Audition Selections for all instruments: All materials and tracks can be downloaded as needed.
IMPORTANT: All materials (scales, prepared selections, audio tracks) downloaded before 5/19/2020 MUST be discarded. All files in all sets have re-numbered.
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad (Trumpet/Flugel) – play as written
Ballad (Lead Trumpet) – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – improvise walking bass line over rhythmic notation as shown
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play intro and melody as written, then improvise one chorus
Swing – improvise walking bass line over rhythmic notation as shown
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play intro and melody as written, then improvise one chorus
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Prepared Music (PDF) Practice Tracks – Accompaniment tracks are for practice only and not to be used in the audition. Sight-Reading will be supplied at audition.
Swing – trade 4’s (play time 4 bars, solo 4 bars; repeat)
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play as written
Play a one minute funk solo.
Swing – trade 4’s (play time 4 bars, solo 4 bars; repeat)
Waltz – play as written
Ballad – play as written
G Blues – play as written
Send in a video of auditioning student singing two contrasting styles of jazz charts with accompaniment.
Note: A vocalist may not be taken every year depending on audition numbers and clinician choices of music.