Jazz Saxophone Audition Requirements

Jazz Saxophone Audition Requirements

Undergraduate requirements (BM, BME)

• Prepare two 12-bar blues heads and improvise on the changes chosen from “Billies Bounce”, “Straight No Chaser”, “Tenor Madness”, or “Isotope”.

• Prepare the melody to one jazz standard ballad and improvise at least one chorus on the changes chosen from “Misty”, “Body and Soul”, “Lover Man”, or “I Can’t Get Started”.

• Prepare the melody to the jazz standard “All The Things You Are” and improvise at least one chorus on the changes.

• Prepare the melody to the jazz standard “Oleo” and improvise at least one chorus on the changes.

On-campus audition dates can be found here. It is highly recommended that all undergraduate candidates attend an on-campus audition. If you are unable to audition on-campus, please select the “recorded” audition format preference on your supplemental music form. Undergraduate applicants who would like to submit a recorded audition should follow the steps outlined here.

Graduate requirements (MM, DMA)

• Prepare a solo piece including playing the melody and at least 3 improvised choruses of a jazz standard (any style).

• Prepare at least two blues heads and improvise on the changes.

• Prepare the melody to one jazz standard ballad and improvise at least one chorus.

• Prepare the melody to one medium swing tempo jazz standard of your choosing and improvise at least one chorus.

• Prepare the melody to the jazz standard “All The Things You Are” and improvise at least one chorus.

• Prepare the melody to the jazz standard “Oleo” and improvise at least one chorus.

It is highly recommended that all graduate candidates attend an on-campus audition. If an applicant is unable to travel to campus for a live audition, the faculty will accept a recorded audition, and a virtual interview may occur. Graduate applicants who would like to submit a recorded audition should upload the audition directly to their Graduate College application.