Trombone admission requirements for MA studies

Admission requirements are the same for in person and online applicants unless indicated otherwise.

Main subject:

1.) Couillaud: Etude No. 1. from "30 Modern Etudes".

tenor trombone version

bass trombone version

2.) A slow and a fast movement of a Baroque sonata or a solo piece completed during the BA studies, at the choice of the candidate.

3.) A concerto or a piece of similar difficulty. 

One piece from Point 2 or 3 has to be played from memory.

 

General Admission Requirements:

MUSIC THEORY FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE IN PERSON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION:

Written examination:

  • Bass harmonisation: harmonisation of a bass line of cca. 10 notes, indication of the accords with figures.
  • Analysis: formal analysis of the opening movement of a sonata from the stylistic circle of Haydn and Mozart piano sonatas.

Exam in general music studies:

  • Identification of 10 music pieces - possibly composer and title, but at least the epoch or style and identification or the genre.
  • Explanation and interpretation of 10 music terms, concepts, titles, etc.