Jazz & Studio Music Audition Requirements

Jazz and Studio Music – Performance Emphasis (Instrumental: Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone)

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Jazz and Studio Music – Performance Emphasis (Rhythm Sections: Piano, Drumset, Guitar, Acoustic Bass Electric Bass)

• 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.

Jazz and Studio Music – Performance Emphasis (Vocalists)

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Jazz and Studio Music – Composition and Arranging Emphasis

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