AUDITION BOOKING PROCEDURES: (1) Call (913) 250-5141 and (2) leave a voicemail message with your first and last name, (3) your audition instrument (or instruments), (4) your mobile telephone number, and (5) your preferred audition time on Sunday, March 19.
A Professional Music Industry Experience for The Next Generation:
Auditions are scheduled for SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2023 AT BRC AUDIO PRODUCTIONS with results announced in MARCH 2023. Choose an available time from the form below and call to schedule.
Youth Jazz is a merit-based program and free of any program fees or costs in order to eliminate any possible financial barriers to participation.
Youth Jazz Fellows represent our best next-generation jazz artists who are emerging from all of the work each of us is doing in the greater Kansas City regional music community.
High School and College Student Jazz Artists are eligible for Youth Jazz Fellowships. See the details within the three sections on this page to learn about the program and how to apply for a 2023 Fellowship.
Youth Jazz Fellows are also awarded leadership opportunities as clinicians, and bandleaders, and inherently also serve as generational peer mentors among their seasonal cohorts thus positively affecting the greater Kansas City music community at large.
Jazz Directors and Private Jazz Teachers are also encouraged to nominate students with consent.
Q&A ONE SHEET
2023 AUDITION
AUDITION BOOKING PROCEDURES: (1) Call (913) 250-5141 and (2) leave a voicemail message with your first and last name, (3) your audition instrument (or instruments), (4) your mobile telephone number, and (5) your preferred audition time on Sunday, March 19.
PRIMARY DATE
| SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2023 AT BRC AUDIO PRODUCTIONS AUDITION TIME / CANDIDATE NAME + INSTRUMENT |
|---|
| 1:00 PM / BRETT CARTER + DRUM SET |
| 1:15 PM / WILL KILMINGER + BARITONE SAXOPHONE |
| 1:30 PM / DALLAS HALL + TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN |
| 1:45 PM / |
| 2:00 PM / |
| 2:15 PM / |
| 2:30 PM / |
| 2:45 PM / |
| 3:00 PM / QUINN SPEAR + DRUM SET |
| 3:15 PM / EDDIE CERRITOS + BARITONE SAXOPHONE |
| 3:30 PM / |
| 3:45 PM / |
| 4:00 PM / NICK GASSER + ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC BASS |
| 4:15 PM / |
| 4:30 PM / NICK WEAVER + TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN |
| 4:45 PM / TONI DeBIASO + ELECTRIC & ACOUSTIC BASS |
TO RESERVE AUDITION APPOINTMENTS
CALL (913) 250-5141
AUDITION BOOKING PROCEDURES: (1) Call (913) 250-5141 and (2) leave a voicemail message with your first and last name, (3) your audition instrument (or instruments), (4) your mobile telephone number, and (5) your preferred audition time on Sunday, March 19.
ALTERNATE DATE
| SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2023 AT BRC AUDIO PRODUCTIONS AUDITION TIME / CANDIDATE NAME + INSTRUMENT |
|---|
| 1:00 PM / JACKSON HARRISON + TENOR SAXOPHONE |
| 1:15 PM / HENRY SCAMURRA + ALTO SAXOPHONE |
| 1:30 PM / BLUE NOYES + DRUM SET |
| 1:45 PM / ASA MARTIN + TROMBONE |
| 2:00 PM / ISAAC PIETERS + ACOUSTIC BASS |
| 2:15 PM / MILES CLEMONS + PIANO & KEYBOARD |
| 2:30 PM / MAURICE BUTLER + DRUM SET |
| 2:45 PM / LOGAN SMOOT + TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN |
| 3:00 PM / DYLAN REED + ALTO SAXOPHONE |
| 3:15 PM / LEVI B + DRUM SET |
| 3:30 PM / JOSIAH ASSEFA + CLARINET & TENOR SAXOPHONE |
| 3:45 PM / LUKE INMAN + TRUMPET & FLUGELHORN |
| 4:00 PM / TRUMAN MATHENA + ACOUSTIC BASS |
| 4:15 PM / JAVIER CRUZ + DRUM SET |
| 4:30 PM / JACOB FRY + VOCALS |
| 4:45 PM / MICHAEL SURIANO + GUITAR |
TO RESERVE AUDITION APPOINTMENTS
CALL (913) 250-5141
AUDITION BOOKING PROCEDURES: (1) Call (913) 250-5141 and (2) leave a voicemail message with your first and last name, (3) your audition instrument (or instruments), (4) your mobile telephone number, and (5) your preferred audition time on Sunday, March 19.
We ask prospective fellows to prepare:
(1) a Jazz standard with improvisation,
(2) Improvise over the F blues form, and
(3) Play all 12 major scales in 60 seconds.
(4) We conduct a personal interview that requires a commitment to attending all rehearsals, concerts, and recording sessions.
Drum Set candidates must demonstrate the ability to play all styles and grooves common to Jazz music.
Auditions for a Youth Jazz Fellowship are purposely rigorous and very competitive.
We accept the best qualified candidates who audition for fellowships each season.
And, if you are interested in participating in the Kansas City Area Youth Jazz program but need to further refine and develop competencies and skills in the above audition areas, don’t let that stop you from trying – we encourage all developing next generation artists to practice and also study with a qualified applied jazz music teacher privately. We also recommend participating in the great KC-based jazz developmental programs like the Kansas City Jazz Academy, Future Jazz, 5 Star Jazz Band, etc. Thanks for your interest in Kansas City Area Youth Jazz.
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TECHNICAL NOTE: We use the iRealPro app for backing Horn Players, Pianists, Bassists, and Drummers.
2022 HIGHLIGHT REEL
AUDITION BOOKING PROCEDURES: (1) Call (913) 250-5141 and (2) leave a voicemail message with your first and last name, (3) your audition instrument (or instruments), (4) your mobile telephone number, and (5) your preferred audition time on Sunday, March 19.
NOTE: 2022 Highlight Reel background music is
“ETA” by Bobby Watson
performed by the 2022 Watson Ensemble
from the soon-to-be-released
2022 FELLOWS album on the ARC label.
ARE ARC RECORDING ARTISTS