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Bass Trombone Audition Requirements
Please prepare two contrasting pieces that demonstrate your playing ability and tone. Appropriate works include etudes, solo works, and movements from sonatas or concerti. No accompaniment is necessary.
Suggested Repertoire:
- Etudes
- Marco Bordogni/Joannes Rochut - Melodious Etudes for Trombone
- Blazhevich Studies
- Solos: Please choose a solo from the list below or one of similar difficulty.
- Alexey Lebedev - Concerto in One Movement
- Eric Ewazen - Concerto for Bass Trombone
- Galliard - Sonata No. 1
We encourage you to play the repertoire that you are most comfortable with and that you have prepared with a teacher. Play whatever you feel clearly displays your present level and potential.
Video Introduction: Tell us about who you are as an artist. Record a short (2-5 minutes) video introduction, including information about your artistic journey, such as the kinds of classes or lessons you have taken, your artistic accomplishments, any awards you have won, groups you have participated in, artistic experiences that have been particularly meaningful, and anything else you would like for us to know about you as an artist.
For more detailed information on the Interlochen Arts Academy application process, please visit our How to Apply page.
