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Join the 2025 Fellowship.
ATTENTION: HIGH SCHOOL + COLLEGE MUSICIANS!
SIGN UP FOR SEASON 7 AUDITIONS . FEB 16
| TIME COMMITMENT YOUTH JAZZ SEASON 7 |
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| 90-minute Sessions (15 sessions) |
| April (4 sessions) May (3 sessions) June (5 sessions) July (3 sessions) |
| The 2025 FELLOWS album recording sessions are: July 27 |
| Calendar Notes: No sessions on Memorial Day weekend or Fourth of July weekend. Paid gigs, festivals, and other community concerts are as scheduled during the season. |
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“Jazz music is most effectively passed on from one generation to the next by the more experienced master musicians interacting with and sharing their knowledge with the younger aspiring jazz players.”
The Next Generation.
We conduct rigorous auditions for Fellowships in February and announce the selections in March each year.
Rehearsals are on Sunday evenings during our season of April, May, June, and July with no rehearsals on Memorial Day or Fourth of July weekends.
Youth Jazz Fellows perform a Showcase Concert in July and also perform paid performances in the greater KC area community.
Commitment to attend all rehearsals and performances is required. The season culminates in recording an album in a professional recording studio that’s released worldwide on a professional record label.
We have capacity for four ensembles.
WATSON ENSEMBLE
The WATSON ENSEMBLE. Instrumentation: 3 horns selected from alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, and trombone; 3 rhythm selected from guitar, piano, acoustic bass, and drum set.
Audio Sample: ETA by Bobby Watson (2022 FELLOWS)
Audio Sample: The Guardians by Ellen Rowe (2023 FELLOWS)
Audio Sample: Camara by Marius Van Den Brink (2024 FELLOWS)
Learn about Bobby Watson.
CRAIN ENSEMBLE
The CRAIN ENSEMBLE. Instrumentation: 3 horns selected from alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, and trombone; 3 rhythm selected from guitar, piano, electric bass, and drum set.
Audio Sample: Extra by William Crain (2022 FELLOWS)
Audio Sample: Perpetrator by Michael Mossman (2023 FELLOWS)
Audio Sample: Like Kenny by Patrick Cornelius (2024 FELLOWS)
Learn about Bill Crain.
BRADY VOCAL ENSEMBLE
The BRADY VOCAL ENSEMBLE. Mixed male and female voices.
Audio Sample: Do Nothing … by Duke Ellington (2023 FELLOWS)
Audio Sample: In My Solitude by Duke Ellington (2023 FELLOWS)
Audio Sample: As by Stevie Wonder (2024 FELLOWS)
Audio Sample: Overjoyed by Stevie Wonder (2024 FELLOWS)
Learn about Leon Brady.
ALAADEEN ENSEMBLE
The ALAADEEN ENSEMBLE. Instrumentation: 2 horns selected from alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, and trombone; 3 rhythm selected from guitar, piano, acoustic bass, and drum set.
Learn about Alaadeen.
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2025 Fellowship Auditions.
Auditions for Fellowships are held the third Sunday each February beginning at 3:00 pm in 15 minute increments in Studio A at BRC Audio Productions in Kansas City, Kansas.
Candidates SHOULD call our office at (913) 250-5141 and leave a message with: (1) name and instrument, (2) mobile phone number, and (3) preferred time.
Candidates SHOULD prepare to play: (1) a jazz standard, (2) a blues in F, (3) all major scales correctly in 60 seconds or less, and (4) interview. Drummers will be asked to demonstrate various grooves and time feels: Swing, Latin, Funk, Fusion, Hip Hop, and Improvisation.
We use iRealPro to accompany auditions.
| TIME | NAME | INSTRUMENT |
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| 3:00 PM | KAMDEN MARTIN | DRUM SET |
| 3:15 PM | AMBER QUINT | VOCAL |
| 3:30 PM | ZACH CHESSER | GUITAR |
| 3:45 PM | MATHEW SOLOMON | ALTO SAX |
| 4:00 PM | WILL KIMLINGER | BARI SAX |
| 4:15 PM | KAI McGARRY | DRUM SET |
| 4:30 PM | BEN ELLMAN | DRUM SET |
| 4:45 PM | BRAYDEN EVANS | ALTO SAX |
| 5:00 PM | ISAAC FAUST | PIANO |
| 5:15 PM | ||
| 5:30 PM | ETHAN GAUL | TENOR SAX |
| 5:45 PM | ||
| 6:00 PM | ETHAN ASHWORTH | ALTO SAX |
| 6:15 PM | ||
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| 6:45 PM | ||
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| 7:15 PM | ||
| 7:30 PM | AMIL McDANIEL | BASS |
| 7:45 PM | LOREN BROADDUS | FRENCH HORN |
Successful Candidates who accept a 2025 Fellowship automatically agree to the YOUTH JAZZ “terms and conditions” as part of participation in the program.
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