Jazz Bands
Lincoln Southeast High School Jazz Ensembles
Southeast High School has four jazz ensembles - Jazz Ensemble 1 is chosen through auditions, Jazz Ensembles 2 and 3 are open to anyone interested in learning about playing jazz, and the Jazz Combo is made up of Jazz 1 students interested in a combo experience. Each year the ensembles perform four formal concerts, attend two to three jazz festivals, and perform in the community.
Jazz 1 meets within the school day during 5th period year round.
Jazz 2 and 3 meet after school beginning in 2nd quarter through the rest of the year.
Audition Information for Jazz 1 and 2 Auditions
*Students wishing to audition for the 2022-2023 school year should contact Mr. Metteer at rmetteer@lps.org to arrange an audition
Trumpets, Saxophones, Trombones
Perform the concert F and Ab major scales
Perform the chromatic scale (1 octave minimum, 2 octaves preferred)
Download and prepare the required audition music found here
Using the accompaniment track found here, play along to the recording using the required audition music and then improvise for twelve bars to the Bb blues
Piano, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar
Perform the concert F and Ab major scales
Perform the chromatic scale (1 octave minimum, 2 octaves preferred)
Download and prepare the required audition music found here
Using the accompaniment track found here, play three choruses: one using the audition music, one comping (walking in the case of bass), and one improvising.
Drumset
Open the styles sheet and prepare the following styles: rock, swing, bossa nova, samba (video lessons added 12/30)
Play each of the styles in the following format: 7 measures of groove, one measure of fill. Do this twice for a total of 16 measures
Download and prepare the excerpt found here