TROMBONE
Audition Requirements
Audition using the following material. This year (January 2025), only recorded auditions will be accepted for trombone: upload a recording to YouTube and include it in your application in SOMIS. Please make sure to select "recorded audition" on the application and include a link to your YouTube audition.
Technique
- Scales: Perform B-flat major scale and F major scale in two octaves at a tempo of ♩= 60.
Repertoire
- Two contrasting solos or solo movements, to demonstrate:
- Technical facility: a technical movement or piece to demonstrate an advanced command of technical skills such as range, slide technique, rapid articulation, and flexibility.
- Lyricism: a contrasting lyrical movement or piece to demonstrate an advanced command of musicality, expressiveness, and legato.
- Technical facility: a technical movement or piece to demonstrate an advanced command of technical skills such as range, slide technique, rapid articulation, and flexibility.
- If you are interested in the Jazz Studies program, be prepared to play the following:
- The head from a traditional jazz tune (Charlie Parker Omnibook, Traditional Bebop Heads, or a comparable source may be used).
- A lead chart from a big band tune. Range is not as important as an appropriate style.
- A solo demonstrating your improvisation skills. Please provide a play-along CD. You may use your stereo.
*Suggested audition pieces include Guilmant, Morceau Symphonique; Barat, Andante et Allegro; Rimsky-Korsakov, Concerto; Saint-Saens, Cavatine; Galliard, Sonata No. 1; Marcello, Sonata in A Minor; David, Concerto; Serocki, Sonatina.
