Jazz Drums Auditions
The KU School of Music currently offers a B.A. in jazz studies.
Limited spaces are available for the Jazz Studies program.
A limited number of scholarships are available.
Please contact Professor Dan Gailey to inquire about space in your particular instrument.
You will be asked to demonstrate the following grooves/styles:
- Medium swing
- Fast swing/bebop
- Swing shuffle
- Bossa nova
- Samba
- Jazz waltz
- Medium swing again with brushes.
You will also be asked to do some sight-reading.
Faculty Contact: Dan Gailey, dgailey@ku.edu
Audition Dates
(For entry into the Fall 2018 semester)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2018: Prairie Winds Festival participants only.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2018: Regular Audition Date - all instruments and voice.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2018: Regular Audition Date - all instruments and voice.
If you cannot attend a live audition date, contact musicrecruiting@ku.edu to make other arrangements.
