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Graduate Trombone Auditions

trombone section rehearsing

Pre-screening will be due by December 1.

General Requirements

  • Two solos, selected from different historical periods of music, and of difficulty and quality appropriate for performance at the doctoral level. Applicant should bring an accompanist if possible
  • Etudes (see below)
  • Orchestral excerpts (see below)

Trombone and Bass Trombone Audition

  • Etudes:
    Tenor trombone: one etude selected from Boutry, Douze Etudes de Haute Perfectionnement (Leduc)
    Bass trombone: one etude selected from Blazhevich, 70 Studies for Tuba
  • Performance of "standard" orchestral excerpts

Questions?

Contact Jonathan Allen, lecturer, trombone