Repertoire (Required)
•Bullet: Choose Option A or Option B for your pieces
◦Sub-bullet: Option A: two jazz standards from the repertoire list, demonstrating your skills in jazz improvisation and your ability to play with an ensemble
◦Sub-bullet: Option B: one jazz standard from the repertoire list and one solo piece; the solo piece should allow you to demonstrate your current strengths on your instrument, and original compositions or improvisations are acceptable
◦Sub-bullet: In Option B, the solo piece must not be performed with a playalong or an ensemble
•Bullet: In-person audition: you play your pieces with a Leeds Conservatoire ensemble
•Bullet: Online submission: submit video recordings of your pieces, performed with either a play-along or a live ensemble of your choosing
◦Sub-bullet: Each standard should be taken from a 'Real Book' style lead sheet and include an improvised solo as well as your interpretation of the melody
•Bullet: Repertoire list of standards: A Child Is Born (Thad Jones); All The Things You Are (Kern/Hammerstein); Autumn Leaves (Kosma/Mercer); Beautiful Love (Young/King/Alstyne/Gillespie); Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham); Just Friends (Lewis/Klemmer); Ladybird (Tadd Dameron); Night and Day (Cole Porter); Satin Doll (Ellington/Strayhorn/Mercer); Softly As In a Morning Sunrise (Hammerstein/Romberg)
Scales & Technique (in-Person Audition)
•Bullet: You might be asked to play or sing some scales or technical exercises as appropriate to your instrument and level
Scales & Technique (Online Submission)
•Bullet: Reading test: a prescribed piece for your instrument, performed on your principal instrument and submitted as a separate video file; this performance is unaccompanied
◦Sub-bullet: There is a specific reading test piece for each instrument, which you can download at www.leedsconservatoire.ac.uk/jazz-reading-test
Recorded Interview (Online Submission)
•Bullet: Submit a short video with your answers to the following questions (speak directly to the camera as if to an audition panel)
◦Sub-bullet: Why do you want to study at Leeds Conservatoire?
◦Sub-bullet: Who are your influences as a performer/producer/composer and why?
◦Sub-bullet: What music are you currently listening to and why?
◦Sub-bullet: Why should we offer you a place?
◦Sub-bullet: What can you bring to the conservatoire?
◦Sub-bullet: Give us an example of something you have found particularly challenging in your studies and how you have met the challenge. What do you want to do once you've finished your studies?
