Trombone Performance Syllabus Andrew Janes, Trombones and Euphonium BM-Trombone Performance: Middle Tennessee State University, ’13 MM-Trombone Performance: University of Connecticut, ’15
The purpose of the studio handbook/syllabus is to provide to students with clear guidelines and instructions regarding required materials, studio objectives, course design and policies, possible topics and events, grades, curriculum, repertoire, and many more. General Information Location: Time: Email: Website: Office: Office Hours: Office Phone: Cell Phone: Required Materials 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9)
Professional Grade Instrument and Mouthpiece Metronome Tuner Recording Device to Record Daily Practicing Arban (Alessi/Bowman or Mantia): Complete Method for Trombone Bordogni/Rochut – Melodious Etudes for Trombone (Book 1) Blazhevich – Clef Studies (Tenor) Vernon – Singing Approach to Brass Playing (Bass) Lesson Notebook/Studio Handbook
Students are required to legally obtain these materials within two weeks of their assignment unless other arrangements are in place and communicated to the professor. Cost of these materials and accompanist fees for recitals are ongoing expenses which each student must be prepared to meet throughout the duration of each term. Students are responsible for the care and maintenance of their instruments. Your instrument and its case should always be clean and in excellent working condition. A well-prepared student will keep a pencil, slide lube, valve lube, a spray bottle of water, a mouthpiece brush, a mini screwdriver, and a small Allen wrench in his/her case. In
addition, students should be familiar with how to disassemble and clean their instruments properly, which will be covered in a group setting. Objectives 1) Facilitate the development of each student to the highest level of musical artistry that he/she is capable of/aspires to; and at least to the minimal level appropriate to that student’s area of concentration. 2) Learn to perform in public with poise and confidence. 3) Gain knowledge and insight into pedagogical principles, appropriate repertoire (i.e., etudes, solos, orchestral excerpts, jazz standards), and teaching strategies relevant to the trombone and music in general. In addition, this course will serve to combine and apply the knowledge and skills being learned and developed in the theory, literature, history, and education areas in order to prepare and perform music at a professional level. Course Design/Policies Performance Projects Final Juries Recitals Portfolios: 1) Personal Information Sheet (to be completed and updated yearly and used on the Trombone Studio Website) 2) Current Photo (to be used on the Trombone Studio Website) 3) Current Curriculum Vitae and/or Resumé 4) Current Biography 5) Up-to-date Repertoire Sheet (including solo, etude, chamber music literature, etc.) 6) Lesson Notes 7) Audio/Video Recordings of Lessons 8) Programs of Performances 9) Audio/Video Recordings of Performance Attendance Make-up Lessons Classroom Behavior Letters of Recommendation Disability Accommodation
Tips to Becoming a Legendary Student-Performer • Write down long-term and short-term goals, and consult them regularly, measuring your progress and adjusting as is necessary. • Get together with your colleagues, (not just on your instrument!), and play anything! Students with creative practice habits develop a broader range of skills and musical awareness and tend to develop more quickly and efficiently. • Practice hard, and demand excellence! • Be hungry for information—any and all. • Accept suggestions and critique with grace and open-mindedness. • Prepare diligently—DO NOT CRAM. It doesn’t work like that for us! • Listen to good music every day, and for classical music, have a score as often as possible.
