The JAZZ AUDITION OPEN REHEARSAL -- Tuesday, September 11, 2007. Anyone interested in auditioning for either of the two Wayland Middle School jazz group should have come to the open rehearsal. We will go over the music in detail so that you will know exactly how to practice it and we will go over all of the other audition requirements. Auditions begin Monday, September 17. Jazz band auditions are Monday sept 17 - Monday Sept 24. Stage Band audtions are from Monday September 18 - Wednesday Sept. 26. (Stage band will have auditions again in December; jazz band will be final as of the end of fall auditions.) THE FIRST JAZZ BAND REHEARSAL will be Tuesday, September 25 from 2:30-3:30. Rehearsals are Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30, and Friday mornings from 6:45-7:30. THE FIRST STAGE BAND REHEARSAL will be Thursday morning, Sept. 27. Rehearsals are either Mondays from 2:30-3:15 OR on some weeks we meet on Thursday mornings, from 6:45-7:30 instead of the Monday. A schedule will be given out and is posted on the website. (The first Monday of the month is a faculty meeting & we always move to Thursday AM on those weeks. We also rehearse on Thursday on weeks where there is no school on Monday.)

Drum set auditions are 20 minutes; all others are 10 minutes. AUDITION REQUIREMENTS Winds, Piano, Guitar and Bass: Chromatic scale, one octave, memorized Scales and Arpeggios in two keys, memorized (those auditioning for jazz band: 4 keys) Assigned audition piece: Blues Machine, beginning to 33 and 57-67 Watch staccatos, accents, dynamics!!!! Details matter A LOT!!!!!!!! Sight-Reading (a short section of music in swing style) Auditioning for Jazz Band? You must also learn Sing, Sing, Sing from 17-33 and 41-49. Drum Set: long snare roll - steady and unwavering long snare roll - crescendo for 16 beats, decrescendo for 16 beat ppp - fff - ppp. Get earthshakingly loud and so soft it almost disappears. (CONTROL!) Assigned audition piece: Blues Machine, beginning to 33 and 57-67. You do not necessarily have to play exactly what is written, but play in the style of the piece - I will be most impressed if I see an understanding of what is likely to be happening in the rest of the band, and hits or fills that fit the style, rather than what is on the page. Sight-reading (I will be looking for stability of the beat, correct rhythm reading in the horn cues and being able to come in on the downbeat after a fill). Improvisation (You will be asked to listen to a tape of a jazz ballad and then play along with the tape. You will hear the tape three times: two for listening and practice and one for your performance. I will be looking for stability of beat & playing that fits with the ballad style. Auditioning for Jazz Band? You must also learn Sing, Sing, Sing from 17-33 and 41-49. Drums - get a copy of the original of this (Benny Goodman's band with Gene Krupa on drums) and try to learn the solo as Gene Krupa played it, not what is written in the music (a watered down version). HINTS... Sign up for your audition time immediately after the open rehearsal. No show for your audition - no jazz group for you!!! I will not be reminding you. This is a test of your responsibility! Check the audition sheets to see what I am looking for in your playing. If you need help, ask! You don't have to prepare alone! Don't forget the arpeggios as well as the scales!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!!! ARPEGGIO The arpeggio is 1 3 5 1 5 3 1 of the scale. If the scale is C major: C D E F G A B C, then the C major arpeggio is: C E G C G E C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 1 3 5 1(high) 5 3 1

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