Undergraduate Trombone
Undergraduate Trombone
The trombone studio at University of North Carolina School of the Arts will help you develop your full potential as a musician, whether your goal is to play in an orchestra, work as a freelance musician, or simply to make the trombone an important part of a musical life.
Bachelor of Music
As a student in the undergraduate trombone program, you will receive private lessons from faculty members who are also active musicians in all genres, giving you exposure to a wide range of playing styles, music and experiences. Your weekly studio master classes will give you the chance to perform in front of your peers, allowing you to learn – from your own performance as well as your colleagues’ – how to both give and receive critical feedback. Your performance opportunities include large and chamber ensembles on campus. Appearances in community schools, retirement homes and other non-traditional performance spaces will give you the chance to advocate for your craft and the arts. And being on an arts campus with other disciplines means plenty of collaborative projects with dance, drama and film.
At UNCSA, the conservatory environment creates a close community of trombonists and artists of all disciplines that prepares you for success in today’s highly competitive and challenging professional world.
First–Second Years
In your first two years of study for your undergraduate trombone degree, you will
begin private lessons, master classes and ensemble participation, while studying the
foundations of music theory, aural and keyboard skills, and musical styles. You will
pursue liberal arts courses in English, math or science and the humanities. In your
freshman through junior years, you are also required to attend a weekly Performance
Hour, where you will perform for your peers throughout the School of Music.
Third–Fourth Years
Your studies in the foundational courses will continue in your third and fourth years,
which include additional liberal arts courses and music electives, as well as music
history, repertoire, orchestration and career development classes. In your senior
year, you will fulfill your capstone graduation requirement, a full recital at both
a juried recital hearing and a public performance.
Careers
The brass program at UNCSA has been a springboard for many of its graduates’ professional careers and education. Graduates have pursed advanced degrees at prestigious institutions like the Manhattan School of Music and Indiana University in Bloomington, completed fellowships at Lincoln Center and studied musicology in Vienna. Others are part of ensembles, like the local Camel City Jazz Orchestra and Giannini Brass Quintet, Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra and ceremonial bands in the United States military. Still others have found their calling in arts administration with organizations like The Philly Pops and our very own UNCSA.