GVSU Trombone Studio
Bachelor of Music Education Degree
Sample course of study
Year 1
Develop basic warm-up routine
Develop and maintain weekly practice plan
All major and minor (harmonic, melodic, and natural) scales, two octaves
Representative method and etude books:
Tenor Trombone:
Fink: Introducing Legato
Kopprasch: 60 Selected Studies
Bass Trombone:
Fink: Introducing Legato
Ostrander: Basic Techniques
Representative solo repertoire:
Tenor Trombone:
Galliard: Sonatas
Hasse: Suite
Bass Trombone:
Hindemith: Three Easy Pieces
Lieb: Concertino Basso
Chamber Music (Trombone Ensemble)
Year 2
Representative method and etude books:
Tenor Trombone:
Fink: Studies in Legato
Edwards: Introductory Studies in Tenor & Alto Clef (Before Blazevich)
Bass Trombone:
Fink: Studies in Legato
Ostrander: Basic Techniques
Representative solo repertoire:
Tenor Trombone:
Bernstein: Elegy for Mippy II
Hindemith: Sonata
Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto
Telemann: Fantasy No. 1
Bass Trombone:
Jacob: Cameos
Raph: Rock
Semler-Collery: Barcarolle and Chanson Bachique
Chamber Music (Trombone Ensemble)
Year 3
Representative method and etude books:
Tenor Trombone:
Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book I
Edwards: Introductory Studies in Tenor & Alto Clef (Before Blazevich)
Bass Trombone:
Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book I
Aharoni: New Method for Bass Trombone
Representative solo repertoire:
Tenor Trombone:
Bassett: Suite
Grondahl: Concerto
Larsson: Concertino
Sulek: Vox Gabrieli
Bass Trombone:
Bozza: Prelude and Allegro
McCarty: Sonata
White: Tetra Ergon
Orchestral Excerpts
Chamber Music (Trombone Ensemble)
Year 4
Perform half recital
Representative method and etude books:
Tenor Trombone:
Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book I
Blazevich: Clef Studies
Bass Trombone:
Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book I
Aharoni: New Method for Bass Trombone
Representative solo repertoire:
Tenor Trombone:
Bozza: Ballade
Ewazen: Sonata
Serocki: Sonatine
White: Sonata
Bass Trombone:
Hidas: Rhapsody
Stevens: Sonatina
White: Tetra Ergon
Orchestral Excerpts
Chamber Music (Trombone Ensemble and Brass Quintet)
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