GRADUATE AUDITIONS

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Graduate

To apply for Graduate Study at UGA - please visit the School of Music website.

 

Campus Invite Graduate Auditions will take place on the following days:  

Friday - January 15th, 2022

Saturday - January 22, 2022

 

Fall 2022 - TROMBONE STUDIO ASSISTANTSHIP

  •  DUTIES ON BASS TROMBONE 

    • MM or DMA

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  • Full Tuition Waiver & Annual Stipend

    •  MM - $11,000

    • DMA - $11,700

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  • Duties Include:

    • Bass Trombonist with Large & Chamber Ensembles

    • Studio Instruction

      • Community Music School

      • Studio TA​​

    • Leadership Opportunities

      • Lead Trombone Choir

      • Chamber Coaching​

      • Fundamentals Sessions & Group Warmups

      • Studio Seminars

    • Studio Event Planning & Logistics

      • ​​Georgia Trombone Summit

      • Studio & GTS Social Media Presence  

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  • Assistantships for Tenor & Bass Trombonists (MM & DMA) are also available through the School of Music & Graduate College.  Recipients for these competitive awards are selected based on academic record, skill set, and needs within the School of Music.  

 

  • To receive full consideration, Graduate Applications and Preliminary Pre-Screened Audition need to completed and uploaded no later than December 1, 2021. 

 

  • Pre-Screened Recordings  should  be selected from the etudes, solos, and excerpts provided below.  Requests for consideration of different repertoire should be directed to jbynum@uga.edu

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  • Solo repertoire can be recorded without piano.   Applicants  No editing within a piece, but it is not necessary to record all material in one take.  Video is preferred, but not mandatory. 

 

PRE-SCREENING REPERTOIRE:  ​

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Tenor Trombone:

Choose 1 Etude:

Bitsch: 15 Rhythmic Etudes (No. 2 - 7)

Blazhevich: Clef Studies (No. 80 - 90)

Bordogni: Vocalises (No. 23 or 61)

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Choose 1 Solo:

Crespo: Improvisation No. 1

David:  Concertino (m. 1-2)

Grondahl: Concerto (m. 1)

Martin: Ballade

Tomasi: Concerto (m. 1)

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Choose 3 Excerpts:

Mahler:  Symphony No. 3, mvt. 1 (first solo)

Ravel: Bolero 

Rossini: William Tell Overture

Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (minor and major)

 

Bass Trombone:

Choose 1 Etude:

Blazhevich:  Low Range Studies (No. 50 - 60)

Bordogni: Vocalises, 8vb (No. 23 or 61)

Maenz: Zwanzig Studien (No. 2 - 7)

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Choose 1 Solo:

Bozza: New Orleans

Fetter: Variations on Dona Nobis Pacem

Koetsier:  Allegro Maestoso

Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement

Spillman: Concerto (m. 1)

 

Choose 3 Excerpts:

Haydn - Achieved is Thy Glorious Work

Kodaly -  Hary Janos Suite 

Rossini - William Tell Overture

Wagner - Das Rheingold (Entrance of the Gods)

 

Applicants will be selected from the pre-screened recordings to play a live audition for the Brass Faculty in January 2022 (see above for dates).  

 

For the live audition, candidates can prepare new repertoire (2 contrasting solo selections & excerpts).  There will also be sight-reading.  Live accompaniment at the live audition is not required.  

 

For more information regarding the application process, please contact Dr. Bynum.

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