High School Jazz Band
2024-25
Clinicians56A - Jeff Kidwell
1234A - Dan Gailey
Important Dates
Sep. 18 - Audition Registration Deadline - $10 per audition
Sep. 25 - Audition Registration - Late Deadline #1 - $35 per audition
Oct. 1 - Audition Registration - Late Deadline #2 - $60 per audition
Oct. 2 - Audition Registration - Late Deadline #3 - $100 per audition
Oct. 2 - Auditions @ Wichita-Collegiate HS
Nov. 9 - Clinics & Concerts @ Goddard HS - $15 participation fee per selected student
Audition Registration
Auditions must be registered in the KMEA Members site.
Fees
Use the SCKMEA Invoice Generator to create your fee invoices. An invoice print-out must be included with each payment. Make checks payable to South Central KMEA.
Participation Eligibility Requirements
There are two requirements for a student to be eligible to audition for SCKMEA District Jazz Band membership:
- The student's director will register each audition online and send the Audition payment to the SCKMEA Executive Director. These must be completed by the deadline established by SCKMEA.
- The student must be deemed an eligible freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in good standing in their high school.
SCKMEA Jazz Band will use the KMEA All-State Jazz audition excerpts - ksmea.org/hsjazz/excerpts
SCKMEA Audition Excerpts
Oct. 2 at Wichita Collegiate
Winds
Oct. 2 at Wichita Collegiate
Winds
- Chromatic
- Etude #1
- Etude #2* (with improv)
- Sight Reading (Optional Lead Trumpet, and Bass Trombone will still be scored from Etude #3) *door monitors need to ask each Trumpet or Trombone audition for this distinction.
- Etude #1
- Etude (with improv) # 2
- Sight Reading
- Etude 1
- Etude 2
- Etude 3
- Sightreading