Festival Schedule

SOLOISTS INSTRUCTIONS:

1. You may warm up as long as you wish beginning at 7:30 AM in designated
   practice rooms – A 160, or the E 130 Practice Room Wing. (There are pianos) – It is
   recommended that you warm up at least 15 minutes prior to your performance.
2. Please bring 4 copies of your music. You may do 1 or 2 tunes. You have 15
   minutes (approximately 5 minutes should be used to talk through and set tempos for
   charts with Rhythm Section)
3. The Rhythm Section is composed of OUTSTANDING Professional players
   (Piano/Bass/rums)
4.  Please write out basic form and format of your charts
   Example:
   1st Ride (Time through) – Rubato
   2nd Ride – In tempo – medium swing
   3rd Ride – Scat
   4th Ride – Words with piano solo on bridge
   The more information you can give the rhythm section the better.
5.  I strongly recommend an arrangement using jazz chords – The New Real Vocal
   Book I, II and III (Hal Leonard) or the Sher Fake books are great, as well as the old
   “Real Vocal Book”.
6. You will perform on a Shure Beta microphone.
7.  Like our Vocal Ensemble Venues – the solo rooms are open to the public.
   *If we can assist you in any way with this ahead of time – please contact us at
   Bellevue College. We want you to be successful and have an incredible experience.
   Thomas.Almli@bellevuecollege.edu

Last Updated December 28, 2023