{"id":595,"date":"2020-01-13T04:18:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T04:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mgsa-jazz\/?page_id=595"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:38:27","slug":"jury-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mgsa-jazz\/resources\/jury-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Jury Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Requirements by Semester<\/h4>\n<p>Jazz majors work with their private instructors each semester to prepare for jury requirements. Undergraduates memorize five standard selections, graduates ten, with one randomly selected by the jury panel for performance from memory. Guitar, bass, and piano jurors also ask to comp changes or walk a chorus. Scales should be played at quarter note=120 bpm, steady, not rushed. Sight-reading is also evaluated.<\/p>\n<h5>Additional Keyboard Requirements:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For Jazz <\/strong><strong>Drum<\/strong><strong> Majors<\/strong> &#8211; drum jury criteria also include keyboard requirements each semester (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mgsa-jazz\/resources\/jury-requirements\/jazz-drum-majors\/\" rel=\"noopener\">details here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>For Non<\/strong><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>Jazz Piano Majors<\/strong> &#8211; semester 3 and 4 undergraduate and semester 3 graduate students have keyboard requirements (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mgsa-jazz\/resources\/jury-requirements\/non-piano-majors\/\" rel=\"noopener\">details here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Jury Scheduling<\/h5>\n<p>Jazz juries are scheduled during the university&#8217;s final exam week (after semester classes have ended) and are <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mgsa-jazz\/events\/\">announced in advance<\/a>. Jury signup sheets will be posted, enabling students to select a time slot for their jury. Students should check their <a href=\"https:\/\/scheduling.rutgers.edu\/exam-scheduling\/final-exams\/#students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Final Exam schedules<\/a> for their other courses to plan accordingly for the upcoming jury day(s).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requirements by Semester Jazz majors work with their private instructors each semester to prepare for jury requirements. 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