Auditions for the 2010-2011 Knoxville Jazz Youth Orchestra will
be held Wednesday, September 22 at Rush's Music at 2107 Chapman
Highway in Knoxville. Auditions for rhythm section instruments will be
from 5 to 6:30pm. Horns will audition from 6:30 to 8pm.
Tom Lundberg will lead the band again
this year. Rehearsals will start in October, and will be held at Rush's
music.
Saxophones, trumpets, and trombones will be asked to perform a
prepared piece. Please follow the links below to download the music for
your instrument. In addition, students will be asked to perform two or
three major scales (all 12 keys should be prepared). Chromatic scales
and sight-reading will also be required. As an option, students may
choose to improvise over a 12 bar blues progression.
Pianists,
bassists, and guitarists should be prepared to
sight-read a chord progression. Pianists and guitarists will be required
to play 4 choruses on a 12 bar blues progression, comping for 2
choruses, and improvising for 2 choruses. Bassists will be asked to walk
a bass line. Major scales will also be required.
Drummers
will be asked to play time in a swing style, latin style and rock/funk
style. They will also be asked to sight-read a drum part from a big band
arrangement.
