In an effort to continually align auditions statewide at the junior and senior levels, the Board of Directors voted at their Summer 2024 meeting to implement a cycle of commissioned etudes for Strings, Winds, Percussion and Instrumental Jazz at the Junior and Senior levels.

Instrumental Jazz etudes will be implemented in the Fall of 2024; Strings, Winds and Percussion etudes will be implemented in the Fall of 2025.

Junior Instrumental Jazz Auditions

1. The Peanut Vendor (from Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Classics)

2. Rock On (from Easy Jazz Conception by Jim Snidero)

3. Just Friends (from The Real Book)

There is no improvisation, memorization requirement or sight-reading portion for the District 4 Junior Jazz audition.

Senior Instrumental Jazz Auditions

Please visit the Instrumental Jazz Division Page for audition material.

In addition to the state-level jazz audition material, District 4 Senior Instrumental Jazz students should also prepare:

Winds, Brass, Rhythm (not Drumset): TBA

Drumset: Styles include slow swing, up-tempo swing, bossa nova, samba, rock/funk