Jazz & Studio Music Audition Requirements
- Perform a standard jazz composition in at least two styles. One must bebop or swing.
- Sight-reading in several styles to be provided by auditioning faculty.
- Graduate applicants will be asked questions pertaining to their knowledge of jazz chord and scale theory.
- All rhythm players will be expected to accompany from a chord chart or lead sheet in the styles of bop, Latin, fusion, or jazz/rock, rock, and pop.
- Drummers
- Perform four and twelve bar solos.
- Demonstrate adequate knowledge of percussion rudiments.
- Examples of the following drum set patterns at various tempi: Bebop and contemporary mainstream (using both sticks and brushes), jazz waltz, bossa nova and samba, salsa or Afro-Cuban fusion, funk, or jazz/rock ballads (brushes and sticks), R&B and shuffle, rock, and pop.
- Graduate applicants will be asked questions pertaining to their knowledge of jazz chord and scale theory.
- One selection in the style of vocal jazz masters, e.g., Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn,
Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Carmen McRae, Nat "King" Cole, Billy Eckstine, Jon Hendricks,
Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, or Joe Williams.
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One selection in the style of the contemporary vocal jazz artists, e.g., Chaka Kahn, Tanya Maria, Flora Purim, Dianne Reeves, Elis Regina, Dianne Schuur, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Franks, Al Jarreau, or Bobby McFerrin.
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Students will be asked to sing a major scale along with some of its modes including Dorian (re to re).
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Sight-reading to determine ensemble placement.
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- Graduate applicants will be asked questions pertaining to their knowledge of jazz chord and scale theory.
- Students will be required to audition on their applied instrument or voice.
- Submit three scores of original compositions or arrangements as follows:
- Bebop or contemporary bop style
- Latin, fusion, or ballad style
- Pop or commercial style