2025-2026 High School District Jazz Band Auditions

Registration deadline: Wednesday, December 2, 2025

• Registration link can be found below

HS District IX Jazz Audition Registration

Audition date and location:  Saturday, December 13th @ Madisonville Jr High School 

• ACT testing will be happening occurring this morning. Therefore, HS jazz auditions will take place after testing is over and following the completion of the junior high concert & jazz auditions.

• This will be an in-person audition (non-recorded) with a judge in the room. This is a change from past years.

Audition cost: $15 per instrument audition, paid through the student's band program/booster club. Please contact your student's band director for more information. 

• Directors, please have one check written for the total number of students auditioning. Checks should be made out to LMEA District IX and mailed to Peyton Johnson at Mandeville High School. 

High School Prepared Material

Scales - (Concert Pitch) A Mixolydian, B Dorian, C Whole Tone, F Blues, Eb Blues, G Blues, Chromatic

Prepared Material - Set II material (Same as All State Jazz Material) from the LMEAMusic.org website linked below. 

Up-Tempo SWING

Medium Tempo Swing

Bb Blues (Play head one chorus, improvise second chorus as written)

lmeamusic.org/all-state/hs_jazz/all-state-jazz-audition-set-ii/ 

PDFs of all music and practice tracks are available in the link above.

Students should also practice playing the material along with the official audition recording track linked below:

lmeamusic.org/all-state-jazz-set-ii-play-along-audition-tracks/ 

SIGHT-READING - Students will sight-read a short selection as part of their audition. 

• Drum set players will need to play a one minute funk solo in addition to the prepared pieces.

• Interested vocalists will need to prepare to sing over a jazz big band tune recording, preferably a swing tune and ballad. 

District Jazz Band Rehearsals/Concert:

• If your child is selected as a member of the District IX Sr. High Honor Jazz band, there is a $20 ensemble fee. 

Directors, please have one check written for the total number of your students that make the ensemble. Checks should be made out to LMEA District IX and mailed to Peyton Johnson at Mandeville High School. 

• • Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 at Fontainebleau High School from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

  • Thursday, January 29th, 2026 at Fontainebleau High School from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

  • Saturday, January 31st, 2026 at Fontainebleau High School Auditorium from 9:00 am to 11:30 am with a concert performance at Noon