Third Street Jazz Big Band Audition Requirements

Alto/Baritone Saxophone Scales: Concert Bb, F, Eb, C Major

Etudes:

Swing

Baritone Saxophone only:

Swing. 110 Beats Per Minute

Sight reading will be required

Improvisation over a Bb 12 bar blues is optional

Third Street Jazz Big Band Audition Requirements

Tenor Saxophone Scales: Concert Bb, F, Eb, C Major

Etude

Swing

Sight reading will be required

Improvisation over a Bb 12 bar blues is optional

Third Street Jazz Big Band Audition Requirements

Trumpet Scales: Concert Bb, F, Eb, C Major

Etudes:

(Optional) For Lead trumpet:

Sight reading will be required

Improvisation over a Bb 12 bar blues is optional

Third Street Jazz Big Band Audition Requirements

Trombone Scales: Concert Bb, F, Eb, C Major

Etude: “Groove Merchant” (below)

Medium Swing

Sight reading will be required

Improvisation over a Bb 12 bar blues is optional

Third Street Jazz Big Band Audition Requirements

Guitar Scales: F, G, D, C, Eb Major

Comp the 12 bar blues in Bb below. Improvisation over this is optional

Excerpt

Sight reading will be required

Third Street Jazz Big Band Audition Requirements

Piano Scales: F, C, G, Bb, Major

Etudes:

Swing (starting at measure 48)

Excerpt #2: Swing

g

Third Street Jazz Big Band Audition Requirements

Excerpt #3:

Piano (continued)

Comp the 12 bar blues in Bb below:

Sight reading will be required

Third Street Jazz Big Band Audition Requirements

Bass

Walk a bass line to the 12 bar blues below:

Improvisation over a 12 bar blues in Bb is optional

Etude

Sight reading will be required

Third Street Jazz Big Band Audition Requirements

Drums

Set players will be asked to perform 3 styles of Jazz: Swing, latin, and funk). You will play at least 24 measure of

time in all 3 different styles in addition to the excerpts below:

Excerpt 1: Mambo

Excerpt 2: Swing

Drum improvisation over a 12 bar blues is optional

Sighting will be required