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Applications and Auditions
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| Application Deadline - June 30, 2006 Click here to download a copy of the application in PDF format. Please send check, application, fee to: NYU, The Steinhardt School of Education Office of Special Programs Pless Hall, 82 Washington Square East, 5th floor New York, NY 10003. See below for information on submitting audition materials. AUDITIONS Auditions are via VHS Video Tape or DVD only. No live auditions are available. You are required to perform 3 contrasting jazz standards demonstrating your ability to play the melody, improvise and comp. You must also prepare a written solo piece for the audition. For an audition tape we just need you to play a head (melody of tune) and then solo on the changes to a jazz standard for a couple of chorus (repeats of the form). You could record the changes and then play over that as a backing track or you can use a Jamey Aebersold http://www.aebersold.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc type of recording as a backing track. You can get the standards from The Real Book http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0634060384/qid%3D1111604170/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-6088592-6729504 Some recommended standards would be All the Things you Are Alone Together Autumn Leaves Blue Bossa Blues for Alice Confirmation I Love You Invitation Lady Bird My Romance Out of Nowhere Solar Stella By Starlight Tune Up 1. You do not need to submit an application or your application fee with your audition materials 2. Send audition materials to: Bruce Arnold 201 East 12th Street #102 New York, New York 10003 USA Once you have been accepted into the Summer Guitar Intensive please send your deposit and application to: NYU, The Steinhardt School of Education Office of Special Programs Pless Hall, 82 Washington Square East, 5th floor New York, NY 10003 Attention: Hector Pardo Hector isn't in the office Monday, Thursday and Friday so it may take him a few days to get back to you. Here is Hector's email if you have questions hap238@nyu.edu Here is Hector's number if you want to contact him (212) 998 5092 3. The process for your audition is as follows: a. Send in audition materials. b. If accepted you can reserve NYU dorm housing. c. We process applications on a first come first serve basis so the sooner you submit the sooner you can organize your housing. d. NYU will try to supply housing if a student is accepted after March 30th but they will not guarantee dorm housing. 4. Please click on the link below for the required written solo in PDF format: Variation 3 - Audition Piece 5. You must be at least 17 years old. QUESTIONS Please contact The Office of Special Programs at 212/992-9380 if you have specific questions about housing. Please contact Bruce if you have questions about requirements, course content, acceptance into the program or any question not related directly to housing. |
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