TPSMEA ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND

2025-2026 All-State Jazz Band information

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TPSMEA JAZZ AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS

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TPSMEA JAZZ AUDITION TIPS

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Kris Berg to Conduct the All-State Jazz Band

Kris Berg is an international best-selling composer and arranger. He has written charts for Kurt Elling, Sean Jones, Veronica Swift, Delfeayo Marsalis, Wayne Bergeron and Chris Vadala, for honors bands in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, South Carolina, Maine, Maryland and Missouri, and for professional, college and public-school bands around the globe.  Kris is also the author of the popular bass method book, BASS LINES IN MINUTES, available at www.krisbergjazz.com.  His charts are available through Alfred Music, Kendor Music, C.L. Barnhouse, Doug Beach Music, Excelcia Music, krisbergjazz.com and J.W. Pepper.

Mr. Berg has released three highly acclaimed CD’s (Summit Records) as leader of his Metroplexity Big Band.  “Time Management”, winner of two Global Music Awards, and “This Time/Last Year” feature special guests such as Phil Woods, Wayne Bergeron, Delfeayo Marsalis, Chris Vadala, Clay Jenkins and others.  His newest release, “Perspectives,” featuring Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal and others garnered 5 Global Music awards, for arranging/composition and performance.

Mr. Berg is the Artistic Director for Jazz for the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra foundation and directs the GDYO Jazz Orchestra.  Prior to this, he taught college for 30 years and is the founder of the award-winning Jazz Program at Collin College.

As a bassist, director and educator, and a clinician for the Yamaha Corporation, Mr. Berg regularly appears at jazz festivals and camps throughout the United States and is endorsed by Bag End Loudspeakers. He has been selected as director for the IAJE International Community College All-Star Jazz Band, and has directed All-State Jazz Bands in Nebraska, Montana, Oklahoma, Maine, South Carolina, Arkansas, South Dakota, Nevada, Kentucky, Ohio, Arizona, Texas, and Wyoming.  Kris loves nothing more than to work with young musicians.  Invitations gladly accepted.

Please find Kris at www.krisbergjazz.com,  “Real Kris Berg Jazz” on Facebook, or email at kris@krisbergjazz.com.  All charts and CD’s are available at the website.

Additional Information:

Recordings are due by midnight on November 12th.  All entries will be judged remotely on November 14th-15th.

All recordings should be made so that the judges can hear both the student and the background tracks. Please use the appropriate track for each instrument as marked on the CD that came with your music set.

There are various ways of recording your students that will yield an acceptable audition. I use a handheld digital recorder and play the accompaniment CD over the band hall stereo. A trial run will let the student know how to adjust his or her volume level. My recorder allows me to dump all tracks into iTunes, where I group them by student, select the appropriate tracks, make a playlist and upload the audition. Please remember to test-play all of your final audition once you have upload them to OpusEvent.

Use OpusEvent to register and upload your mp3 files for the audition

Send money/checks to Ron and please notate that it’s for All State Jazz Band Auditions