Jazz Ensembles & Jazz Combos
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Topic: Jazz
Sort Desciption: Improvisation on minor blues if interested in combo or jazz chair ... ALL HORNS interested in playing in a Jazz Combo: Wednesday, 8/22, 7:00-9:00 pm. ...
Content Inside: Jazz Ensembles & Jazz Combos Sign up sheets and the prepared piece are located outside the Music Office (100 Music Bldg.). Please sign up for the earliest time possible! If you are unable to audition at the appropriate time for your instrument, please contact Peter Sommer (Peter.Sommer@colostate.edu) before August 21! Trumpets and Trombones (Jazz Ensemble): Tuesday, 8/21, 5:00-7:00 pm. Room 213. Conducted by Peter Sommer. Audition Material: • Provided prepared piece (pick up outside Music Office) in correct key at indicated tempo • Bb Concert and Chromatic Scales (Be prepared to demonstrate range) • Sight-reading • Improvisation on minor blues if interested in combo or jazz chair (accompaniment will be pro- vided) Saxophones (Jazz Ensemble): Tuesday, 8/21, 7-9 pm. Room 213. Conducted by Peter Sommer. Audition Material: Same as Above (See Trumpets and Trombones) ALL HORNS interested in playing in a Jazz Combo: Wednesday, 8/22, 7:00-9:00 pm. Room 213. Conducted by Peter Sommer. Bring a jazz standard or classic of your choosing and be prepared to play the melody and to impro- vise on the chord progression. Accompaniment will be provided. Drums: Tuesday, 8/21, 5-7 pm. Room 212. Conducted by Eric Hollenbeck • Demonstration of various jazz styles including swing (in “two and in “four”), bossa nova, samba, funk, rock, jazz waltz, shuffle and afro-cuban 12/8 • Sight-reading • Suitable time keeping/comping for large and/or small ensembles Bass: Tuesday, 8/21, 5-7pm Room 110. Conducted by Forest Greenough • Walking bass line on provided prepared piece at indicated tempo (play melody also, if able) • Sight-reading • Demonstration of bass lines in various jazz styles (music provided at audition) • Improvisation on minor blues if interested in combo • Bring patch cords Piano and Guitar: Wednesday, 8/22, 5-7pm, Room 213. Conducted by Peter Sommer. Audition Material: Piano and Guitar • Provided prepared piece at indicated t ...
jazz transcriptions for combos,
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