{"id":13193,"date":"2021-05-25T11:12:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/?page_id=13193"},"modified":"2025-05-23T11:20:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:20:40","slug":"bc-jazz-singers-auditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/bc-jazz-singers-auditions\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Jazz Singers Auditions (MUSC 109\/209)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/06\/Vocal-Auditions-1-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"JazzSingers\" class=\"wp-image-13299 img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/06\/Vocal-Auditions-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/06\/Vocal-Auditions-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/06\/Vocal-Auditions-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/06\/Vocal-Auditions-1-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/06\/Vocal-Auditions-1.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>To audition, Students should complete the following:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 1 &#8211; <\/strong>Please Complete this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScIRfx4htMt2n1kyFYMxZ5wd0qxZDjDvQCPs_ihcmVC9FRRzg\/viewform?usp=header\">Vocal Jazz Audition Interest Form<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have question or need assistance please contact Director Thomas Almli to complete an Application at <a href=\"mailto:thomas.almli@bellevuecollege.edu\">thomas.almli@bellevuecollege.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 2 &#8211; Video Pre-Screening Auditions<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(*Please note we do schedule alternative in-person audtions if needed)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Step 2 and Step 3 Audition Materials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/05\/BC-Jazz-Singers-VOCALIST-Audition-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vocalist Audition Materials [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/05\/BC-Jazz-Singers-PIANO-Audition-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pianist Audition Materials [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/05\/BC-Jazz-Singers-GUITAR-Audition-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guitarist Audition Materials [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/05\/BC-Jazz-Singers-BASS-Audition-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bassist Audition Materials [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/05\/BC-Jazz-Singers-DRUMS-Audition-.pdf\">Drummer Audition Materials [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/05\/BC-Jazz-Singers-SOUND-ENGINEER-Audition-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sou<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2021\/05\/BC-Jazz-Singers-SOUND-ENGINEER-Audition-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nd Engineer Audition Materials [PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Step 3 &#8211; Live In-Person Audition<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on your pre-screening video, you may be invited for an in-person callback audition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About BC Jazz Singers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bellevue College Vocal Jazz Ensemble \u201cCelebration\u201d was formed in 1972 and was one of the first vocal jazz ensembles in the nation. Under the direction of Tom Almli, this award-winning, internationally acclaimed ensemblehas performed at five IAJE national conferences, six Jazz Education Network Conferences in recent years, and has also performed several times at the American Choral Directors Association\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.waacda.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(ACDA)<\/a>\u00a0National and Regional conferences.<br>The group won the 2020 Next Generation Jazz Competition in the College Vocal Jazz Category and received an invitation to perform at the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival. In January 2020, Celebration was honored to perform at the Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans, LA and the ACDA conference in Spokane, WA shortly before the COVID-19 lockdown occurred. <br>Celebration has shared the stage with many accomplished musicians including The New York Voices, Tony Bennett, Sara Gazarek, Kathy Kosins, John Pizzarelli, Kurt Elling, the Yellowjackets, Nancy King, M-PACT, The Coats, Groove for Thought, Greta Matassa, Jeff Baker, and more.<br>The ensemble tours yearly on a local regional and national level. Bellevue College is proud to be a part of the rich tradition of vocal jazz in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To audition, Students should complete the following: Step 1 - Please Complete this Vocal Jazz Audition Interest Form If you have question or need assistance please contact Director Thomas Almli to complete an Application at thomas.almli@bellevuecollege.edu Step 2 - Video Pre-Screening Auditions (*Please note we do schedule alternative in-person audtions if needed) Download Step 2 <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/bc-jazz-singers-auditions\/\">...more about BC Jazz Singers Auditions (MUSC 109\/209)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1817,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-13193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 02:10:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13193"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15495,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13193\/revisions\/15495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}