Basketball Bands
Audition Date:
Monday, November 16, 2009
beginning at 6:15 p.m. in VPA 33
If you can't make this date, e-mail rcran2@uis.edu
To schedule and audition:
- e-mail music@uis.edu ~or~
- call (217) 206-6240 ~or~
- stop by VPA 62 during business hours.
Direct any other questions to Todd Cranson at (217) 206-7549 or e-mail rcran2@uis.edu.
Audition Requirements and Repertoire:
Auditions for both ensembles will include the following three items. The Basketball Jazz Combo will have an additional fourth requirement outlined below.
- C, Bb, and Ab CONCERT scales
- Prepared excerpt (below)
- Sight reading
- Jazz Combo Only: Perform the melody and improvise with a recorded accompaniment to the tune “Billy’s Bounce” in the key of F (available for download here as a .pdf)
Prepared Excerpts (click instrument to download and print):
- Flute
- Clarinet
- Alto Sax
- Tenor Sax
- Trumpet
- Mellophone / Horn
- Trombone
- Baritone
- Tuba / Bass
- Drum Set / Percussion
- Guitar / Keyboard
- ALL INSTRUMENTS: If you are interested in auditioning for the Basketball Jazz Combo which performs at Women's games, be prepared to perform this lead sheet in addition to the music listed above for your instrument!
Musicians interested in auditioning on instruments not listed here should contact Todd Cranson at rcran2@uis.edu for more information.
Women's Basketball Jazz Combo 2010 performance dates:
Thursday, January 14, 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 28, 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 30, 12:30 p.m.
Monday, February 1, 5:00 p.m.
Monday, February 8, 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 13, 12:30 p.m.
Monday, February 15, 5:00 p.m.
Men's Basketball Pep Band 2010 performance dates:
Thursday, January 14, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 28, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 30, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 6, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 13, 2:30 p.m.
Monday, February 15, 7:00 p.m.
Rehearsals for each band will be held as needed and scheduled around member's availabilities.
Pay scale is as follows:
- Basketball Pep Band - minimum wage, amounting to approximately $24.00 per game depending on overtime, etc.
- Basketball Jazz Combo - flat rate $75.00 per game.
About UIS Pep Bands:
The University of Illinois at Springfield employs two athletic pep bands which perform at all home basketball games beginning Janyary 14, 2010. The "Basketball Pep Band" and the "Basketball Jazz Combo" both include students, community members, faculty and staff musicians.
The Basketball Pep Band is a traditional collegiate pep band comprised of brass, woodwind, percussion (drum set) and electronic instruments (guitar, bass, keyboard, etc.), and this ensemble performs at Men's Basketball games. The Basketball Jazz Combo is a 6 member jazz combo - 3 member rhythm section and 3 "horns" (any woodwind or brass), and this combo performs at Women's Basketball games.
Spirited musicians are invited to audition for both bands, and all instruments are welcome! Members of the Women's Band are expected to demonstrate significant competence both reading written charts AND creative improvisation.
20 paid positions are available in the Basketball Pep Band, but all qualified musicians will be invited to perform with the band. Musicians earning paid positions will be expected to be in attendance at all basketball games. Musicians invited to play with the band but not as a paid musician will remain competitive for paid positions should they become available.
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