RJAM Auditions
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Below, you'll find the audition requirements for the RJAM area. For full audition and application information, please visit the Audition & º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ page.
RJAM Auditions
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Application now open for Fall and Spring 2025!
Audition Requirements
If you have questions about your repertoire selections, please first consult with your current private teacher or other mentor.
Applicants must submit a prescreening recording with their application by the application deadline. Applicants must submit unedited audiovisual recordings.
Please prepare five selections from the following categories. Each selections should not exceed six minutes, and in total, should not exceed 30 minutes. You may select songs from the Final Audition list to fulfill one or more prescreening requirements.
- Medium-tempo blues
- Up-tempo jazz standard
- Latin, rock, or funk tune
- Ballad
- Bebop tune
Select two songs from each genre.
| Genre | Songs |
| American Songbook/Standards | Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - C In A Mellow Tone - Ab In Your Own Sweet Way - Eb Joy Spring - F Just Friends - G My Romance - Bb On Green Dolphin St. Up Jumped Spring - Bb |
| Ballad | Angel Eyes - C min Body and Soul - Db My One and Only Love - C When Sunny Gets Blue - F |
| Bebop | Anthropology - Bb Blues For Alice - F Confirmation - F Donna Lee - Ab Groovin High - Eb |
| Blues | Bessie’s Blues - Eb Billie’s Bounce - F Straight, No Chaser - F Tenor Madness - Bb |
| Latin | Blue Bossa - C min Desafinado - E How Insensitive - D min Recorda Me - A min The Girl from Ipanema F |
| Drummers | In addition to the requirements listed above, be able to play a few bars of the following:
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