Secondary Requirements

In order to continue with your application for Jazz Performance - Introduction to Commercial Jazz - Keyboard, you must complete this step in the application process. Applicant selection is based on academic criteria and results of these secondary requirements. This contains all information required to prepare and submit secondary requirements for consideration. If you have any questions, please contact Admissions.

Applicants are required to submit an online audition. Applicants must book and pay a $50 fee for their audition as soon as possible, audition times fill up very quickly and space is limited. Please see “Registration Instructions” below to complete your online audition.

i. Online Audition

All applicants are required to upload an audition video that clearly demonstrates their current performance level on their major instrument. Audition requirements are detailed below. While auditions are assessed on a balance of the technical and song material presented, overall musicality and general ability are also considered as important elements in the selection process. 

Guidelines:

• The recording must be video with audio (audio-only recordings will not be accepted);
• The overall sound on the recording should be at a reasonably good quality level and your instrument must be clearly heard throughout the recording;
• You must be clearly visible on the recording at all times;
• No editing of the recording is allowed, all material should be recorded in one session;
• Open the recording with a very short statement on your reasons for wanting to study at Humber and your musical background (roughly 1 minute);
• The entire audition video should not exceed 20 minutes.

Video Recording should contain the following:

Performance: Prepare and play three selections:

1. One selection from the jazz field. This should be something beyond the level of merely reading the sheet music. Your own arrangement of a jazz composition or standard (i.e. Autumn Leaves, Have You Met Miss Jones, Body and Soul etc.) would be preferable. The jazz selection must include some improvisation.
2. A blues from the jazz repertoire such as Billie’s Bounce, Au Privave, Sonnymoon for Two, Tenor Madness, etc.
3. One selection from the classical field i.e. - baroque, classical, romantic, modern, etc. – minimum level - Royal Conservatory of Music - Grade 9.

Technique: Prepare and play:

1. Scales: Major (in the keys of E, B, Ab and Db major), harmonic minor (in the keys of C# and F# minor), and melodic minor (in the keys of D and F minor). All scales should be hands together, four octaves ascending and descending.
2. Solid Chords: Major (in the keys of E and B major), Minor (in the keys of Ab and F# minor), dominant sevenths (starting on Bb and F#), and diminished sevenths (starting on Ab and F#). All chords should be hands together, 2 octaves ascending and descending. Major and minor chords can be 3 or 4 note form.
3. Broken chords: Major (in the keys of D and Bb major), Minor (in the keys of G and F minor), dominant sevenths (starting on Ab and A), and Diminished sevenths (starting on Bb and C). All chords should be hands together, 2 octaves ascending and descending. Major and minor chords can be 3 or 4 note form.
4. Arpeggios: major (in the keys of Eb, Bb and D major), minor (in the keys of C, C# and F# minor),dominant seventh (starting on Bb and B) and diminished seventh (starting on A and Ab). Arpeggios should be hands together, 4 octaves ascending and descending (Root position only).

Registration Instructions

Applicants must Log-in to MyHumber and pay a $50 fee for their audition in Humber’s Events Management system. Once in Events Management, you will receive additional instructions for submission of your audition video through SlideRoom. Video can be up to 250MB.

1.  Log-in to MyHumber
2. Select the Applicant tab
3. Select the Applied Programs tab
4. Select your Year and Applicant Number from the drop-down menu, then click Submit
5. Click on “Do I Have Any Missing Requirements”
6. Click on “Go to Events” (located under the “Link” section, near the bottom right of the page)
7. Choose from a list of available assessments and follow the prompts

Applicants must meet both academic and secondary requirements in order to meet minimum program eligibility. Meeting minimum eligibility requirements does not guarantee and offer of admission.

All secondary requirements will be evaluated and a score will be calculated by the academic school.

Admission decisions will be available via MyHumber, or by email and mail. Admission decisions will not be released by phone.

Fees by Semester

*Plus Mandatory Health Insurance fee once per academic year: Fall start - $420 Winter start - $280 Summer start - $140