Both new and returning jazz students must complete this form. Completion of this form does not constitute registration or payment. It simply allows the Jazz Department chair to schedule your courses.

Students that are NEW to the NEC Cont. Ed. Jazz program MUST set up a Jazz placement audition meeting with the Jazz department chair.

New local students who intend to participate on campus should attend their audition in person and play for and with the jazz department chair if possible.

Students returning to the NEC Continuing Ed. Jazz program do not need to have a placement meeting, but are welcome to do so. Returning Jazz students that are adding a new instrument or voice should set up a placement meeting appointment.

New students that intend to only study online that live too far away to come to campus for a placement audition will be emailed a Zoom link for their placement meeting, but they should also sign up for an appointment below if the times work for them. They should also submit links to two contrasting recorded pieces to david.zoffer@necmusic.edu before their placement meeting.

All new Jazz students and returning Jazz students that intend to take Jazz Theory, Jazz Composition and Jazz Arranging at NEC for the first time need to fill out a Jazz Theory Placement Test, so that the Jazz department chairs know what students are familiar with, and can advise them on placement.
Use this link to print out the test:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1up1xdQKA6rtNDJTc-ECx_1dgLKd9Jbz9/view?usp=sharing

Students should leave blank any questions they do not understand, then take a picture of this test and email it to james.stewardson@necmusic.edu before their jazz placement meeting.

If returning students have further questions after completing this form, they may contact David Zoffer at david.zoffer@necmusic.edu.

The comprehensiveness of this form, and your corresponding answers, allows the Jazz Department to create a nearly custom schedule for the entire student body based on each student's interests, aspirations, and availability. We appreciate your completion of this form.