•  The school will provide a drum set and piano for the jazz audition. Otherwise, all students must provide their own instruments for the audition. Necessary amplifiers for guitarists are to be provided by the student.

The instrumental jazz audition shall consist of the two following activities:

• Perform Two Brief Prepared Pieces (all instruments except drums)- Perform two pieces of contrasting styles that showcase your skills and style. If you are able to, include improvisation in one or both of your prepared performance pieces.

Play-along audio recordings such as those published by Jamey Aebersold, or any other suitable play-along track, will be acceptable. Each piece should consist of no more than three "choruses" by playing the "head", improvising one full chorus, and ending with the "head". If not improvising, one chorus of the head shall be acceptable. We recommend the first style listed below along with any one of the others:

• • Any Standard Jazz piece based on a 12-bar blues form
  • Any standard Bebop composition
  • Any standard Jazz ballad
  • Any standard Jazz composition in Latin or Bossa-Nova Style

DRUMS: Students auditioning on drum set shall be asked to perform "grooves", to their best ability, as follows:

• • • 36-Measure Swing Feel- 12 measures of swing time, 12 measures of improvised solo, 12 measures of swing time.
    • 36-Measure Rock Feel- 12 measures of even 8th note time, 12 measures of improvised solo, 12 measures of even 8th note time.
    • 24-Measure Ballad Feel- May include the use of brushes, mallets or other appropriate technique.
    • 36-Measure Latin or Bossa Nova Feel- 12 measures of even Latin/Bossa time, 12 measures of improvised solo, 12 measures of Latin/Bossa time.

• Participate in a Personal Interview- Engage in a brief discussion about your interest in jazz, previous experience, and personal goals.