Master of Music in Trombone Performance

Online Preliminary Submission by December 1, 2022 by 11:59 PM (EST)

Multiple uploaded files of your preliminary requirements are acceptable. If you have not heard from us by January 6, 2023, please email us.

Tenor Trombone preliminary submission is by video

• Two contrasting movements from a Baroque sonata or Bach cello suite
• Solo of your choice
• Orchestral Excerpts: Mozart Tuba Mirum from Requiem; Trombone solo from Bolero by Ravel; Berlioz Hungarian March (2nd trombone part); Schumann Symphony No. 3, "Rhenisch" 4th mvt. (1st trombone part); Mahler Symphony No. 3, trombone solos from 1st mvt.; Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (both major and minor sections)

Required Tenor Trombone audition repertoire

• One Sonata by a Baroque composer such as Galliard, Marcello, Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Corelli, or Bach Cello Suite
• One of the following: Dutilleux Chorale, Cadence et Fugato; Grondahl Concerto; Larsson Concertino, or a solo of your choice of comparable difficulty
• Orchestral Excerpts: Mozart Tuba Mirum from Requiem; Trombone solo from Bolero by Ravel; Berlioz Hungarian March (2nd trombone part); Schumann Symphony No. 3, "Rhenisch" 4th mvt.(1st trombone part); Mahler Symphony No. 3, trombone solos from 1st mvt.; Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (both major and minor sections)
• Major Scales two octaves
• Sight reading (may include Tenor and Alto Clefs)

No accompanist is needed or desired for the audition.

Bass Trombone preliminary submission is by video  (MM)

• Two contrasting movements from a Baroque sonata or Bach Cello Suite
• Solo of your choice
• Orchestral Excerpts:
  • Haydn Achieved is the Glorious Work from The Creation
  • Schumann Symphony No. 3 Renisch 4th movement
  • Berlioz Hungarian March
  • Strauss Ein Heldenleben
  • Wagner Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold
  • Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (both major and minor sections)

Required Bass Trombone audition repertoire (MM)

• Two contrasting movements from a Baroque sonata or Bach Cello Suite
• Bozza New Orleans; Pilss Concerto; Ritter-George Concerto; Solo of your choice of comparable difficulty
• Orchestral Excerpts:
  • Haydn Achieved is the Glorious Work from The Creation
  • Schumann Symphony No. 3 Renisch 4th movement
  • Berlioz Hungarian March
  • Strauss Ein Heldenleben
  • Wagner Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold
  • Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (both major and minor sections)
• Major Scales two octaves
• Sight reading (may include Tenor Clef)

No accompanist is needed or desired for the audition.

Audition dates are February 1 or 8, 2023.