2015 Region and All State Jazz Ensembles Senior Jazz Ensemble Audition Requirements (Grades 9 - 12)
All Solo Etudes, Scales, Applications, and Locations may be found on the NJAJE Website:
www.njaje.org
Audition Date: Rehearsals: Concert:
***IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL REGIONS*** Monday, March 16, 2015
March 23, April 13 (4 - 8 PM); April 17 & 18 (9 AM - 3 PM) April 19 (3 PM)
***Audition Requirements for ALL INSTRUMENTS***
• SOLO - All students are required to prepare the solo listed below in its entirety. All Solo etudes may be downloaded from the NJAJE Website:
www.njaje.org
• SCALES / STYLES - Saxes, brass, piano, guitar, and bass students are required to prepare the scales listed below. Scales are listed in WRITTEN pitch. All scales should be played in a swing style. Drummers are required to demonstrate the ability
to keep time in the styles listed below. Scale sheets for all instruments may be downloaded from the NJAJE Website:
www.njaje.org
• IMPROVISATION - All students are required to play an improvised solo demonstrating creativity, technique, & musicality. *Saxes, brass, piano, guitar, and bass students must improvise a solo over 2 choruses of Blues in F or Bb concert using the Jamey Aebersold "New Approach to Jazz Improvisation, vol. 1." Student will pick a card to determine key. *Drum improvisation is included as part of the solo etude.
• SIGHT READING - All students are required to perform a short excerpt never previously seen. Students will be given 30 seconds to look over the piece before playing.
Saxophones: *
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Required solo: NJAJE Senior Saxophone Etude No. 1A NOTE - Bari Sax: Students will play the entire saxophone etude using the bottom lines in the ossia section.
Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: Alto/Bari: C, G, D Blues - 2 octaves, A Blues - 1 octave. G & A Dorian & Mixolydian modes - 1 octave. C & D Dorian & Mixolydian modes - 2 octaves.
Tenor:
Trumpet: *
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F, C, G, D Blues - 2 octaves. G Dorian & Mixolydian modes - 1 octave. F, C, D Dorian & Mixolydian - 2 octaves.
Required solo: NJAJE Senior Trumpet Etude No. 1A NOTE - Lead Trumpet: Students will play the entire trumpet etude using the top lines in the ossia section.
Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: C, D Blues - 2 octaves; F, G Blues - 1 octave. C Dorian & Mixolydian modes - 2 oct.; D, F, G Dorian & Mixolydian modes - 1 oct.
Trombone: Required solo: NJAJE Senior Trombone Etude No. 1A
Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: Bb, C Blues - 2 octaves; Eb, F Blues - 1 octave. Bb Dorian & Mixolydian modes - 2 oct; C, Eb, F Dorian & Mixolydian modes – 1 oct.
Bass Trombone: * *
Piano: * *
Required solo: NJAJE Senior Bass Trombone Etude No. 1A
Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: Bb, C Blues, Dorian & Mixolydian modes - 1 octave (begin below the staff.) Eb, F Blues, Dorian & Mixolydian modes - 2 octaves (begin below the staff.)
Required solo: NJAJE Senior Piano Etude No. 1A Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED and 2 HANDS]: C, F, Bb, and Eb Blues, Dorian, & Mixolydian modes - 2 octaves.
Guitar: * *
Bass: * *
Required solo: NJAJE Senior Guitar Etude No. 1A Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: C, F, Bb, and Eb Blues, Dorian, & Mixolydian modes - 2 octaves. Required solo: NJAJE Senior Bass Etude No. 1A Scales [ALL SCALES MEMORIZED]: C, F, Bb, and Eb Blues, Dorian, & Mixolydian modes - 2 octaves.
Drums: * *
Required solo: NJAJE Senior Drum Etude No. 1A
Styles [ALL STYLES MEMORIZED]: Swing (slow w/brushes, medium w/sticks, and fast w/sticks), Jazz Waltz, Shuffle, 8th Note Rock, 16th Note Rock (Funk), Latin (Samba). Styles must be memorized. Students must be able to play 2, 4, & 8 bar phrases with a fill at the end of each phrase.
TEMPO 56 OCTOBER 2014
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