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Audition Music
Junior High Band and Orchestra
Senior High Band and Orchestra
Senior High Jazz Ensembles Senior High ChoralKU Jazz WorkshopThere is no uniform prepared audition music for the KU Jazz Workshop; however, students should bring a short excerpt or selection that they have been working on or performed recently to play for the audition faculty. This can be ANY style of music - a jazz standard or etude is best, but a classical etude, popular song, etc. will also work fine. You will also do some sight-reading in the audition, play some scales, and play a short improvised solo with a play-along CD (most likely a 12-bar blues in B-flat or F; more advanced students will be asked to play an additional selection) provided by the audition faculty. Rhythm section players may be asked to demonstrate certain grooves (i.e., drummers play a "swing" groove, bass players play a walking bass line over a chord progression, etc.) - if you don't know how to do this, don't worry! We'll cover all this and more during the course of the workshop. |
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