MTSU Jazz Ensemble and Combo Auditions - FALL 2024
/MTSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND COMBO AUDITIONS
Fall 2024
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All Jazz Ensembles and Combos are by audition only.
ALL HORNS Monday, August 26th, 12 – 2 p.m. Aliquo office, SFA
RHYTHM SECTION INSTRUMENTS, Tuesday, August 27th, 2:45 – 5:45 p.m. SFA 101
Jazz Ensemble Audition requirements:
1. Enter your availability and contact information at https://tinyurl.com/MTSU-Jazz .
2. Prepare the provided excerpt in the big band/jazz style and be ready to play a short sight reading excerpt as well. Excerpts are found at http://www.jameysimmons.com/educationblog and https://w1.mtsu.edu/music/auditioninformation.php
3. Sign up for a time slot on the jazz bulletin board outside of Saunders 101. Slots are 3-4 minutes.
4. If you wish to improvise solos in the band, perform a 2-chorus blues improvisation with a play-along.
5. Drummers should perform additional 16-bar sections of the following grooves:
a. Samba
b. Fast swing
c. Medium swing with brushes
d. Jazz waltz
Jazz Combo Audition requirements:
Enter your availability and contact information at https://tinyurl.com/MTSU-Jazz
Prepare the head and a 2-chorus improvisation to a 12-bar blues of your choice. Drummers should play the melody on the drum kit, then one chorus of time, and solo for an additional chorus. Suggestions: Tenor Madness, by Sonny Rollins, or Billie’s Bounce, by Charlie Parker.
Piano, guitar, bass, and vibes should comp the chord changes and/or walk for a chorus.
Vocalists, sing the melody of a jazz standard with a play along. Please bring your own Bluetooth speaker.