Master of Music in Trombone Performance

We will not be accepting applications for Fall 2021 in Bass Trombone.

Online Preliminary Submission by December 1, 2020

If you have not heard from us by January 6, 2021, 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.

Live audition dates are January 25 and February 8, 2021