Ideally, this should be a standard or a well-known jazz composition which involves some improvisation. Also, be prepared to play a blues progression in a common key with a play-along record. This should demonstrate your ability to both comp and solo. Finally, you will be expected to voice chords using typical inversions, and read from both chord symbols and notes. The audition requires the use of a synthesizer and will measure the student's understanding of electronic idioms.
Emphasis is on sight reading of intricate note passages and improvisational skills.
They will perform a final audition during the first rehearsal. I receive many tapes and like to listen to all of each tape but don't have time to listen to hour-long tapes. So, you can just fade in on a solo and fade out again later. That way you might have a number of samples of different kinds of things that you want us to hear. We have no expectations on the quality of the recording.