Bachelor
Trombone
Become a first-class brass player in the vibrant Euregional city of Maastricht. The three brass teachers at the Jazz Department will train you to become a skilled section player and soloist in a jazz combo setting, big band, trombone ensemble (Jazz & Classical), World Music or contemporary ensemble, by exposing you to a broad musical palette and providing you with the tools to develop your own musical path. Apart from developing solid instrument-specific skills, you will receive practical and theoretical training in improvisation, as this is indispensable in expressing your musical story.
In the Bachelor’s programme, you will focus on: Developing solid instrumental skills, functioning proficiently in various ensembles, and developing basic compositional and arranging skills.
Meet our team
Meet your lecturers
Curriculum
Curriculum
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Major Trombone |
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Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Main Subject and Components related to the Main Subject |
25 |
17 |
38 |
42 |
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Main Subject Trombone |
20 |
12 |
35 |
39 |
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Trombone Ensemble Classical |
2 |
2 |
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Section Big Band |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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Band Performing |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
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Band |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
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Composing & Arranging |
6 |
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Arranging Jazz |
6 |
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Recording & Producing |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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Studio Recording |
1 |
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Capturing and Shaping Sound |
2 |
2 |
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Tools in Creation |
18 |
18 |
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Aural Skills Jazz |
6 |
6 |
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Applied Theory Combo |
1 |
1 |
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Choir Jazz (general) |
1 |
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Theoretical Analysis Jazz |
6 |
6 |
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Rhythmic Solfège Jazz |
1 |
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Percussion & Pulse |
2 |
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Applied Piano Jazz |
3 |
3 |
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Research & Development Skills |
2 |
2 |
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Critical Listening |
2 |
2 |
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Health & Well-being |
1 |
1 |
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Health & Well-being |
1 |
1 |
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International Career Center |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Your Art as a Business |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Teaching & Outreach Programme |
2 |
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Basic Teaching Skills Lectures |
1 |
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Basic Teaching Skills Instrument Specific Methodology |
1 |
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Minor |
9 |
6 |
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Elective Modules |
9 |
6 |
Before you apply
Admission
requirements
Video Requirements
Share your un-edited video recording links in the portfolio. Videos should be uploaded to your YouTube channel ( if you don’t have one, make one). Set your videos to ‘unlisted’ so only you and we can see them. IMPORTANT: DO NOT send the actual video(s): ONLY LINKS to the video(s)
- Videos should have good audio quality, where we can hear your playing very well. You can make separate short videos or one longer one.
- The candidate presents him/herself in English at the start of the video
- The video is maximum 10 minutes long
Recital pieces
- Perform a blues piece
- Perform a jazz standard (level “Autumn leaves”)
- Etudes: ability to perform a technical etude (level: R.Muller, Technische Übungen, book 1) and a melodic etude (level: J.Rochut, Melodious études for trombone, book 1)
You also need to know (not to include in the video).
- Scales and chords: all major and minor scales, covering the entire range of the instrument and corresponding three-fold and four-fold chords.
- Prima Vista: prima vista playing to a satisfactory standard (jazz-specific).
In case that your material is selected you will get an invitation for an online theory test and if necessary, an online meeting with the main subject teachers.