RECOMMENDED TROMBONE LITERATURE The following list of trombone literature are primarily used for beginning through intermediate players, though all the materials listed can be used for intermediate to advanced players depending on what the player is addressing during their practice session. Beginning and Intermediate Studies Blume: Studies (36) Bordner: First Book of Practical Studies Bordner: Second Book of Practical Studies Bordogni: Melodious Etudes, Books 1-3 Fink: Introduction to Legato Fink: Studies in Legato Fink: Introduction to Alto/Tenor Clef Remington: Warm-up Studies Voxman: Selected Studies Beginning and Intermediate Solo Studies Baker: Master Solos (intermediate) Belwin: Master Solos for Trombone (all volumes) Canadian Brass Book of Trombone Solos (all volumes) Classic Festival Solos for Tenor Trombone Concert and Contest Collection Clack: First Repertoire Pieces Pearson: Standard of Excellence Trombone Solos (all volumes)
The methods and solos listed below are intended to serve as a resource to personal exploration: the technical and expressive range of these works vary from beginner to post-graduate/professional studies. It is important for the student trombonist to familiarize him/herself with as much of the available repertoire as possible in order to best understand the expectations of the instrument in performance, as well as discovering the depth of expression, technique, and individual interpretation that is achievable in the study of the trombone. Methods and Studies Arban: Complete Method for Trombone and Euphonium, ed. Alessi and Bowman Bach: 6 Cello Suites Blazhevich: School for Trombone in Clefs Edwards: Lip Slurs Edwards: Introduction Studies in Tenor/Alto Clef Klay: Daily Exercises for Bb/F Trombone (w/ demo CD) Marstellar: Basic Routines Remington: Warm-up Studies Ostrander: The F Attachment and Bass Trombone: Schlossberg Daily Drills and Technical Exercises Telemann: 12 Fantasies Vining: Daily Routines Helpful Texts/Periodicals Baker, B.: Tenor Trombone Handbook Begel: A Modern Guide for Trombonists and Other Musicians Bernstein: The Infinite Variety of Music Cutler: The Art of Happiness Ervin: Rangebuilding on the Trombone Farkas: The Art of Brass Playing Farkas: The Art of Musicianship Fink: Trombonist’s Handbook Frederiksen: Arnold Jacobs, Song & Wind Gallwey: The Inner Game of Tennis Green: The Inner Game of Music International Trombone Association Journals Kleinhammer: The Art of Trombone Playing Lewis: Broken Embouchures Raph: Double-Valve Bass Trombone Sloan: Orchestral Recordings for Low Brass Stewart: The Legacy of a Master: Arnold Jacobs
Stewart: Vining: Werner: Wick: Winding:
The Legacy of a Master: Philip Farkas What Every Trombonist Needs to Know About the Body Effortless Mastery Trombone Technique Yoga for Musicians and Other Special People (difficult/expensive to find)
Tenor Trombone Solos Arnold: Fantasy for Trombone (unaccompanied) Bach: Arioso Bach: Haste, Ye Scheperds Bach: Cello Suites Bakaleininkoff: Andantino Cantabile Barat: Andante and Allegro Bassett: Sonata Beethoven: Variations on Handel’s Judas Maccabeus Berghmans: La femme a Barbe Berio: Sequenza V (unaccompanied) Berlioz: Recitative & Prayer Bernstein: Elegy for Mippy II (unaccompanied) Blazevhich: Concert Pieces 1-5 Bloch: Symphony Bolter: Arctic Emanations Bourgeois: Concerto Boutry: Capriccio Bozza: Ballade Castérède: Sonatine Chavez: Concerto Crespo: Improvisation no. 1 (unaccompanied) Creston: Fantasy Croce-Spinelli: Solo de Concours Curnow: Fantasy David: Concertino Davison: Sonata de Meij: T-Bone Concerto Defaye: Deux Danses Demersseman: Introduction and Polonaise Desportes: Fantasie Dubois: Cortege Dubois: Sonatine Impromptu Dutilleux: Chorale, Cadence, et Fugato Ewazen: Sonata Ewazen: Visions of Light
