Scholarship Audition Requirements for Jazz Percussion
- Double stroke roll
- Flam Single stroke roll
- Flam accent
- Five stroke roll
- Flam tap
- Seven stroke roll
- Flam paradiddle
- Single paradiddle
- Drag Double paradiddle
- Single drag tap
- Triple paradiddle
II. Two prepared pieces on snare drum
III. Sight-reading on snare drum
IV. Drumset applicant will prepare and provide songs for this section of the audition*
- Medium to up-tempo swing on 12-bar blues form w/ sticks
- Solo over 12-bar blues w/ sticks
- Slow to medium-tempo swing w/ brushes
- Medium to up-tempo Latin groove, i.e. Bossa, Samba, Afro-Cuban
Drumset will be provided if necessary.
*Applicants should submit prepared pieces via e-mail to Robert Lewis (LewisR@cofc.edu) at least three weeks prior to scheduled audition.