OkCDA HS Jazz Past Repertoire – Updated January 2026
Application Information
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**Before filling out the above form, please have your current ACDA membership and a copy of the PO in PDF format.**
**Entries will not be scheduled until digital downloads are purchased.**
Checks need to be mailed to:
Ron Wallace
PO Box 2964
Edmond, OK 73083
Deadline and Fees
Entry Deadline – September 12, 2026
$20 per entry
Emergency Entries & Voice Change Requests – Starts September 13, 2026
$100 per entry/change
Emergency Entry Form
Audition Date
Jazz Auditions Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Site: Southern Nazarene University; Bethany
Audition Elements
The audition will consist of two elements:
1) Two cuts from two vocal jazz selections of contrasting style chosen by OkCDA board members; and
2) a 30-second vocal improvisation over a standard jazz form and chord progression. The first element will take place at each singer’s scheduled audition time, with the second following immediately afterward in a different room with different judges.
Updates to Vocal Improvisation Process:
Beginning in 2019, the improvisation format was revised; the exact form and set of chord progressions will change each year. Improv practice tracks will be available in a Google Drive folder. The improv audition track used in the improv room will be released publicly via email to all directors of students registered for the jazz audition two school days prior to the audition date. This will give students and directors time to prepare without the need for a ‘cut room.’
Suggested methods of preparation:
— Vocal Improvisation by Michele Weir
— Search “Jazz Backing Tracks” on YouTube
— Improv Examples
Judging Criteria
Voice Quality (15)
– Does the voice align with jazz style (i.e have minimal vibrato, use appropriate air/tone ratio, navigate all parts of the range well, etc.)?
Notes (20)
– Does the singer sing the correct notes?
Rhythm (20)
– Does the singer sing accurate rhythms?
Dynamics (10)
– Does the singer sing musically at both the macro and micro level (i.e sing with correct emphasis around the swing notes, accommodate large dynamic shifts, sing each line with direction and purpose)?
Diction (10)
– Does the singer sing the words and syllables written on the page? Does the singer use appropriate jazz articulation?
Intonation (10)
– Can the singer sing in tune? This includes fast lines, held notes, and improvisation.
Phrasing (5)
– Does the singer always sing with a sense of direction? Is the direction musically appropriate and stylistically interesting?
Jazz Style (10)
– Does the singer display vocal jazz ability? Does the singer perform with a sense of ease and confidence?
Improvisation (10 per judge)
– Can the singer create musical thoughts and phrases that are appropriate with the set of chord changes provided?
Jazz Ensemble Repertoire 2027
Do not purchase at this time. Please wait for Board Announcement after April 11th.
Mister Hooper
Jeremy Fox
Cecilia
arr. NY Voices
Non-Audition Jazz Charts
Haven’t We Met
Jeremy Fox
Summertime
arr. Derek Fawcett
The More I See You
Anchor Music
Let Your Light Shine
Jeremy Fox
Grammy-nominated Dr. Jeremy Fox is a Professor of Vocal Jazz at Mt. San Antonio College, directing vocal jazz ensembles, leading the jazz voice program, teaching accompanying classes, as well as classes in audio production. For 14 years, Dr. Fox taught full-time at the School for Music Vocations program, for many years conducting vocal and instrumental ensembles alongside renowned arranger Phil Mattson. He is excited to be crafting a new jazz certificate program at Mt. San Antonio College to go hand-in-hand with their phenomenal award-winning ensembles. The goal for his program is to help empower singers with skills not taught at most traditional college programs. He is in demand as a festival and conference clinician, and has served as guest conductor for sixteen All-State ensembles throughout the U.S. and Canada. His ensembles have been invited numerous times to prestigious conferences such as the Jazz Education Network’s Annual Conference – and his ensemble was the only collegiate group representing vocal jazz at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. Fox earned his Bachelors degree in Piano-Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University, and his Masters and Doctorate in Jazz Composition from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. As a student, he was the recipient of 11 awards from Downbeat Magazine, including ones for: Jazz Song, Jazz Arrangement, Studio Engineering, and for the Vocal Jazz Group he conducted as an undergraduate student. As an instructor, his ensembles have been recognized by Downbeat Magazine as “Best Community College Small Vocal Jazz Ensemble” 3 times, while earning Outstanding Performance 3 other occasions. For 20 years, Jeremy led the SMV Vocal Jazz Camps throughout the U.S. and Canada, and has led 15 annual Jazz Harmony Retreats – empowering educators who may have never had the opportunity to learn the nuts and bolts of jazz arranging and accompanying.
Dr. Fox publishes his compositions through his own website, and is a member of ASCAP. His arrangements are also published by Anchor Music Publications, Alfred Music, and Sheet Music Plus. He has been commissioned by dozens of high schools and colleges to write pieces for their vocal jazz ensembles, concert/chamber choirs, big bands, and studio orchestras. His music has been written for or performed by: Take 6, The Real Group, New York Voices, m-pact, Cadence, Theo Bleckmann, Terence Blanchard, John Secada, and Metropolitan Opera singers Eric Owens and Denyce Graves. He is the Musical Director of Bossa Nova Sinfónico with a Brazilian quartet including singer Rose Max, and with this group has conducted the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba, and twice conducted the Costa Rican National Orchestra. Audio from the concert in Costa Rica earned a Latin Grammy Award, and videos have yielded over 15 millions views on YouTube. He has also twice been invited to guest conduct the famed Henry Mancini Institute Jazz Orchestra in Miami, Florida. His inaugural album was entitled “With Love” and features his big band and orchestral arrangements for a phenomenal line-up of singers, including Rose Max and Ramatis Moraes, Kate Reid, Kate McGarry, Lauren Kinhan and Peter Eldridge (from the New York Voices), Anders Edenroth (from The Real Group), Derek Fawcett, Wendy Pedersen, Sunny Wilkinson, and Kevin Mahogany. His arrangement of “All My Tomorrows” featuring Kate McGarry was nominated for “Best Arrangement – Instruments and Vocals” at the 57th AnnualGrammy Awards.
