Eastman Trombone Studio
Summer Festivals
Below is a listing of some of the Summer Festival Auditions and information. Please insure that you double check all information before preparing or applying to any programs as some information is incomplete or is not updated for the current year.
American Institute of Musical Studies – www.aimsgraz.com
Aspen Music Festival – www.aspenmusicfestival.com
Atlantic Music Festival – www.atlanticmusicfestival.org
Brevard Music Center – www.brevardmusic.org
Castleton Festival – www.castletonfestival.org
Chautauqua Music Festival- www.music.ciweb.org
Colorado College Summer Music Festival – www.artsfestival.coloradocollege.edu/MusicFestival
Domaine Forget – www.domaineforget.com
Eastern Music Festival – www.easternmusicfestival.org
Hot Springs Music Festival – www.hotmusic.org
Lucerne Festival – www.lucernefestival.ch/en
Music Academy of the West – www.musicacademy.org
National Music Festival – www.nationalmusic.us
National Orchestral Institute – www.music.umd.edu/noi
National Repertory Orchestra – www.nromusic.com
National Symphony Summer Music Institute – http://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed/smi/
Pacific Music Festival – www.pmf.or.jp/index_en.php
Round Top Festival Institute – www.festivalhill.org
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival – www.shmf.de
Sewanee Summer Music Festival – www.sewaneemusicfestival.org
Spoleto Festival USA – www.spoletousa.org
Tanglewood Music Center – www.bso.org/micro-sites/tanglewood-music-center/home
Texas Music Festival – www.uh.edu/class/music/tmf
Verbier Festival – www.verbierfestival.com
Youth Orchestra of the Americas – www.yoa.org
American Institute of Musical Studies – www.aimsgraz.com | |
Dates | July 1- August 11 |
Location | Kansas |
Application Fee: | $45 |
Audition Deadlines/Dates | Audition at Eastman March 4
Audio or video recorded auditions are accepted from October 15 to March 10. If positions are open in your category, they may be accepted after March 10 and up to June 15. |
Audition Requirements | · One accompanied standard solo, preferably a movement from a standard concerto.
· For a live audition, you must bring the accompaniment to this piece. An accompanist will be provided or you may bring your own. · For a recorded audition, ALL solos (except percussion) must be recorded with accompaniment. |
Tenor Trombone Repertoire | Mahler: Symphony #3, 1st Mvt., mm. 166-209 Mozart: Requiem, Tuba Mirum Rossini: William Tell Overture, mm. 92-131 Schumann: Symphony #3, 4th Mvt., mm. 1-8 Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to the Third Act |
Bass Trombone Repertoire | Rossini: William Tell Overture, mm. 92-131 Schumann: Symphony #3, 4th Mvt., mm. 1-18 Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, “Battle scene”: 3 mm. before Reh. 62 – 9 mm. after Reh. 6 Wagner: Das Rheingold, Entrance of the Gods, last 15 mm. |
Aspen Music Festival – www.aspenmusicfestival.com | |
Dates | · Full Session: June 19 – August 18
o $9,200 · Half Session I: June 19 – July 21 · Half Session II: July 22 – August 18 o $6,160 · Fellowship makes it free- only applicable for full session |
Location | Colorado |
Application Fee: | $25 if you apply by October 1
$60 Application due by December 1 $125 application due by January 2 |
Audition Deadlines/Dates | See above |
Audition Requirements | · Resume and 2 letters of recommendation |
Tenor Trombone Repertoire | · Two contrasting solo movements (fast, slow); accompaniment not required
· MOZART: Requiem, K. 626 (“Tuba mirum”) · ROSSINI: La Gazza Ladra (Overture) · RAVEL: Bolero |
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Dates | Full-Session: 06/30 – 07/28/2019 Session One: 06/30 – 07/14/2019 Session Two: 07/15 – 07/28/2019 |
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Audition Requirements | Personal Information: Your date of birth and citizenship status
· Contact Information: Your current and permanent contact information including mailing addresses, telephone numbers, and email address · Professional Information: List of schools attended, degrees/awards received, principal teachers, professional ensembles, and other festivals including dates for all of the above · Reference Information: Names and email addresses of two professional references, one reference may be your current teacher |
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Repertoire | Submit audio or video recordings of three contrasting works. It is highly recommended that you submit at least one work written during or after the twentieth century. It is possible to submit movements of works. Selections must represent your current level of musicianship. |
Brevard Music Center – www.brevardmusic.org | |
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Not updated yet |
Location | North Carolina |
Application Fee: | $75 |
Audition Deadlines/Dates | Not updated yet |
Audition Requirements | Submit a recording online |
Tenor Trombone Repertoire | Perform a solo and 3 standard orchestral excerpts of your choice. |
Bass Trombone Repertoire | same |
Castleton Festival – www.castletonfestival.org | |
Dates | 6 weeks long |
Location | Virginia |
Application Fee: | NOT UPDATED YET |
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Chautauqua Music Festival- www.music.ciweb.org | |
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June 22–August 25 |
Location | New York |
Application Fee: | $60 |
Festival Costs | Chautauqua is a TUITION FREE program, with 100% of our students receiving tuition scholarships |
Audition Deadlines/Dates | February 1
ROCHESTER, NY |
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Tenor Trombone Repertoire | Winds and brass: a solo piece and two to three suggested orchestral excerpts. |
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Colorado College Summer Music Festival – https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/summermusicfestival/ | |
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Domaine Forget – www.domaineforget.com | |
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Eastern Music Festival – www.easternmusicfestival.org | |
Dates | June 22-July 27 |
Location | North Carolina |
Application Fee: | $35 |
Festival Fees |
TUITION$2,885 Tuition $2,441 Room & Board $370 Fees (Health, Activity, Cleaning, ID Card, Key And Security) |
Audition Deadlines/Dates | The deadline for receipt of completed applications and the audition recording is February 18, 2019. |
Audition Requirements | All applicants must submit a video audition and be prepared to upload a short biography (250 words or less). |
Tenor Trombone Repertoire | Music:
· One solo/movement of your choice: 3-5 minutes (must be unaccompanied) The following excerpts are required: (Must be in this order and unedited in one file) 1. Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin 3. Mahler: Symphony No. 5 4. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 |
