Trombone / Bass Trombone Audition Requirements

Trombone Audition Requirements

Undergraduate requirements (BM, BME)

Undergraduate Tenor and Bass trombone applicants, prepare two contrasting movements (or major sections in the case of single movement works) from a solo work(s) of your choice that you feel best demonstrates your musical expressiveness and technical proficiency.

Undergraduate applicants who would like to submit a recorded audition should follow the steps outlined here. All students who submit a recorded audition will have a virtual interview with the faculty. Applicants can select their date preference on their supplemental music form.

Graduate tenor trombone requirements

MM in Tenor Trombone:

• Select 2 works (minimum) from the following list: Bourgeois – Concerto; Bozza – Ballade, Ewazen – Sonata, Grondahl – Concerto, ​Milhaud Concertino d’ Hiver; Sulek- Sonata “Vox Gabrieli”.

• Optional alto trombone work(s) of your choice.

• Required Orchestral Excerpts: Ravel – Bolero, Mahler – Symphony No. 3, Mozart – Requiem, Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries, Rossini – William Tell Overture.

DMA or AD in Tenor Trombone:

• Select 2 works (minimum) from the following list: Bourgeois – Concerto; DeFaye – Deux Danse, Martin – Ballade, Milhaud – Concertino d’Hiver; Tomasi – Concerto.

• Optional alto trombone work(s) of your choice.

• Required Orchestral Excerpts: Ravel – Bolero, Mahler – Symphony No. 3, Mozart – Requiem, Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries, Rossini – William Tell Overture, Schumann – Symphony 3 “Rhenish”.

Graduate applicants who would like to submit a recorded audition should upload the audition directly to their Graduate College application. Graduate applicants who submit a recorded audition will also register for a virtual interview with the faculty. Applicants can register for their interview after submitting the Graduate College application.​ 

Graduate bass trombone requirements

MM in Bass Trombone:

• Select 2 works (minimum) from the following list: Brahms – Four Serious Songs, DeFaye/Knaub – Deux Danses, Ewazen – Concertino, Hindemith – Tuba Sonata, Ritter-George – Concerto, White – Tetra Ergon.

• Required Orchestral Excerpts: Franck – Symphony in d minor, Haydn – Creation, Kodaly – Hary Janos, Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries.

DMA or AD in Bass Trombone:

• Select 2 works (minimum) from the following list: Casterede – Sonatine for Tuba; Ewazen – Concertino, Ritter-George – Concerto, H. Stevens – Tuba Sonata, White – Tetra Ergon, J. Williams – Tuba Concerto.

• Required Orchestral Excerpts: Franck – Symphony in d minor, Haydn – Creation, Kodaly – Hary Janos, Rossini – William Tell Overture, Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries.

Graduate applicants who would like to submit a recorded audition should upload the audition directly to their Graduate College application. Graduate applicants who submit a recorded audition will also register for a virtual interview with the faculty. Applicants can register for their interview after submitting the Graduate College application.​ 

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