Gainesville Big Band Audition Requirements
The Gainesville Big Band regularly performs for public and private events. We present the highest quality performances for all of our clients. The expectation for potential new members is that they can play and read at an advanced high school level or college level . Please use the following materials as a guide. If you can secure an equivalent of the materials listed that demonstrate your skills, then you may use it. If you have any questions please contact us at gvillebigband@cox.net.
1. Books:
a) The improvisation
materials are selected from the Jamey Aebersold series.
b) All exercises are
selected from: Stylistic Etudes in the Jazz Idiom by Lou Fisher, (second edition) Houston Publishing, 1995 – ISBN
–0-7935-5595-7.
c) It is the responsibility of the player to secure copies
of the music.
2. Audition Material for
all sections
a) The specific prepared exercises for their instrument as
shown in the Gainesville Jazz Band requirements. Performers should use
appropriate jazz articulation (not necessarily indicated).
b) Lead Trumpet - This is a separate audition, however you
must also audition for section trumpet.
c) Improvisation will be two choruses of “Fast Blues in F”
from Jamey Aebersold’s Volume 2 Nothin’ But Blues AND muscians will play the
melody to “I Got Rhythm” (not the melody in the Aebersold volume) then
improvise one full chorus of “I Got Rhythm” in Eb major (track 3) from Jamey Aebersold’s Volume 47 “I Got Rhythm
Changes in All Keys.” You may opt out of improvising but it is strongly encouraged.
d) Sight-reading exercise to demonstrate the musician’s
reading ability. The musician will have thirty seconds to study the piece
before playing it.
e) Rhythm section players expect to play with the full
ensemble for sight-reading
3. Vocalist
Audition Material:
Vocalist will sing:
a) It Don’t Mean
A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
with the full ensemble.
b) Scat for one
chorus.
c) Sing their rendition
of My Funny Valentine.
d) Sight-read
with full ensemble.
Prepared Material:
Saxophones (Alto,
Tenor, Bari )
From Stylistic Etudes
in the Jazz Idiom:
Swing Etude #4
Measure 1 to end of measure 23
Ballad #5 Measure 17 to the end
Trumpet
From Stylistic Etudes
in the Jazz Idiom:
Swing Etude #2
Beginning to beat two of measure 16
Latin/Funk #5 Measure 15 to the end (Lead trumpet take
Latin/Funk up an octave)
From Stylistic Etudes
in the Jazz Idiom:
Swing Etude #4 Beginning to the end of measure 28
Ballad Etude #2 Beginning to beat three of measure 12
Bass Trombone
From Stylistic Etudes in the Jazz Idiom:
Latin/Funk #5 Beginning to the end of measure 24
Piano
From Stylistic Etudes
in the Jazz Idiom:
Swing Etude #2
Beginning to end (w/ solo, sign, and coda)
Guitar
From Stylistic Etudes
in the Jazz Idiom:
Swing #5 (All of it)
Bass
From Stylistic Etudes
in the Jazz Idiom:
Ballad # 5 Beginning to end of measure 12
Latin/Funk #4 All of
it
Drum Set
From Stylistic Etudes
in the Jazz Idiom:
Latin/Funk #3 (all of
it)
Swing Etude #3 (all
of it)
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