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

Students should prepare the following pieces in their entirety. Please record in the order listed here.

Saxes, Brass, Guitar, Vibes

  • Rock On! - Easy Jazz Conception by Jim Snidero (Advance Music) 

  • Tenor Madness - Real Easy Book (Sher Music Company)

    • *Play melody twice, improvise 2 choruses

Piano

Drum Set

  • Rock On! - Easy Jazz Conception by Jim Snidero (Advance Music) 

  • Drum Set Styles (Grooves 1-4)

Bass

Click Here for ILMEA District 1 Junior Jazz Play-Along Tracks

Click Here to buy Easy Jazz Conception by Jim Snidero (Advance Music) 

Click Here to buy Real Easy Book

Senior Instrumental Jazz Auditions

Please visit the Instrumental Jazz Division Page for audition material.

District 1 Senior Jazz Students will also prepare an additional required selection from Jim Snidero Jazz Conception Series:

2023: Cycle 2 - IND Line
2024: Cycle 3 - Tunisia
2025: Cycle 1 - Friends

Senior Vocal Jazz Auditions

Please visit the Vocal Jazz Division Page for audition material.