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.
Scales updated 4/8/2021. Discard previous versions.
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
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Ballad (Lead Trumpet) – play as written
Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Blues – play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written
Swing – play as written
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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 8’s
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
Blues – play as written
Play a one minute funk solo.
Swing – trade 8’s
Bossa Nova – play as written
Ballad – play as written
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.