ALL - STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLES
audition materials and instructions are posted below
2026 AUDITION INFORMATION
Audition Submission Deadlines:
High School Students (grades 9-12) - October 15, 2025 11:59PM
Junior High School Students (grades 7-8) - November 2, 2025 11:59PM
VOCAL JAZZ AUDITION 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-State 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, 2025 before 11:59 PM
MIDDLE SCHOOL - NOVEMBER 3, 2025 before 11:59 PM
Rebeca Mauleon
2026 High School All-State Jazz Band
Rebeca Mauleón is an internationally renowned musician and educator specializing in Afro-Caribbean and Latin jazz music. From her recording and performing work as a pianist with legends including Tito Puente, Carlos Santana, Steve Winwood, Joe Henderson, Israel López “Cachao” and Mickey Hart, to her critically acclaimed recordings, Mauleón is one of the most multifaceted artists on the world music scene. She is the author and co-editor of the Salsa Guidebook, 101 Montunos and the Latin Real Book (Sher Music Co), and co-authored a book with legendary Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés entitled Decoding Afro-Cuban Jazz: The Music of Chucho Valdés and Irakere (Sher Music Co, 2018). Mauleón is professor of the Roots Jazz & American Music (RJAM) program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, tenured professor at City College of San Francisco, and is Director of Education & Community Engagement at SFJAZZ (San Francisco Jazz Organization). She is also an acclaimed clinician specializing in Afro-Cuban and Latin American music and performance practice.
Bruce Rodgers
2026 High-School All-State
Vocal Jazz
Bruce Rogers is Professor Emeritus at Mt. San Antonio College, where he taught for thirty years. Choirs under his direction have earned top honors in national and international competitions, with performances across the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. His ensembles have appeared at eight California State Conventions, fifteen American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Regional and National Conventions, and multiple International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) National Conventions. In both 2001 and 2005, he made history as the first U.S. choral director to have two choirs perform at both IAJE and ACDA National Conventions in the same year—a feat he repeated in 2017 at the JEN and ACDA National Conferences.
His award-winning vocal jazz group, Singcopation, has earned fifteen DownBeat Magazine Awards for Best Collegiate Vocal Jazz Group and multiple awards for Outstanding Performance. They have headlined at venues including Lincoln Center, B.B. King’s in Hollywood, and the Monterey Jazz Festival. Internationally, they have won top prizes in Australia, China, and Germany, including the Grand Prix and Platinum Medal at major international competitions. They also performed in Star Wars In Concert and opened for The Real Group at the Apollo Theater.
Professor Rogers has received numerous honors, including Mt. SAC’s “Faculty Member of the Year,” the NCCO “Lifetime Achievement Award,” and CMEA’s “Outstanding Music Educator Award.” He has conducted numerous state and regional honor choirs and served as a clinician and adjudicator in 28 states and internationally in Europe, Canada, Australia, and China.
Kristen Strom
2026 Junior High All-State Jazz Band
Saxophonist Kristen Strom has been a mainstay on the Bay Area music scene for nearly two decades, acclaimed for beautifully rendered melodies, exceptional tonality, and accomplished musicianship. Strom has played alongside many well-known artists, including Manhattan Transfer, Gladys Knight, Natalie Cole, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis, Jimmy Heath, Steve Turre, Taj Mahal, Ruthie Foster, Pamela Rose, and Jon Faddis.
In addition to her solo albums, Intention, Sojourn and Moving Day: The Music of John Shifflett, she has recorded more than 40 CDs with various jazz and pop artists, including the international jazz group Crossing Borders, John Worley and Worlview, Taj Mahal, Pamela Rose, Ed Johnson and Novo Tempo, Tammy L. Hall, The Jim Norton Collective and poet Paul Zarzyski.
Her touring schedule has included performances across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. San Jose Mercury News says of her most recent album, Sojourn, “It floats, swings, and touches on samba, and each track has a gem-like solo by the leader.”
Kristen is on the faculty of The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Santa Clara University, West Valley College and the Stanford Jazz Workshop. She is an endorsing artist and clinician for Selmer saxophones.