Jazz & Improv - Con Brio

Activity 1: Prepare for your Jazz Audition

Summary of Audition Materials:

• Detailed Audition Requirements can be found here.  

Activity 2: Learn a tune

Check out the "Tunes of the Week" and learn by ear from a recording: Blues Five Spot by Thelonious Monk.
Click here to check it out.

During Welcome week, you will play this tune with the faculty during a jam/info session for all freshman interested in jazz.

• Jose Encarnacion, saxophone, Jazz and Improvisational Music Department Chair
• Patty Darling, composition, Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble (LUJE)
• John Daniel, trumpet
• Tim Albright, trombone
• Bill Carrothers, piano
• Steve Peplin, guitar
• Mark Urness, bass
• Dane Richeson, drums
• Janet Planet, voice
• Matt Turner, Improvisation Group of Lawrence University (IGLU)
• Marty Erickson, tuba

Click here for a full list of videos of jazz faculty and jazz ensembles to get you inspired