<p>Ok, so here's the deal. I am a jazz guitar player, and I play in a small combo group. I want to send in a supplemental CD with my app next year (I am a junior right now). </p>
<p>However, I looked on the websites of some colleges, and most of them require solo performances. Now if you understand jazz, you'll know that what one person does influences what everyone else does-- In other words, it's not very suitable for solo performances. Is there anything I can do? </p>
<p>Bigb, I believe most of the guidelines require that you trade 4's or take a solo in the context of the song, not requiring the whole CD to be a solo effort. My son is also a rhythm section member, and he played with a combo on his pre-screening tapes.</p>
<pre><code>* Please note that CD format is preferred but that tapes will be evaluated.
* Please only submit recordings of solo performances.
* Do not send video or DVD recordings of musical performances or recitals.
* Please place all CDs in standard 5.5" by 5"-size jewel cases to protect your item during mailing. Label both the case and the CD itself with your legal name, birth date and high school.
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<p>Bigb14- You may want to repost this question in CC's music major forum and get some input from some of the parents/students who have experience in jazz performance auditions and submissions. </p>
<p>I understand your question, and you are correct in not wanting to "bend the rules". Supps that don't follow stated parameters (including rep, labeling, submission media) may well get ignored, or could even add a negative "can't follow instruction" notation on a review.</p>
<p>My experience is in strings. My son is a conservatory graduate, playing viola professionally. He has also done a number of high level fellowship programs requiring recorded submissions, and his focus is chamber music. He has played much of the "old warhorse" repetoire and has live recordings of his quartet performances showcasing the required passages. He will edit the live recording to only include the movements that the submission requirements dictate. </p>
<p>The beauty of using a live high level small ensemble performance edited to focus on your passages (solo, interactive, improvisational) shows some talents that are not easily reproduced in a stand alone solo recording session. There is nothing wrong in using this methodology, and might well be the most effective means of providing the best submission possible within the parameters of the submission requirements and your genre. </p>