JazzDC Youth Ensemble Auditions - Elijah Jamal Balbed, Director

JazzDC Youth Ensemble Auditions - Elijah Jamal Balbed, Director

Auditions for the JazzDC Youth Ensemble Program will be held at the Sitar Arts Center, located at 1700 Kalorama Rd NW #101 Washington, DC 20009. The auditions will take place on Monday, September 15th and Wednesday, September 17th. On both days, auditions will last from 5:00pm-8:00pm.
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2024-2025 School year
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Audition Information
Monday, September 15thWednesday, September 17thNo preferenceNeither day works
5:00pm-6:00pm6:00pm-7:00pm7:00pm-8:00pmNo preferenceNot applicable

You will be asked to perform 2 jazz standards of different styles. The following options are suggestions from various styles; please feel free to select standards/styles from outside these lists.

Medium Tempo Jazz Standard

Song Title	Key (concert)
Ladybird	C
Blue Bossa	Cmin
Green Dolphin St.	C or Eb
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise	Cmin
Solar	Cmin

Ballads

Song Title	Key (concert)
Body and Soul	Db
In a Sentimental Mood	D
What's New	C
Peace (Horace Silver)	Bb
Polkadots and Moonbeams	F
Skylark	Any

Blues Melodies

Song Title	Key (concert)
Billie's Bounce	F
Now's the Time	F
Sonnymoon for Two	Bb
Blues in the Closet	F or Bb
Sandu	Eb
Things Ain't the Way They Used to Be	Eb

You can also perform a composition of your own, or a non-jazz piece (solo work, etude, etc...) in a jazz style.
Piece 1 Name*
Piece 2 Name*
Please also be prepared to play all of the following scales:

● Concert Bb Major

● Concert G Natural Minor

● Concert G Dorian Minor

● Concert C Harmonic Minor

● Concert C Dorian Minor

● Concert F Mixolydian
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JazzDC Youth Ensemble Auditions - Elijah Jamal Balbed, Director

Student and Parent Information

School and Teacher Information

Audition Information