MTSU Jazz Ensemble and Combo Auditions - Spring 2024
/MTSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND COMBO VIDEO AUDITIONS
SPRING 2024
Jazz Ensemble audition guidelines for spring 24 semester are as follows:
- Download the correct jazz ensemble audition excerpt and perform the bracketed portions as a video. At the beginning of the video state your name and the ensemble(s) you’d like to participate in. Make sure to check your video for sound quality before posting it.
- All auditions for solo chairs should improvise one chorus of the chord progression to Sonny Rollins’ “Oleo” with a backing track.
- Upload your video to youtube as a private video.
- Please enter your contact information, and your availability for ensembles, and private youtube link in the following online form: http://tiny.cc/kksrvz
- The audition deadline is Sunday, January 14th, 8 p.m. and results will be posted on Tuesday, January 16th so ensembles can begin on Wed. January 17th.
MTSU JAZZ COMBO VIDEO AUDITIONS
SPRING 2024
- Students who participated in a combo in fall 23 do not need to audition. Please fill out the online information form at http://tiny.cc/kksrvz
- For those who did not perform in a combo, please record a video of the following:
o Horn players should play the melody and then improvise one chorus of the chord progression to Sonny Rollins’ “Oleo” with a backing track. For a lead sheet, go to Jazz & Latin Music Real Books and Method Books | Sher Music Co.
o Guitarists, Bassists, and Pianists should play the entire melody, then improvise one chorus over the chord progression to Sonny Rollins’ “Oleo”. Stop the backing track and comp/walk the changes for a chorus, keeping the form. For a lead sheet, go to Jazz & Latin Music Real Books and Method Books | Sher Music Co.
o Drummers should perform short 8-bar samples of the following styles: Fast bebop swing, medium swing, ballad with brushes, bossa nova, samba, 12/8 afro-cuban, funk.
o Vocalists should sing a favorite jazz standard, with a backing track or accompanist.
- At the beginning of the video state your name, major, and year in school. Upload your video to youtube as a private video.
- Please enter your contact information, and your availability for ensembles, and private youtube link in the following online form: http://tiny.cc/kksrvz
- The audition deadline is Sunday, January 14th, 8 p.m. and results will be posted by Wednesday, January 17th so combos can begin on Thursday. January 18th.