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Jazz Program Resources

AUDITION INFORMATION

Jazz audition materials for the upcoming school year are now available at the links below. Please download the materials for the instrument you wish to audition on and carefully read through the Jazz Program Course Description (also found within each pdf file), audition materials, procedure, and scoring. Auditions will be held before and after school during the first week and a half of classes. Students will need to sign up for an audition time via a link posted below.

Important Jazz Audition Resources

Please note the following:

A Note About Audition Materials:

Find your instrument in the table on the left - these are audition packets that contain a Cover Sheet (read the instructions carefully), course descriptions, and audition excerpts for each of the three jazz big bands.  Students who are auditioning for Jazz Lab Band (our entry level group) only need to prepare the required scales and Sonnymoon excerpt (drummers need to also demonstrate drum patterns, guitar/vibes/bass/piano also need to demonstrate comping).  Students who are auditioning for Jazz II need to prepare the Jazz II excerpt plus the scales and other requirements.  Students who are auditioning for Jazz Ensemble need to prepare the Jazz II and Jazz Ensemble excerpts plus the scales and other requirements.  Please reach out with questions!

A Note About Audition Sign Ups:

Please click the mustard-yellow button (Audition Sign Up! Click Here!) above this text box to view OR sign up for an audition slot.  Please note that all students who were enrolled in our jazz program last year were automatically given an audition time-slot.  This will help our staff hear all of the returning students with their like-instrument peers on the same day so as to maintain placement integrity as well as create efficiency with our audition process.  New members may sign up for a time slot on the day indicated for new members.  New members may audition for Jazz Lab Band, Jazz Band II, or Jazz Ensemble and can prepare any of the material provided in the packet.

​​​Audition Resources

​See below for some helpful play-along tracks or examples that will help you prepare your audition.  The ETHS audition materials are based on the ILMEA audition process, which is being revamped annually - therefore we do not have play-along tracks for Autumn Leaves (Jazz Ensemble tune) yet.  There will be play-along tracks created this summer and we will include them on this page in the fall.

F Blues Track - see Billie's Bounce below - use this to practice improvisation.

2025-2026 ILMEA Cycle 2 Commissioned Etude based on Autumn Leaves (backing Tracks coming in the fall)

2025-2026 ILMEA Snidero Cycle 1 Etude - Lunar (Solar) see below for track

 

Vocal Audition Tune - Choose from Quiet Nights, Means You're Grand, or Chega de Saudade.  See below for tracks

ILMEA Audition Materials Fall 2025
Students interested in auditioning for ILMEA (our all-district and all-state experiences) can prepare the full audition using the provided resources in the linked folder above.  Be sure to read the audition information PDF as you prepare!

17 Lunar - Cycle 1
00:00 / 02:00
Billie's Bounce (w/piano)
00:00 / 03:57
Sonnymoon Lab Band Audition Track
00:00 / 00:50
Billie's Bounce (no piano)
00:00 / 03:57

Vocal Audition Tracks

Chega de Saudade
00:00 / 03:44
Means You're Grand
00:00 / 02:17
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
00:00 / 04:47

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