Faculty
Nick Platoff , Associate Professor of Trombone
Audition Requirements
Online Prescreening Submission due December 1, 2025 by 11:59 PM (EST)
Multiple uploaded files of your prescreening requirements are acceptable.
Required graduate Tenor Trombone prescreening repertoire is by video submission:
- 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, first trombone solo from 1st mvt.
- Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (major section)
Required graduate Tenor Trombone live audition repertoire:
- Two contrasting movements by a Baroque composer
- Another solo piece 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, first trombone solo from 1st mvt.
- Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (major section)
- Major Scales (two octaves)
- Sight reading (may include Tenor and Alto Clefs)
No accompanist is needed or desired for the audition.
Required graduate Bass Trombone prescreening repertoire is by video submission:
- Solo of your choice
- Orchestral Excerpts:
- Haydn Achieved is the Glorious Work from The Creation
- Schumann Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" 4th mvt.
- Wagner Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold
- Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (major section)
Required graduate Bass Trombone live audition repertoire:
- Two contrasting movements from a Baroque sonata or Bach Cello Suite
- Another solo piece 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 (major section)
- Major Scales two octaves
- Sight reading (may include Tenor Clef)
No accompanist is needed or desired for the audition.
Auditions will be held on January 20, 27, or 28, 2026.