Wednesday & Thursday, September 17th & 18th
3:30-5:30 in the Band Room
(People with after-school activities have first choice on times 3:30-4:00)
Audition Material- Winds
Be prepared to play the excerpt on your audition sheet WITH THE BACKING TRACK. For both “F Blues- Tootsie” please play the excerpt as written twice through, then *OPTIONAL* proceed to improvise a solo (using given scales or the F blues scale) for 24 bars (2 more times through). The countoff on the track does not include the pickup notes, so you have to start right after he says “3” (“1,  2,  1, 2, 3 PLAY”).
Plus….
Major scales (Concert Ab, Eb, Bb, F, C) and the F Blues Scale from memory, 2 octaves where appropriate
Audition Material- Rhythm Section
Play measure 73 to the end of “Dat Dere”- do all repeats and follow the road map. As much as possible, try to play what is written, but where options are given (i.e. slashes or fills) play your own thing that fits within the suggestions and the style of the piece. All rhythm section instruments will play along with the recording except drums.
Plus…
Drums demo latin, rock, ballad styles
Piano, Bass, Guitar:
Prepared to read chords
Scales- Ab, Eb, Bb, F, C, G, D Major scales
Sign up for audition times on the wall in the Music Wing Hallway.
F Blues- Tootsie
(click the link to watch/listen on YouTube)
F Blues- Tootsie
Dat Dere (2'17" is 4 measures before you start at m. 73)
Jazz Ensemble- Such Sweet Thunder (original Ellington version)
Jazz Ensemble- Such Sweet Thunder (our version, arr. Mike Kamuf)
Jazz Ensemble- Norwegian Wood (original Beatles song)
Jazz Ensemble- Norwegian Wood (Buddy Rich version/our version)
Jazz Ensemble- You Don't Know Me (pro version, w/Michael Bublé)
Jazz Ensemble- You Don't Know Me (our version, arr. Allen Gray)
Jazz Ensemble- Luck Be A Lady (Sinatra/basically our version with slightly different instrumentation)
Friday Jazz- Come Fly With Me (Sinatra version)
Friday Jazz- Come Fly With Me (our version, arr. Stitzel)
Friday Jazz- Rolling in the Deep (Adele version)
Friday Jazz- Rolling in the Deep (our version, arr. Holmes)
Friday Jazz- House of the Rising Sun (famous version- The Animals)
Friday Jazz- House of the Rising Sun (our version, arr. Clark)
Good Example of "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (not our arrangement)- Ella Fitzgerald singing
Good Example of "Star Dust" (not our arrangement)- Nat King Cole singing
Jazz Ensemble- Feels So Good
Jazz Ensemble- Star Dust
Jazz Ensemble- Fly Me to the Moon
Jazz Ensemble- I'm Beginning to See the Light
Friday Jazz- Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Friday Jazz- Hey, Elephant!
Friday Jazz- The Thumb
Tuesday, 12/17 RRHS Band Winter Concert
Sunday, 2/23 RRHS Band Fundraising Dinner
Tuesday, 5/13 Art Show Opening
Sunday, 5/25 Jazz in the Park at RR Park
More performances TBA