HHS Jazz Auditions 2022-2023:

All submissions are due by Sunday, June 5th

We will be completing our jazz auditions for the jazz groups next year (22-23 school year) via video submissions.  Go through the steps below to complete your audition:

• Practice the material from the Requirements section.
• Create a single video recording of you performing all of the material from the Requirements section in a single video.
  • **You do not need any special equipment for recording; I suggest simply using your smartphone to create the video recording.
  • **Be sure the camera is pointed at YOU (not the ceiling) so we can see YOU performing.  
  • **No editing.  This should be a single recording with all of the material just like a live audition.  Don’t worry about everything being perfect; just do the best you can.
• Upload the video to your @haverfordsd.net Google account.
• Complete the Jazz Audition Registration form (https://forms.gle/dMxocEjC4rgDicB8A ).  There is a spot at the end of the form to submit the video from your Google Drive account.
  • **Be sure you are signed in using your @haverfordsd.net Google account when completing the form.
  • **If you are auditioning on more than 1 instrument, complete 2 separate forms.​

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Requirements:

Complete the Jazz Audition Registration form (https://forms.gle/dMxocEjC4rgDicB8A ).  There is a spot at the end of the form to submit the video from your Google Drive account.
**At the bottom of the form, there is a place to upload your completed audition video.  Send a single video created in a single take; do NOT edit multiple takes together.**

Saxophones:

• Perform IND Line.  For saxes, it is optional (but encouraged) to perform the tune with playalong accompaniment.
  
  • Alto and bari sax link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RwwqrY5IC8a6JA7Ytz9aohtvpK0X01EW/view?usp=sharing 
    
  • Tenor sax link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bT2LUfvcxRwktpJneWxLpv-BXp8JiPW2/view?usp=sharing 
    
  • OPTIONAL Playalong Accompaniment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XC7LjVyntsf4RfyuqBlH3fUv4DnapZfJ/view?usp=sharing 
    
• Perform your D major, mixolydian, and dorian scales 2 octaves. Your written D, not concert D.
  
• Perform your Eb major, mixolydian, and dorian scales 1 octaves.  Your written Eb, not concert Eb
  

Trumpets:

• Perform IND Line.  For trumpets, it is optional (but encouraged) to perform the tune with playalong accompaniment.
  
  • Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/164gz8x3jBiezYt4pM2hdmauFKvGyrZVS/view?usp=sharing 
    
  • OPTIONAL Playalong Accompaniment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XC7LjVyntsf4RfyuqBlH3fUv4DnapZfJ/view?usp=sharing 
    
• Perform your Ab major, mixolydian, and dorian scales (2 octaves where possible).
  
• Perform your C major, mixolydian, and dorian scales (2 octaves where possible).
  

Trombones:

• Perform IND Line. In spots with higher and lower octave pitches, you may play whichever octave you choose.  For trombones, it is optional (but encouraged) to perform the tune with playalong accompaniment.
  
  • Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qWO83UV1WRWt3sW3rOvYExSk-GbkFhpn/view?usp=sharing 
    
  • OPTIONAL Playalong Accompaniment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XC7LjVyntsf4RfyuqBlH3fUv4DnapZfJ/view?usp=sharing 
    
• Perform your G major, mixolydian, and dorian scales (2 octaves where possible).
  
• Perform your Eb major, mixolydian, and dorian scales (2 octaves where possible).
  

Piano:

• Perform IND Line with the playalong accompaniment.  If possible, comp the chords in your left hand and perform the solo in your right hand.  Alternatively, you may perform the solo in a take and then comp the chords in a separate take.
  
  • Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hulkBA8vOCfI9Zn2-pqXxCuj5MD7m3BS/view?usp=sharing 
    
  • OPTIONAL Playalong Accompaniment with Bass/Drums: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v7o7mZtgP6nZoH-oZ8Cahlt3kWzWMzXX/view?usp=sharing 
    
• Perform your A major, mixolydian, and dorian scales 2 octaves (2 hands together).
  
• Perform your Eb major, mixolydian, and dorian scales 2 octaves (2 hands together).
  

Guitar:

• Perform IND Line chords only with the playalong accompaniment audio file.  Comp the chords only in a jazz style.
  
  • Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uIjGEgcs7npSmrqZVccnczAkmIhn82p_/view?usp=sharing 
    
  • Playalong Accompaniment with Bass/Drums: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v7o7mZtgP6nZoH-oZ8Cahlt3kWzWMzXX/view?usp=sharing 
    
  • OPTIONAL: Perform all or part of the IND Line solo.  Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ivBE0N-jw3cW-31mlYSxLdxckqh0tIpq/view?usp=sharing 
    
• Perform your F major, mixolydian, and dorian scales 2 octaves.
  
• Perform your Bb major, mixolydian, and dorian scales 2 octaves.
  

Bass:

• Perform Take the A Train Bass Line with the playalong accompaniment audio file.
  
  • Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19DowjKGPFwpNFgkTk1So9w8g7QASr3Xo/view?usp=sharing 
    
  • Playalong accompaniment link with Piano/Drums: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oSJ2apoaL10SLK8NpAbtklI__gGXRPFC/view?usp=sharing  
    
• OPTIONAL: Walk your own bass line over the chord progression (use the same playalong accompaniment linked above).
  
  • Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uIjGEgcs7npSmrqZVccnczAkmIhn82p_/view?usp=sharing 
    
• OPTIONAL: Perform all or part of the IND Line solo.
  
  • Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZB4QghlzKay6uhVIEmn5j21bFK1oHKBk/view?usp=sharing 
    
• Perform your E, F, and G major scales 2 octaves.
  

Drums:

• Perform IND Line with the playalong recording.  You will be reading the solo part.  Do your best to accompany the solo line.  Fill where appropriate.  Accent phrases where appropriate.
  
  • Link to the sheet music: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hulkBA8vOCfI9Zn2-pqXxCuj5MD7m3BS/view?usp=sharing 
    
  • Link to the playalong recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10c9GeKGrux6NZUYhugebrvt98julH_3i/view?usp=sharing 
    
• Play 16 bars of a swing feel at 170 bpm.  Begin at pianissimo, crescendo over the first 8 bars arriving at forte for the last 8 bars.  Play fills to mark 4 or 8 bar phrases.
  
• Play 16 bars of a bossa nova feel at 120 bpm.  Play fills to mark 4 or 8 bar phrases.
  
• Play 16 bars of a rock feel at 100 bpm.  Play fills to mark 4 or 8 bar phrases.
  
• Play 16 bars of a funk feel at 130 bpm.  Play fills to mark 4 or 8 bar phrases.