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Requirements

Jazz is a multiple category discipline.  When filling out your application you will select what instrument you are applying for.  Each instrument you apply for will require a separate audition submission.  All categories have the same requirements except for percussion and composition.  Please choose the requirements that apply to your audition at left. 

Evaluation Criteria

The evaluation of jazz participants is based on the following elements of performance:

• Improvisation – the Improvisation ability to create new motifs, melodies, and rhythms that are suggested by the harmonic structure (chord progression) of the composition.
• Tone Production – the ability to achieve a quality of sound appropriate to the instrument
  and to the style of the music.
• Technique – the degree to which the performer has acquired control of the instrument.
• Rhythm – the ability to establish, maintain, and project rhythms with a wide range of complexity.
• Intonation – proper tuning of the instrument and in tune playing.
• Interpretation – the ability to project a convincing conception of the selection.
• Phrasing – sensitivity to the need for phrasing and the ability to execute it.

Mailing Requirements

Please review mailing requirements for jazz and jazz composition mailing requirements carefully – they are different for each discipline, and failure to follow the instructions can result in disqualification.

Discipline Requirements