ALL - STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLES
audition materials and instructions are posted below
2025 AUDITION INFORMATION
New audition submission deadlines are:
High School Students (grades 9-12) - October 15, 2024 11:59PM
Junior High School Students (grades 7-8) - November 2, 2024 11:59PM
VOCAL JAZZ AUDITOIN INFO AND ETUDES
DIRECTORS/EDUCATORS MUST BE CAJ MEMBERS
Students do not have to join CAJ as members
Directors, please click on the JOIN to sign up for a CAJ membership
If you have issues paying for your membership, please email cajmemberservices@gmail.com
Students must register for All-State before submitting audition recordings
All-State Vocal Jazz REGISTRATION FORM
All-State Vocal Jazz AUDITION INFORMATION
All-Staet Vocal Jazz AUDITION MATERIALS
The deadline for submissions (recordings and fees) is OCTOBER 15th before 11:59 PM
Vocal Jazz students must submit a $25 fee when submitting auditions
JAZZ BANDS AUDITION INFO AND ETUDES
DIRECTORS/EDUCATORS MUST BE CAJ MEMBERS
Junior High Jazz Band AUDITION INFORMATION
Junior High Jazz Band AUDITION MATERIALS
High School Jazz Band AUDITION INFORMATION
High School Jazz Band AUDITION MATERIALS
The DEADLINE for submission (recordings and fees) is:
HIGH SCHOOL - OCTOBER 15, 2024 before 11:59 PM
MIDDLE SCHOOL - NOVEMBER 2, 2024 before 11:59 PM
Annie Booth
2025 High School All-State Jazz Band
Annie Booth is a versatile and award-winning composer, arranger, and jazz pianist. She has received international recognition for her work as a composer with awards and grants from the likes of Chamber Music America, ASCAP, Downbeat Magazine, and many others. As a bandleader, Booth has released seven albums with ensembles she leads ranging from trio to large chamber jazz ensemble. Additionally, Booth is a respected jazz educator and appears frequently across North America as a guest artist-educator at high schools, universities, and as a guest conductor of all-state jazz ensembles. She serves on the faculty at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music in the Jazz & Commercial Music Program teaching jazz composition, arranging, and jazz piano.
Rosana Eckert
2025 High-School All-State Vocal Jazz
Rosana Eckert is an internationally renowned vocalist, songwriter, arranger, and master teacher of jazz and voice. Her many solo albums received critical acclaim, and she has collaborated with countless jazz luminaries, including singing on the Grammy-nominated album Vocabularies by Bobby McFerrin, co-producing the Grammy-nominated track “How Deep is Your Love” by vocal group Kings Return, and singing on the Grammy Winning composition “Eberhard” by legendary jazz pianist Lyle Mays.
Formerly an accomplished French horn player, Rosana began singing jazz while in college at the University of North Texas, later becoming the first woman and first vocalist hired to their esteemed jazz faculty in 1999. Since then, Rosana has helped build the UNT vocal jazz program into one of the best in the world. A renowned arranger, she has published many vocal ensemble arrangements and created various educational resources for all levels, including her book, Singing with Expression, which has been praised as an unparalleled resource for contemporary singers.
In addition to her extensive performing, writing, arranging, and teaching, Rosana works regularly as a studio vocalist, producer, and voice-over actor. She is the in-house announcer for the award-winning PBS TV station in Dallas, KERA, and she has sung on hundreds of commercials, album projects, publishing demos, and radio IDs heard worldwide.
Dave Gregoric
2025 Junior High All-State Jazz Band
Dave Gregoric has been teaching music at Mills High School since 2016 bringing over 28 years of music education experience and 45 years of life as a professional musician. He has directed outstanding programs at Valley Christian Schools, Marin School of the Arts and Mills High School. He has also worked with summer camps and year round programs with the Monterey Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival and Stanford Jazz workshop.
Mr. Gregoric has received Educator Awards from the National Endowment of the Arts, Stanford Jazz Workshop, Jazz At Lincoln Center, SMUHSD, San Jose Jazz Society, NSHSS, and Valley Christian Schools. Dave has also received CMEA (Bay Section) Outstanding Jazz Educator Award and San Jose Stage Top Honor Awards for Musical Direction and Pit Orchestra.
Credits as a performer include Pete Escovedo, Cab Calloway, Della Reese, Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra, Jubilee Gospel choir, San Jose Jazz Orchestra, National Public Radio.Temptations, Jimmy Heath, Confunktion, Bobby Watson, Cyndi Lauper, Sheila E., Duke Robillard, Brenda Lee, Guy Lombardo Orchestra, Michael W. Smith, San Francisco R&B All Stars, Louis Bellson, Bill Berry, Steve Turre, Twila Paris, Frankie Valli, Carol Channing, The Drifters, Henny Youngman, Sheryl Merrymont, Ladd MciNtosh, Marlena Shaw, Martha and the Vandellas, Buddy Montgomery, Andy Narell, Little Anthony, Princess-Royal Norwegian-Western cruise lines, Disneyland, Great America, Circus Vargas, and the Bentley Brothers Circus.
