{"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":"2026-03-20T20:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:07:26","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 major students are to work with their private lesson instructors throughout each semester to prepare for their jury requirements. Each semester, undergraduate students will memorize five (5) standard selections, and graduate students will memorize ten (10), as outlined below. The faculty jury panel will randomly select one prepared selection at each jury to be performed from memory. Guitar, bass, and piano jurors will also be asked to comp changes or walk a chorus. Scales should be played at a steady-eighth note tempo, quarter note=120 bpm, not overly fast or &#8220;rushed.&#8221; Sight-reading skills are also evaluated at each jury.<\/p>\n<h5>Additional Keyboard Requirements:<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Refer to <a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/mgsa-jazz\/2025-26-semester-5-and-6-non-piano-majors\/\">recent announcement<\/a> regarding 2025-26 UG Semester 5 and 6 Non-Piano Majors<\/span><\/p>\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 major students are to work with their private lesson instructors throughout each semester to prepare for their jury requirements. 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