Jazz Ensemble

Jazz Ensemble Audition Requirements

  • Solo work of the student’s choice, an excerpt about 1-2 minutes in length - grade 5-6 recommended. Suggested Solos.

  • Scales

  • Upload the video to YouTube and share the unlisted link with execdir@cysomusic.org, SUBJECT LINE: 2020-2021 Audition, Name & Instrument

  • Attach a PDF of the solo piece to the email when you share the video

Scale Requirements

  • Blues scales in F, Bb, C, and G (concert pitch)

  • Improvisation played over blues changes, key of C, F, or Bb)

Rhythm Section Requirements

Piano, Guitar, Bass, and Vibraphone:

Blues changes, key of Bb: One 12-bar chorus in the styles and tempi listed below.

  • Swing mm- 120

  • Swing mm- 220

  • Bossa Nova mm- 100

  • Samba mm- 200

Drum Set:

12 bars of time in the following styles and tempi followed by a 4 bar solo in that style.

  • Swing mm-120

  • Swing mm- 220

  • Bossa Nova mm-100

  • Samba mm- 200