Bass

SWING BAND / STAGE BAND / BIG BAND  

Audition requirements  

 

 

You will perform 3 pieces in your audition as follows: 

 

1. ONE of the “SET PIECE” excerpts  

Set Pieces for this year are:  

Sweet Georgia Brown 

St Louis Blues March 

Basin St Blues 

 

2. ONE of the “BALLAD” excerpts  

Ballads for this year are:  

Swing Low Sweet Chariot 

Night Train 

Killer Joe 

 

3. SIGHT READING exercise (This will be given to you at the audition) 

 

 

 

 

You will also need to carefully read, complete and sign the last page of this booklet and hand it to 

the panel at your audition. 

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Membership commitment for the 2015 St Leonard’s Swing Band, Stage Band, Jazz Band and Big Band

Rehearsals & Performances

Membership of the Swing, Stage, Jazz or Big Bands requires attendance at all regular and extra rehearsals and at all performances. Members must always be prompt and well prepared. If a band member is unable to attend due to ill health they must advise the director of this as soon as they become aware of this. If a band member becomes aware of a clash with another school activity they must advise their band director immediately so that the director can try and work around that clash.

2014 regular band rehearsal schedule:

• SWING BAND - Fridays 7.30am • STAGE BAND - Fridays 7.30am • JAZZ BAND - Fridays 7.30am • BIG BAND - Tuesdays 7.30am and Fridays 3.40 – 5.10pm

Camps and tours

Every band member must be available for the Swing Band, Stage Band, Jazz Band & Big Band residential camp that will take place on Monday Jan 19 to Wednesday Jan 21 and also for their choice of core orchestra, core choir or core band camp. The first performance for all four bands in 2014 will be at the Big Band Sunsets Jazz Festival in Mordialloc on Saturday 7 February between 2.30 and 5pm. All band members must be available for the Mt Gambier National Stage Band Championships to be held on Friday May 1st to Sunday May 3rd.

Core Ensemble

All St Leonard’s vocalists and instrumentalists are required to participate in a ‘core’ ensemble. This may be a choir (Senior Choir, Tenor Bass Choir or Soprano Alto Choir), an orchestra (SLSO or St Leonard’s Philharmonic) or a concert band (Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band or Concert Band).

Improvising chairs

Any band member hoping to gain a ‘solo’ chair such as 1st Tenor, 1st Alto, 2nd Trumpet, Guitar, Piano etc. must be in one of the College jazz ensembles to practise that skill.

Please indicate that you are aware of all of the requirements of membership by ticking the boxes and signing.

I am available for all rehearsal times for my band as stated above I am available for the Big Bands Camp on 19-21 January as well as my core ensemble camp in January I am available for the Big Band Sunsets Festival performance on Saturday 7 February I am available for the Mt Gambier National Stage Band Awards on 1-3 May

My core ensemble will be: __________________________________________

Student Name: ________________________________ Signature: ______________________________________

Parent signature: ______________________________________ Date: ____________________________