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      • Daily Routine
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      • Slide Tips
      • The Practicing Shortcut
    • Studio Syllabus
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    • Teaching Schedule
  • Hear Mike Hall play Bach…
  • Home
  • James Michael Hall D.M.A.
    • Concert, Masterclass, Clinic Schedule
    • Publications
    • Recordings
  • ODU Brass Choir
    • Course Schedule
    • Syllabus
  • Trombone/Euphonium Studio
    • Performance Clinic
      • Daily Routine
      • Recording Your Practice to Advance Your Own Performance Standards
      • F and G-flat Attachments
      • Tenor and Bass Slide Positions
      • Slide Tips
      • The Practicing Shortcut
    • Studio Syllabus
    • Technique Exams
    • Teaching Schedule
  • Hear Mike Hall play Bach…

Hall’s links to excellent brass performance resources

Organizations/Information

  • British Trombone Society British Trombone Society

 

  • Embouchures.com Embouchures.com

 

  • International Trombone Association International Trombone Association

 

  • Online Trombone Journal Online Trombone Journal

 

  • Dale Sorensen (Comprehensive, Classical Discography)

 

  • Theatrical Trombone Literature Theatrical Trombone Literature

 

  • Trombone Page of the World Trombone Page of the World

 

  • brassmusician.com Brassmusician.com

 

Trade

  • Greg Black Mouthpieces Greg Black Mouthpieces

 

  • Conn Selmer Conn Selmer Corporation
  • Cherry Classics Music Cherry Classics Music

Artist Websites

Joe Alessi

Jay Friedman

Wycliffe Gordon

David Vining

Sarah Willis

Douglas Yeo

ODU Brass Choir

Old Dominion University
Brass Choir 2025 performances:
Chandler Recital Hall 7:30pm
February 27 and April 17

We welcome the Canadian Brass who will play a concert with the ODU Wind Ensemble March 3 and give a master class March 4.

 

Studio Syllabus

  • Studio Syllabus
    • Entrance and Exit Requirements
    • Technique Exams
    • MUSA 139, 140
    • MUSA 239, 240
    • FIRST AND SECOND SEMESTERS
    • THIRD AND FOURTH SEMESTERS
    • FIFTH AND SIXTH SEMESTERS
    • SEVENTH AND EIGHTH SEMESTERS
    • Levels and Materials of Study – Bass Trombone
    • Levels and Materials – Graduate Study
    • Philosophy
    • Course Objectives
    • Grading Policies
    • Priority List for Student Assignments in Private Instruction

Performance Clinic

  • Performance Clinic
    • Motivation
    • The Practicing Shortcut
    • Slide Tips
    • Tenor and Bass Slide Positions
    • F and G-flat Attachments
    • Recording Your Practice to Advance Your Own Performance Standards
    • Daily Routine

Admission
F. Ludwig Diehn School  of Music
Undergraduate Admission

Scholarships
Scholarships are available to qualified applicants by audition. Those who apply and audition early will receive greatest consideration for scholarship awards.

Audition
Audition dates to begin a music
degree in the fall semester of 2025:

  • December 13, 2025 (apply by December 6)
  • January 17, 2026 (apply by January 10)
  • January 31, 2026 (apply by January 24)
  • February 16, 2026 (apply by February 9)
  • March 7, 2026 (Instrumental Auditions Only; apply by February 28)

ODU Trombone/Euphonium
Studio pages
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accessories, recordings?
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Links
Excellent resources for the art of brass performance.

Tuition
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Mike Hall
Old Dominion University
F. Ludwig Diehn School of Music
2113 Diehn Center for the Performing Arts
1339 West 49th St.
Norfolk, VA 23529
Phone: 757-683-4072
Fax: 757-683-5056

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