Bass Trombone Repertoire | · One solo/movement of your choice: 3-5 minutes (must be unaccompanied)
· The following excerpts are required: (Must be in this order and unedited in one file) 2. Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin 3. Mahler: Symphony No. 5 4. Schumann: Symphony No. 3 |
Hot Springs Music Festival – www.hotsprings.org/ | |
Dates | June 2-15 |
Location | AR |
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Audition Deadlines/Dates | Not posted yet |
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Participants for the entire duration of the Festival, 2 – 16 June 2018, will receive full instructional scholarships. There is a $400 Housing fee (which includes a meal ticket) and a $100 Administration/Music fee, once accepted into the program. Apprentices choosing not to participate in the entire Festival may attend for a $1750 tuition fee. | |
Tenor Trombone Repertoire | Solo of your choice – up to 2 minutes, accompaniment not required
All Excerpts are Trombone 2 unless specified Mozart: Requiem. Tuba Mirum Berlioz: Hungarian March, 6 measures before ‘4’ through 2 measures after ‘5’ Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries (Trombone I), pickup to ‘6’ through 3 measures after ‘7’ |
Bass Trombone Repertoire | All Excerpts are Trombone 3 unless specified
Bach: Sarabande from Suite No. 5 in c minor, no repeats Haydn: Creation, No. 26; beginning through 7 measures after B Schumann: Symphony No.3 “Rhenish”; Fourth Movement, beginning through 3 measures after A; 7 measures after A through 5 measures before the 3/2 time signature Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries; pickup to ‘6’ through 3 measures after ‘7’ |
Lucerne Festival – www.lucernefestival.ch/en | |
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Music Academy of the West – www.musicacademy.org | |
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National Music Festival – www.nationalmusic.us | |
Dates | June 2-15 |
Location | MD |
Application Fee: | $35 |
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Tenor Trombone Repertoire | Mozart – Requiem – Tuba mirum – 2nd trombone solo Berlioz – Hungarian March – 2nd trombone part (beginning 6 measures before rehearsal 4 through the 2nd measure of rehearsal 5) Ravel – Bolero – 1st trombone solo (3rd measure of rehearsal 10 to rehearsal 11) Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries (major only) |
Bass Trombone Repertoire | Bach – Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5 (no repeats) Berlioz – Hungarian March (beginning 6 measures before rehearsal 4 through the 2nd measure of rehearsal 5) Kodaly – Hary Janos Suite, mvt. 4 (beginning in the 5th measure of the poco meno mosso to the fermata) Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries (2nd major section only) |
National Orchestral Institute – http://theclarice.umd.edu/noi | |
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National Repertory Orchestra – www.nromusic.com | |
Dates | Sunday, June 2, 2019 (check in date) – Sunday, July 28, 2019 (check out date) |
Location | CO |
Application Fee: | The application fee is $65.00 for applications prior to December 31, 2018. The application fee increases to $75.00 for applications completed after December 31, 2018. |
Audition Deadlines/Dates | Friday, February 15, 2019
Audition at Eastman, date TBD |
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Tenor Trombone Repertoire | DAVID: Concertino (1st mvt: including the short cadenzas at the end of the movement) RAVEL: Bolero ROSSINI: William Tell Overture (storm scene) TOMASI: Fanfares Liturgiques (2nd mvt: Evangile cadenza) |
Bass Trombone Repertoire | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Tuba Concerto in F minor (1st mvt: including cadenza) FRANK: Symphony in D minor (3rd mvt: measures 262 -280 (letter N for 18 measures) RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome (#11 to 2 measures after #14) ROSSINI: William Tell Overture (storm scene) |
Pacific Music Festival – www.pmf.or.jp/index_en.php | |
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Round Top Festival Institute – www.festivalhill.org | |
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Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival – www.shmf.de | |
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Sewanee Summer Music Festival – www.sewaneemusicfestival.org | |
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Location | · Tennessee |
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Spoleto Festival USA – www.spoletousa.org | |
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Location | · Charleston, SC |
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Tanglewood Music Center – www.bso.org/micro-sites/tanglewood-music-center/home | |
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Location | Boston |
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Texas Music Festival – www.uh.edu/class/music/tmf | |
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Location | · Houston, Texas |
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Verbier Festival – www.verbierfestival.com | |
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Location | Switzerland |
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Youth Orchestra of the Americas – www.yoa.org | |
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Alessi Seminar – | |
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Mike Becker’s Low Brass Bootcamp – http://www.beckerlowbrassbootcamp.com/ | |
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Location | · Tucson, Arizona |
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Cleveland Trombone Seminar – www.clevelandtromboneseminar.org | |
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Location | Ohio |
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Eastman Summer Trombone Institute – https://summer.esm.rochester.edu/course/trombone-institute/ | |
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Location | Rochester, NY |
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Northwestern Summer Trombone Workshop – www.northwesterntrombones.com/summertrombone-
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Location | Illinois |
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Pokorny Low Brass Seminar – www.redlands.edu/academics/school-of-music/pokorny-seminar | |
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Location | California |
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Summit Brass/Rafael Mendez Institute – http://www.mendezbrassinstitute.com/ | |
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