ILMEA Vocal Jazz Auditions

2023-2024 School Year

All Vocal Jazz auditions will consist of:

Excerpts from the following prepared pieces: *See Mrs. Grizzard for copies of music

  1. Alice in Wonderland by Sammy Fain, Bob Hillard arr. Paris Rutherford

  2. Love Me or Leave Me by Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson arr. Rosana Eckert

Tonal Skills (two of the following):

  1. Dominant Seventh Chord

  2. Major Seventh Chord

  3. Minor Seventh Chord

  4. Fully Diminished Seventh Chord

Scales:

  1. Blues Scale

  2. Chromatic Scale

Improvisation (scat singing) over C Blues chord progression