AUDITIONS PAGE

Immediate openings for...

**Keyboards - must have classical training and synth experience.
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Looking for first alternates for the following...
* 1st alternate Tenor Trombone
* 1st alternate Trumpet 
* 1st alternate alto/ten/bari saxophone
* 1st alternate electric bass
* 1st alternate drums
* 1st alternate percussionist

Don't wait, Call now...631-581-2127
OR fill out the page below and SUBMIT for an audition.

Plain and Simple. An ensemble of 20 performers often needs substitutes to cover an occasional member of the band who has scheduling conflicts. All of the current members of this ensemble started as a substitute player and worked their way to a steady chair. The member's ages have included players from 15 to 75 years old.

We are currently auditioning players and understudys for...

* Keyboards player...
Prefer a classically trained player who likes Rock, Latin, Swing, Jazz and Funk as well as classical. This band has arrangements from Mussorgsky to Manilow to Maynard. You must sight read well, must read Grand Staff, Guitar Tab, and written chords well. Perform (on his own equipment) the following synth voicings...Clavinet, Hammond B-3, Grand Piano, Fender Rhodes 88 Electric Piano, and one or two other common synth voicings. Volume pedal and wahwah pedals a must.

* Lead Trumpet players...
We are auditioning trumpet players who can play a five hour lead trumpet book at a performance with tone, projection, ease of range, finesse and 8 demonstrable shades of volume.

* Percussion player...
Must have his/her own instruments (Congas and timbales a must) who can read percussion parts well. Singing a plus. Electronic Percussion or drum machines a plus.

*Singers who can sight read music excellently and can play keyboards or guitar.

*Saxophone players who can play two and three saxes, clarinet, and flute and 8 demonstrable shades of volume.

*Trombone players who can play with great tonality, intonation and 8 demonstrable shades of volume.

*Guitar players who can read Grand Staff, written chords, and guitar tab.

*Bass players who can read Grand Staff, written chords, and guitar tab.

*Road/Sound-Techs (Roadies) who understand live and recorded sound.

HAVING SAID ALL OF THIS, WE EXPECT SIMPLE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS PRIOR TO AN AUDITION...


Your Full Name

E-mail address

Your Area Code and telephone number

Your Complete Address


1. What is your Primary musical instrument that you perform on?
(Trombone, trumpet, etc.)


2. Do you sight read music well on this instrument?
If you do not read music well, we can't use you.


3. Where did you study music performance
(High School, College)?


4. Where do you study music performance now?


5. With whom do you take private lessons on your primary
instrument in music performance now?


6. Do you play a second instrument well?
Can you sight read music well on your second instrument?

STOP! PLEASE NOTE: New York's Most Dangerous Big Band
rehearses on two or three Sundays a month from Noon to 3:00 PM.
We purposely Do Not rehearse on Federal Holiday extended weekends
as a rule. If you answered the questions above and are willing to attend
rehearsals two or three times a month on Sundays in Babylon Village, NY,
then click the SUBMIT button now for an interview/audition.