Audition Requirements
Applications to BKCM Summer Jazz Camp include a required Audition Video, which can be recorded on any smartphone device. After recording your video, please upload it through the Application Form below. If you are unable to record a video, please email summercamp@bkcm.org for alternatives. Once your application has been approved, you will be prompted to pay tuition and register for the camp.
Students registered in BKCM Jazz Travelers for the 2025-26 school year do not have to submit an audition. Instead, contact summercamp@bkcm.org for instructions on how to register.
- Record a minimum of two (2) Major scales that you know well.
- Record yourself playing the melody to “Now’s the Time”, by Charlie Parker.
- OPTIONAL: With a recorded backing track, record yourself improvising one (1) time through the form of “Now’s the Time” (also known as “taking a chorus”). The point is to HAVE FUN!
- The following backing track counts you in and shows where you are in the song.
- Record Chords and Scales in the Key of C, G, F and Bb.
- Record yourself playing the melody and chords to “Now’s the Time”, by Charlie Parker.
- OPTIONAL: With a recorded backing track, record yourself improvising one (1) time through the form of “Now’s the Time” (also known as “taking a chorus”). The point is to HAVE FUN!
- The following backing track counts you in and shows where you are in the song.
*Guitarists: Review this video to see an example of audition materials.
- Record a minimum of one Major 7th, Dominant 7th, Minor 7th and Diminished 7th chord in any key.
- Record yourself playing the melody and chords to one of the following songs…
- Intermediate Option: “Now’s the Time”, by Charlie Parker.
- Beginner Option: “C Jam Blues”, by Duke Ellington.
- OPTIONAL: With a recorded backing track, record yourself improvising one (1) time through the form of “Now’s the Time” (also known as “taking a chorus”). The point is to HAVE FUN!
- The following backing track counts you in and shows where you are in the song.
- Record the bass line to either Now’s the Time or C Jam Blues. There are beginner, intermediate and advanced options for bass lines.
- OPTIONAL: With a recorded backing track, record yourself improvising one (1) time through the form of “Now’s the Time” (also known as “taking a chorus”). The point is to HAVE FUN!
- The following backing track counts you in and shows where you are in the song.
- Record/perform 12-16 bars of each of these 3 drum patterns.
- Swing (5’36 to 12’18 in video)
- Bossa Nova
- Funk.
- OPTIONAL: With a recorded backing track, record yourself improvising one (1) time through the form of “Now’s the Time” (also known as “taking a chorus”). The point is to HAVE FUN!
- The following backing track counts you in and shows where you are in the song.
- Record yourself singing your favorite jazz standard OR song of your choice.
- OPTIONAL: With a recorded backing track, record yourself improvising one (1) time through the form of “Now’s the Time” (also known as “taking a chorus”). The point is to HAVE FUN!
- The following backing track counts you in and shows where you are in the song.
- Now’s The Time Sheet Music