Matt Ransom, Judith Saxton, James Miller, David Jolley
Comprehensive performance experience
Intensive personalized instruction - Preparation for career success
Offering the highest level of instruction by an internationally acclaimed faculty, the graduate program in brass studies at the North Carolina School of the Arts is tailored to the student’s needs and professional goals. Classes are small and students receive extensive personalized attention. In order to be competitive in the marketplace, each student is given a significant number of performance opportunities in large ensembles and a variety of chamber music groups. The graduate program enables students to refine their technical skills and develop advanced interpretative techniques through the study and performance of significant works from the brass literature (see sample program repertoire below for horn, trumpet and trombone.)
Other Program Features:
- Opportunities to perform outside the school
- Special teaching and performance assignments
- Two degree recitals
- Participation in Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Contemporary Ensemble
As a conservatory, the School’s focus is on preparing students to begin their careers as performing artists; at the same time, the school actively involves the student with the practical aspects of earning a living as a musician. This specially designed curriculum, along with a variety of professional opportunities outside the School, widens the scope of the student’s career perspectives. This approach enables students to succeed in today’s marketplace.
New Curriculum
HORN, TRUMPET, TROMBONE, TUBA
Year One Course Credits
MUS 600 Lessons
MUS 601 Masterclass
MUS 610 Recital
MUS 611 Large Ensemble
or
MUS 612 Chamber Ensemble
MUS 645 Career Strategies: Portfolio
MUS 646, 647, 648, 649 Career Strategies
(a minimum of two courses are required):
Outreach, Entrepreneurship, Auditions and Recording
MUS 691, 692 Library and Internet Research Lab
MUS 599 Intensive Arts Workshops
Year Two
MUS 600 Lessons
MUS 601 Masterclass
MUS 610 Recital
MUS 611 Large Ensemble
or
MUS 612 Chamber Ensemble
MUS 661, 662, 663 Research Topics in Analysis
or
MUS 681, 682, 683 Research Topics in Musicology
MUS 599 Intensive Arts Workshops
Horn
Students working toward the Master of Music in Horn may substitute a concerto performance with orchestra or two or more shared recitals in place of one of the required recitals. Students will also prepare orchestral audition programs based on actual audition lists.
The repertoire listed below is an indication of the range and difficulty of works typically studied by a horn student in the graduate program. It does not necessarily indicate required repertoire.
Etudes
H. King: 40 Etudes, J.S. Bach-Hoss: Suites for Cello, Reynolds: Forty-eight Etudes
Solo Works
Bozza: En fôret, Cherubini: Sonata No. 2, Gliere: Concerto, Op. 91, Hindemith: Concerto, Jacob: Concerto, Mozart: The Four Concertos, Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Strauss: Concerto No. 2, Telemann: Concerto in D, Weber: Concertino, Op. 45
Trombone
Significant emphasis is placed upon the performance of 20th-century works and orchestral literature for students working toward the Master of Music in Trombone. Students are required to perform a least one unaccompanied solo work for each recital. Students will write at least one significant paper discussing an historical or theoretical aspect of trombone performance. Students will also prepare orchestral audition programs based on actual audition lists.
The repertoire listed below is an indication of the range and difficulty of works typically studied by a trombone student in the graduate program. It does not necessarily indicate required repertoire.
Solo Works for Tenor Trombone
Albrechtsberger: Concerto, Luciano Berio: Sequenza V, Boris Blacher: Divertimento,
Demeij: Concerto, Druckman: Animus 1, Halsey Stevens: Sonata, Hartley: Sonata Concertante, Tomasi: Concerto
Solo Works for Bass Trombone
Eric Culver: Suite, David Gillingham: Sonata, Ritter George: Concerto, Szollosy: 100 Bars for Tom Everett, White: Tetra Ergon, Williams: Concerto
Trumpet
In addition to the guidelines above, students working toward the Master of Music in Trumpet will be required to prepare and perform recital programs from five periods of music history: 18th Century, Classical Era, Romantic Era, 20th Century and Avante-Garde. Students will also prepare orchestral audition programs based on actual audition lists.
The repertoire listed below is an indication of the range and difficulty of works typically studied by a trumpet student in the graduate program. It does not necessarily indicate required repertoire
Solo Works
Eighteenth-Century Repertoire: Torelli, Telemann, Fasch; Classical Era Repertoire: Haydn, Hummel, Neruda; Romantic Era Repertoire: Goehme, Sachse, Clark; Twentieth-Century Repertoire: Kennan, Hindemith, Stevens; Avante Garde repertoire: Wolpe, Friedman, Davies
Etudes
Standard Trumpet Methods: Goldman, Arban, Charlier, Clark; Modern Etudes: Nagel, Falk, Bitsch
Tuba
Contact the School of Music for information concerning Tuba/Euphonium.
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