Fetter: Variations on “Dona Nobis Pacem” Frackenpohl: Variations on a Theme of Shostakovich Galliard: 6 Sonatas Gaubert: Cantabile et Scherzo Gaubert: Morceau Symphonque Glazunov: Chant du Menestrel Goldstein: Colloquy Grafe: Grand Concerto Grondahl: Concerto Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique Handel: Concerto in f minor Hartley: Sonata Concertante Hasse: Suite Hidas: Concerto Hindemith: Suite Hindemith: Sonate Holst: Duo Concertante (with organ) Jacob: Concerto Jacob: Sonata Jacob: Suite Jacob Ter Veldhuis: I Was Like WOW (with CD accompaniment) Jongen: Aria and Polonaise Jorgensen: Romance, op. 21 Jorgensen: Suite Krenek: Five Pieces Larsson: Concertino Lynn: Doolallynastics (unaccompanied) Marcello: 6 Sonatas Martin: Ballade McKay: Sonata no. 1 Milhaud: Concertino d’Hiver Mills: Red Dragonfly Mozart: Concerto Rondo, K. 371 Mozart: Concerto in B-flat, K. 191 Nehlybel: Suite Nordheim: The Hunting of the Snark (unaccompanied) Olin: Sonata Peaslee: Arrows of Time Pergolesi: Sinfonia Persichetti: Parable (unaccompanied) Pryor: all solos Pugh: Concerto Rabe: Basta Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto
Ropartz: Andante et Allegro Ropartz: Piece in Mi Bemol Mineur Rota: Concerto Rouse: Concerto Rousseau: Piece Concertante Saint Saens: Cavatine Salzedo: Piece Concertante Sanders: Sonata Scelsi: Three Pieces Schuller: Eine Kleine Posaunemusik Schumann: Three Romances Serly: Concerto Serocki: Concerto Serocki: Sonatina Simons: Atlantic Zephyrs Stark: Suite Stevens: Sonata Stevens: Sonatina Stojowski: Fantaisie Sulek: Sonata “Vox Gabrieli” Telemann: F minor Sonata Telemann: Fantasies (flute) Tomasi: Concerto Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Song Vivaldi: Sonatas Von Kreisler: Sonatine Walker: Concerto Weber: Romance White: Sonata Wilder: Sonata for Trombone Xenakis: Keren (unaccompanied) Alto Trombone Solos Albrechtsberger: Concerto Anonymous (ed. Weiner): Sonata Bolter: Sky Dreams Cesare: Canzon “La Hieronyma” Ewazen: Palmetto Suite M. Haydn: Concerto from Divertimento in D Hidas: Baroque Concerto L. Mozart: Concerto from Serenade W. Mozart: Jener Donnerworte Kraft from Die Shuldigkeit des ersten Gebots Saglietti : Suite
Wagenseil: Bass Trombone Albinoni: Bach: Bach: Bariller: Boutry: Bozza: Bozza: Casterede: Dossett: Duckworth: Ewazen: Ewazen: Ewazen: Ewazen: Fetter: Frank: George: Hartley: Hartley: Hidas: Hindemith: Hoffman: Jacob: Koopman: Lanatier: Lassen: Tuthill: Lebedev: Lebedev: Lieb: Markey: McCarty: Muller: Nelhybel: Sachse: Schnyder: Shostakovich: Siekmann: Siekmann: Spillman: Spillman:
Concerto Solos Adagio in Fa majeur Cello Suites Flute Partita Hans de Schonceloch Tubachhanale Theme Varie New Orleans Fantasie Concertante Trilogy Statements and Interludes Concertino Concerto Rhapsody Ballade for Bass Trombone Spain Variations on Barnacle Bill the Sailor Concerto Arioso Sonata Breve (unaccomp.) Meditation (unaccomp.) 3 Leichte Stucke Trigger Treat Cameos Canzone (with CD) Introduction, Romance and Allegro Zwei Fantasie Stucke Fantasia for Tuba or Bass Trombone Concerto in One Movement Concerto Allegro Concertino Basso Variations on “Turkey in the Straw” Sonata for Bass Trombone Praeludium, Chorale, Variations and Fugue Concerto for Bass Trombone Concertino Sonata Adagio from "Limpid Stream" Concerto for Bass Trombone Rhapsody on Pennsylvania Dutch Songs Two Songs Concerto
Stevens: Sonatina Tchaikovsky: Melodrama Tcherepnin: Andante for Tuba Telemann: Flute Fantasies Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folk Songs White: Tetra Ergon Wilder: Sonata Zwilich: Concerto
