AUDITION CRITERIA:

DRUMS

Please submit a video with selections presented in the following order:

1. Demonstrate your skills as a drummer. For no more than two minutes, play in the style of your choice, or a variety of styles at any tempo.

2. Perform Charlie Parker’s “Billie’s Bounce” at a medium up-tempo as follows: One chorus of time, one chorus of solo, one chorus of time, and one chorus of trading fours. Live or recorded accompaniment may be used.

3. For one minute each, demonstrate time in the following styles: Swing up-tempo (both brushes and sticks), Afro-Cuban or Brazilian time feel, jazz shuffle, ballad, funk (one chorus improvisation for each style optional).

4. Encouraged: Include an excerpt of a rehearsal or performance with you playing in a big band.