Audition Requirements
Audition Requirements
Students auditioning for the Courtenay Wynter Sr. Memorial Jazz Camp should submit auditions via email to macmanusc@uncsa.edu. Please see audition requirements for each instrument below.
| 2019 AUDITION DEADLINE: June 10 |
We look forward to hearing you play and want you to have a successful audition and experience. As you play through your audition, we will be listening/watching for the following:
- Your sound and tone/touch
- Ability to demonstrate a swing feel
- Familiarity with jazz vocabulary and repertoire
- Ability to improvise over chord changes
Video Submissions
Your audition video should be submitted via email to Cameron MacManus (macmanusc@uncsa.edu).
Audition Requirements by Instrument
Winds, Brass, Voice, Piano, and Bass
Play melody and improvise two choruses of a blues in Bb or F, or a jazz standard such as “Take the A Train” or “Blue Bossa.” Students may play unaccompanied, with an ensemble, or with backing tracks from YouTube or similar sources. Contact the CMS for suggested backing tracks.
Drums
Play 2 choruses of a 32 bar song form unaccompanied, with a straight 8ths Latin feel on the A sections, and a swing feel on the bridge (as in the jazz standard “On Green Dolphin Street”). Tempo may be at the player’s discretion anywhere from 120 and 240 bpm.