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Trombone and Tuba

Mark Lawrence (weeks 1-5) Ralph Sauer (weeks 6-8)

Trombone and tuba applicants must 1. apply online and 2. perform a live audition OR submit a video DVD audition recording. Live auditions are filmed for later review by the studio faculty. Equal enrollment consideration is granted to both audition methods.

  Applying by the deadline does not guarantee a live audition; live auditions are first come, first served. Visit this webpage prior to submitting the application to verify if a specific city's audition schedule is already full.

The Music Academy accepts four trombone players (three tenor and one bass) and one tuba player each summer.

The Application

The online application requires three components: the application data, a one-page resume, and a short statement (100 words) explaining why you wish to attend the Music Academy.

An application fee is required by credit card or electronic check when submitting the online application. Application fees are NON-refundable.

 

Audition repertoire - summer 2012 applicants

All works must be unaccompanied and in the following order

Tenor Trombone

  1. Frank Martin, Ballade, solo - beginning through pedal B flat 
  2. Mozart, Requiem, Tuba mirum, solo
  3. Berlioz, Hungarian March (2nd trombone part) 6 before [4] to 3rd bar of [5]
  4. Ravel, Bolero, solo
  5. Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries, B Major solo section

Bass Trombone

  1. Bach, Cello Suite No. 5, Sarabande, no repeats
  2. R. Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, number 62 to two after 65
  3. Wagner, Die Walküre, "Ride of the Valkyries," major section
  4. Kodály, Háry János Suite, solo
  5. Haydn, The Creation, Mvt 26, beginning to letter C

Tuba

  1. Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5, I, number 3-6, one before 23 to 24
  2. Wagner, Die Walküre, "Ride of the Valkyries," major section
  3. Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber, Turandot, 4th of L to O
  4. Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, IV, 56 to 6th of 57
  5. Mahler, Symphony No. 1, III, 7th of 2 to 4, solo only

RECORDED VIDEO DVD AUDITION: Applicants who do not audition live must submit one copy of a continuous, unedited DVD (do not stop or pause filming between excerpts). Avoid filming in a room that is excessively resonant or dry, and do not add "reverb." Please film excerpts in the order above and do not include any other excerpts or pieces. Recordings must be playable on a standard DVD player. Write your full name and instrument on the DVD and case (please do not adhere labels to the disc). Mail DVD to:

Admissions
Music Academy of the West
1070 Fairway Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108

Visit "Application Deadlines & Audition Dates" for further instructions

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