MUSA 341, 342

2 credits: full hour lesson - for junior Music Education, Sound Recording Technology, Composition majors and Music minors only. Requires one student recital performance each semester. 341 and 342 jury consists of two solos with piano or major unaccompanied solo, possible playing by ear.

MUSA 351, 352

3 credits: full hour lesson - for junior Performance majors only. Requires two student recital performances each semester. Jury consists of two solos, one by memory, with piano or major unaccompanied solo, possible playing by ear.

Further development of range, flexibility, velocity and sight-reading. Some emphasis on recital literature, and chamber music. Required work on F-attachment/fourth valve if not previously learned.

TENOR TROMBONE

METHODS
Arban/Alessi/Bowman Method
Vining Daily Routines for Trombone

WARM-UP EXERCISES
Remington Warm-up Exercises
Schlossberg Daily Drills & Technical Studies
Marsteller Basic Routines

LEGATO STUDIES
Bordogni-Rochut Melodious Etudes Vol.2,3
Bach Cello Suites (ed. Brown, Lafosse, Lusk, or Marsteller)
Concone-Miller 40 Legato Studies

STUDIES FOR GENERAL TECHNIQUE
Clarke Technical Studies
Lafosse School of Sightreading & Style, Book B-C
Campbell 30 Contemporary Studies
Bitsch 15 Etudes du Rhythme
Kopprasch 60 Studies
Bleger 31 Studies
Couillaud Vingt-Six Etudes
Kreutzer 16 Selected Studies
Paudert 24 Studies

CLEF STUDIES
Blazhevich Studies in Clefs
Uber 30 Etudes in Bass & Tenor Clef

F-ATTACHMENT STUDIES
Fink Studies in Legato for Bass Trombone, Tuba
Gillis 70 Progressive Studies

JAZZ STUDIES
Lipsius Reading Key Jazz Rhythms
Wilson/Viola Chord Studies for Trombone
Baker, D. Jazz Styles and Analysis
Reeves Creative Jazz Improvisation
Coker Patterns for Jazz
Learning standard tunes as assigned, required reading as assigned.
Snidero Jazz Conception

REPRESENTATIVE SOLO MATERIAL
Bach-Beversdorf Haste, Ye Shepherds
Bassett Suite
Berghmans La Femme a Barbe
Shostakovitch Four Preludes
Stojowski Fantasy
Vivaldi-Ostrander Sonata No. 3 in A Minor
Whear Sonata

ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS

  1. Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
  2. Strauss Till Eulenspeigel
  3. Ravel Bolero
  4. Stravinsky Firebird
  5. Brahms Symphony No.2
  6. Borodin Plolvetsian Dances
  7. Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  8. Kodály Harry Janos Suite
  9. Respighi Pines of Rome
  10. Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4

TECHNIQUE
Clarke Technical Studies
Hall Technique Exam
Lin Lip Flexibilities for All Brass Instruments
Mueller Technical Studies, Vols.2,3
Marsteller Basic Routines Part 1, plus flexibility, attack exercises.
Some emphasis on extreme ranges, security, and endurance.

EUPHONIUM

METHODS
Arban/Alessi/Bowman Method
Guggenberger Basics Plus

WARM-UP EXERCISES
Pilafian/Sheridan The Brass Gym
Remington Warm-up Exercises

LEGATO STUDIES
Bordogni-SchwartzVocalises Vols.2,3
Bach Cello Suites (ed. Brown, Lafosse, Lusk, or Marsteller)
Concone-Miller 40 Legato Studies

STUDIES FOR GENERAL TECHNIQUE
Bitsch 15 Etudes du Rhythme
Blume 36 Studies for Trombone with F-Attachment
Lafosse School of Sightreading & Style, Book B-C
Kopprasch 60 Studies

CLEF STUDIES
Blazhevich Studies in Clefs
Uber 30 Etudes in Bass & Tenor Clef

JAZZ STUDIES
Lipsius Reading Key Jazz Rhythms
Wilson/Viola Chord Studies for Trombone
Snidero Jazz Conception

REPRESENTATIVE SOLO MATERIAL
Barat Morceau de Concours
Bizet Flower Song from Carmen
Boda Sonatina
Brahms/Little Four Serious Songs
Casterede Fantasia Concertante
Clinard Sonata
Cord Concert Fantasie
David Concertino
Frackenpohl Sonata
Handel/Fitzgerald Aria can Variazioni
Hartley Sonata Euphonica
Hindemith Sonata for Bassoon
Jacob Fantasia
Mantia Endearing Young Charms
Pryor All solos
Puccini Nessun Dorma
Rachmaninoff Vocalise
Ross Partita
Rossini Largo al Factotum
Schmidt The Devil's Tongue
Schumann/Droste Five Pieces in Folk Song Style, Op.102
Sparke Fantasy
Sparke Song for Ina
Takacs Sonata Op.59
White Lyric Suite
Wilder Sonata

BAND/ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS
Pendergast Practical Guide to Wind Band Excerpts for Euphonium
Shifrin The Professional's Handbook of Orchestral Excerpts for Euphonium and Bass Trumpet

TECHNIQUE
Clarke Technical Studies
Mueller Technical Studies, Vols.2,3 
Hall Technique Exam
Lin Lip Flexibilities for All Brass Instruments
Some emphasis on extreme ranges, security, and endurance.