Registration has now closed for these intensives.
All applicants should provide your instrument, years of study, a simple resumé describing your musical experience, and private teacher name with contact information. Additional requirements are outlined below by area:
For Jazz Drumset: Applicant should submit a 3-5 minute video demonstrating time keeping, improvisational, and technical abilities behind the drumset. This could be from a live performance with an ensemble, recorded with a play-a-long rhythm section, or a solo performance. Suggested repertoire for ensemble or play-a-long performance could be a blues, Jazz Standard, or familiar bebop tune. For applicants performing solo, please submit video of yourself playing the following styles:
- Play for 1-minute in a Jazz Swing style, 4/4 time, quarter note = 180bpm with sticks
- Trade “fours” for 1-minute, playing Jazz swing time in 4/4 for four measures and then soloing for four measures
- Play for 30 seconds in a Rock style, 4/4 time, quarter note = 125bpm with sticks
- Play for 30 seconds in a “Latin-style” (Mambo or Bossa Nova or Afro-Cuban 6/8). For Mambo, quarter note = 240bpm; for Bossa Nova, quarter note = 120bpm; for Afro-Cuban 6/8, doted quarter = 120bpm.
For Trumpet, Sax, and all other Instrumentalists: Applicant should submit a 3-5 minute video demonstrating improvisational and technical abilities. This could be from a live performance or recorded with a play-a-long rhythm section. Suggested repertoire could be a blues, Jazz Standard, or familiar bebop tune.
For Vocalists: Applicant should submit a 3-5 minute video demonstrating improvisational and technical abilities. This could be from a live performance or recorded with a play-a-long rhythm section. Scatting is encouraged, though not required. Repertoire must be a blues, Jazz Standard, or familiar bebop tune. Some suggested compositions are:
East of the Sun, Blue Monk, Days of Wine and Roses, Night and Day, On Green Dolphin Street, It Could Happen To You, Oleo, Billie’s Bounce, All Of Me, Bye Bye Blackbird
NOTE: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the maximum of 30 students for the program is reached. Current and incoming DePaul students do not need to submit additional audition recordings at this time with their application.