{"id":455,"date":"2018-05-02T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T21:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/musicadm\/?page_id=455"},"modified":"2024-06-05T17:08:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T22:08:24","slug":"jazz-piano-audition-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/musicadm\/audition-repertoire-requirements-2\/jazz-piano-audition-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Piano Audition Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><strong>All candidates<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepare three different selections from the standard jazz repertoire in the following styles:\n<ul>\n<li>Ballad<\/li>\n<li>Swing (may include jazz waltz, blues, rhythm changes)<\/li>\n<li>Straight-eighth (such as bossa nova, samba, funk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>One of your three pieces should be a solo piano arrangement. 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