Grissom High School Jazz Band Requirements
Audition material for the current high school students will be posted in March or early April each year. You will be required to play some jazz scales, etudes and play along with a background and some jazz improvisation. You are to record all of the audition materials as an MP3 file and email it in to Mr. Vernon grissomhsb@gmail.com. Be sure your name is in the email so we know who you are!
Incoming 9th Graders or Middle School Students
To be a rhythm section member of one of Grissom's Jazz bands, you will be required to audition and play some jazz blues scales, etudes and play along with a jazz recording. All of this material is available below. You are to record all of the audition materials as an MP3 file and email it in to Mr. Vernon grissomhsb@gmail.com. Be sure your name is in the email so we know who you are!
Requirements for incoming 9th graders:
Saxophone – Trumpet – Trombone
Open enrollment for all 9th grade students that play the above wind instruments!
All Rhythm Section players must send in an audition recording MP3 file. The requirements are listed below. All orange text are files are links to use.
Piano
Audition material for the current high school students will be posted in March or early April each year. You will be required to play some jazz scales, etudes and play along with a background and some jazz improvisation. You are to record all of the audition materials as an MP3 file and email it in to Mr. Vernon grissomhsb@gmail.com. Be sure your name is in the email so we know who you are!
Incoming 9th Graders or Middle School Students
To be a rhythm section member of one of Grissom's Jazz bands, you will be required to audition and play some jazz blues scales, etudes and play along with a jazz recording. All of this material is available below. You are to record all of the audition materials as an MP3 file and email it in to Mr. Vernon grissomhsb@gmail.com. Be sure your name is in the email so we know who you are!
Requirements for incoming 9th graders:
Saxophone – Trumpet – Trombone
Open enrollment for all 9th grade students that play the above wind instruments!
All Rhythm Section players must send in an audition recording MP3 file. The requirements are listed below. All orange text are files are links to use.
Piano
- Blues scales: – two octaves (two hands): Bb & F (played in swing 8th notes. Quarter note = 120bpm)
- Etude
- Blues scales: Bb & F (played in swing 8th notes. Quarter note = 120bpm)
- Etude
- Blues scales: Bb & F (played in swing 8th notes. Quarter note = 120bpm)
- Etude
- Play 16 measures each of the following styles at appropriate tempos:
- Swing – medium tempo (quarter = 120bpm)
- Swing – fast tempo (quarter = 172bpm)
- Latin – medium tempo (quarter = 128bpm)
- Funk – medium tempo (quarter = 96bpm)
- Play along with the tune “Hava a Nice Day” (be sure to record yourself with the track “without drums”). Listen to the recording “with drums” to get ideas on what to play.