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Age |
Students grades 8-12 |
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Fees |
$215 per semester (may be paid in installments) A non-refundable registration fee of $25 is assessed once per academic year per student upon enrollment. |
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Audition Requirements |
Students should play two pieces, a 12 bar blues and a standard from the jazz repertoire, or selections from their school jazz band materials. The audition pieces should display technique, rhythmic agility, phrasing, and melodic sensitivity. Suggested jazz works for the audition can be located in the jazz play-along books published by Hal Leonard, Aebersold and Alfred. . Drum auditions will include playing in the following styles: medium and fast swing, ballad, bossa nova, samba, jazz waltz, shuffle, and 1/2 time funk |
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Weekly Rehearsals |
4:15-6:15 p.m., Tuesdays, beginning August 30, 2011 CMS Center, 535 Garden Ave. St. Louis, MO 63119 |
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Concerts |
6 p.m., Sunday, December 11, 2011 3 p.m., Sunday, April 29, 2012 |
Robert Waggoner, conductor
Brass, Woodwind, and String instruments plus a rhythm section of Guitar, Vibraphone, Drum Set, Latin Percussion, and Bass (electric or acoustic)
All melodic instruments are welcome to participate in the jazz lab ensemble performing a variety of jazz styles from the 1930s to the present. The ensemble will develop students’ skills in improvisation, ensemble interaction, and personal musicianship.
A second jazz ensemble may be added if auditions and enrollment warrant. Prior experience in jazz is helpful but not mandatory.
Click here for an Audition Application. (Must be received or postmarked by August 19, 2011 for Semester 1 and by January 6, 2012 for Semester 2.)
470 East Lockwood Avenue