All County Jazz Auditions
All county jazz auditions will be held at Spruce Creek High School. We are very excited to welcome you to our campus for auditions. You will find your audition requirements, and materials on this page.
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Your director will need to sign you up for an audition by February 1st, 2024.
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Your directors have this information to do so.
The Day of Auditions:
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Students should park in the student parking lot.
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Check in will be at the Freshmen Atrium.
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All students must sign in by 6:30pm or they will not be allowed to audition.
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There will be no schedule. Students will audition as they show up.
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Warmup will be located in the Cafeteria.
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Students should warm up for a maximum of 15 minutes and then wait in line at their audition rooms.
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Wind Auditions will be in the Red Hallway.
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Drum Set will be in the band room.
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All other rhythm section auditions will be in the chorus room.
Questions?
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Please see your directors for more details.
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If you have any questions about the materials, please see your director.
Important Dates
Auditions:
February 20th- 5:00-7:00 Spruce Creek High School
Practices:
Monday, March 11th- 6:00-9:00 @Deltona High School
Thursday, March 14th- 6:00-9:00 (with Clinician) @Spruce Creek High School
Friday, March 15th- All Day SCHS 9:00-4:00 Concert at 7:00pm @Spruce Creek High School
Audition Requirements & Materials
High School Audition Requirements
Wind Players
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Prepared Etude (Intro, chorus 1, plus one beat)
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Optional Improvisation 1 chorus (Satin Doll play along track below)​​​​
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​Sight Reading
Drum Set​
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Rock Etude (Play along ​​track below)
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32 Bars of Samba, quarter note= 100
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Sight reading
Piano, Bass, Guitar
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Swing Comp etude, 2 chorus (play along track below)
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Improvisation 1 Chorus Improv is not optional for rhythm section players (Satin Doll play along track below)
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Sight reading
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Middle School Audition Requirements
Wind Players, Piano, Bass, Guitar
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Prepared Etude (2 choruses with the play along track)
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Optional Bb Blues Improvisation for 2 chorus (play along track below)
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(Improv will not hurt your score but could help you.)​
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Sight Reading
Drum set
The indicated number of measures in the different styles listed below to demonstrate steady time keeping and Stylistic creativity. They should imagine themselves in a jazz combo situation backing a horn soloist.​​
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Prepared Etude (2 choruses with the play along track)
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Rock Etude (Play along below)
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32 Bars of Samba, quarter note=100
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Sight Reading