Audition Requirements

Applications for the 2024/2025 school year will open 

12/1/23 and will close 1/27/24

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Auditions

The following instruments are currently acceptable for admittance into the Jazz Studies Program.

Guitar, Bass, Piano, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Strings, Vibraphone, Drums and Voice.

Guitar: please have your best piece prepared to play first. This does not have to be a jazz piece. You will also be asked to play scales, chords, and improvise using a pentatonic scale.  Reading some basic syncopated rhythms will be included in the audition process. This should take about 15 minutes. 

Piano, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Vibraphone and Strings:   please bring in your best piece to play. No jazz experience is necessary. Reading some basic syncopated rhythms will be included in the audition process. This should take about 15 minutes. 

Bass: should demonstrate the ability to play a bass line over a latin and swing piece. Reading some basic syncopated rhythms will be included in the audition process. This should take about 15 minutes. 

Voice: : Voice students please bring in 2 songs of your choice with an accompanying track or music. 

Drums:  Drummers please be prepared to play in a Swing, Bossa Nova, Samba, Rock and Funk style. 

Please only apply to the Fine Arts Center if you can commit to following the application and audition instructions, checking your email and your Backpack account regularly, and showing up to your audition time if you are offered an audition.

In order to receive an audition with us, you must be a student in good standing at your school.  We will look at your discipline record and grades to ensure that you will be a successful student in the rigorous, independent learning environment of the FAC.

*Students who will not be attending a GCS High School next year - Charter School, Home School, Private School, Virtual School:

• Charter school students within a district that has chosen to partner with Greenville County Schools, private school students and home school students are eligible to participate in assigned FAC programs on a space available basis with regularly enrolled in-district students having priority.  Students who attend/are planning to attend a non-GCS High School may audition; however, priority for admittance will be given to students who attend/are planning to attend a GCS High School.  GCS students will be granted admission first, and if there are remaining spots in the program, they will be offered to non-GCS students based on their audition score.

• Charter school students within a charter district that has not chosen to partner with Greenville County Schools will not be allowed to attend the FAC.  

• You are responsible for confirming that your class schedule will not conflict with the FAC schedule.  We will not allow students to leave FAC early or arrive at the FAC late due to your school's class schedule. Please ensure that there are no conflicts before applying to the FAC.