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.