The All County Jazz band this year will be using recorded CD or taped auditions. We will be using the requirements from the Jazz section of the NC Bandmasters website: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/jazzpage/jazzpage.htm. The deadline for the audition recordings is Friday, October 28, 2011. Please write your name, instrument, and school name on the tape, do not say anything on the tape. New this year to the audition is the improvisation piece. This was voted on and passed at the September 2011 meeting. If you are interested in judging the tapes please contact me ASAP. We are planning on listening to the tapes Wednesday, November 2nd at 5:00pm in the Western Guilford Band room.
The clinic dates are December 5-6th, 2011 at Eastern High School.
There will be two equal size large jazz bands. The higher band will be lead by a guest clinician. The other band will be will be lead by Jeremy Ray, SEGHS Band Director. If there are not enough students to full fill the second band, then students, in chair order, will be asked from the pervious year’s AC Band.
Audition Requirements: Solo 2011“Proxy”-Jazz Conception: 21 Solo Etudes for Jazz Phrasing, Interpretation and Improvisation/Snidero/Advance Music
Books with CD’s available for: Eb Alto/Bari Sax, Bb Tenor Sax, Bb Trumpet, Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, Guitar/Vibes, Piano, Bass, and Drums.
Alto/Baritone Sax (order #14720)
Tenor Sax (order #14721)
Trumpet (order #14722)
Trombone (order #14723)
Guitar (order #14726)
Piano (Comping, order #14739) DO NOT ORDER PIANO #14727
Bass (Bass Lines, order #14736) DO NOT ORDER BASS #14728
Drums (order #14729)
Note: Students auditioning on piano, bass and drums SHOULD NOT audition from the book, or part of the book, that has the etude melody written out. Instead, students should audition from the book with the “rhythm section” transcriptions. Piano, bass and drum students do not have to perform these transcriptions verbatim. Small variations that are stylistically correct and make musical sense will be allowed without penalty.
Scales and other requirements
Sax, Trumpet, & Trombone:
F and Bb Blues Scales, Chromatic, and “ii, V, I” progression in C and Bb. All scales are to be played two octaves where possible.
Alto-Bari Sax Scale Sheet
Tenor Sax Scale Sheet
Trumpet Scale Sheet
Trombone Scale Sheet
Guitar & Bass:
F and Bb Blues Scales, Chromatic, and “ii, V, I” progression in C and Bb. All scales are to be played two octaves where possible.
Guitar Scale Sheet
Bass Scale Sheet
Piano:
will play two octaves, in eighth notes with both hands playing simultaneously in octaves.
Piano Sale Sheet 1
Piano Scale Sheet 2
Drum Set:
Student will demonstrate time-keeping ability by performing the following exercises – 16 bars of each:
Medium Swing; quarter note = 112
Shuffle; quarter note = 108-112
Bossa Nova; quartr note = 132
Ballad with brushes; quarter note = 80 Up-Tempo Swing; half note = 112
Funk/Rock; quarter note = 100
Improvisation Piece:
Improvisation: REQUIRED IMPROVISATION SOLO –
All woodwind, brass, and rhythm section students will improvise two short (24-measure/2 choruses) blues improvisational solo in the key of Bb. These will be recorded with accompaniment. Please see the Bb Blues Improvisation track. All percussion students will improvise a solo on drum set and/or on vibes.
Students wishing to perform on vibes may perform on vibes ONLY for the improvisation solo. If a student chooses vibes for their improvisation solo, then they will perform (with CD accompaniment) two short (24-measure/2 choruses) blues improvisational solo in the key of Bb.
MP3 of required improvisation:
Blues in Key of B flat Concert
Audition Scoring Rubric:
Solo 50%
Scales 30%
Improvisation 20%
Auditions Chair: Kiyoshi Carter, Western High School
