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The University of Maryland School of Music has assistantships for graduate students and openings for tenor and bass trombones at all levels for Fall 2020 enrollment. Prospective students click here: http://www.music.umd.edu/prospective_students/ Study with Matthew Guilford: http://www.music.umd.edu/faculty/music_directory/wind_and_percussion/matthew_guilford Study with Aaron LaVere: https://www.bsomusic.org/musicians/musician/aaron-lavere/ UMD Trombone Studio highlights from the past few years include: -UMD Trombone Choir recitals…

A Tenure-Track position in Trombone and Euphonium is currently open at Fresno State. A complete Vacancy Announcement is attached. The Vacancy Announcement is also available at the following link: jobs.csufresno.edu Job-Opening-13816-Trombone-and-Euphonium

Recent home to the 2019 International Trombone Festival, Ball State University is happy to announce an opening for a graduate assistantship starting in Fall 2020. This is a full assistantship, and also includes a stipend. This position is dedicated to the Jazz Area, so that is where the candidate’s work load would be. The degree,…

The University of North Texas announces an opening for teaching fellow (DMA candidate) starting Fall 2020. The 10 hour/week teaching fellowship comes with a stipend of $6,400 per year. Duties include teaching trombone lessons, conducting trombone choir and coaching chamber music. The UNT Trombone Studio is one of the largest trombone programs in the world,…

Carl Lenthe, professor at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, has launched a multimedia project detailing the “birthing” of David DeBoor Canfield’s Concerto after Mendelssohn for trombone and orchestra. Seven performance scenes with commentary document how the concerto was ideated, composed, and entered into the repertoire. Peripheral information includes interviews with the composer and collaborators….

Douglas Yeo, who was bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly three decades and also Professor of Trombone at New England Conservatory of Music and Arizona State University, has been appointed to the faculty of Wheaton College (Illinois) as Lecturer of Trombone. In announcing Yeo’s appointment, Dr. Michael Wilder, Dean of the Wheaton…

For academic year 2020-21 there will be one Graduate Teaching Assistantship and two graduate scholarships at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Trombone Assistantship duties include conducting the Campus Trombone Choir, teaching private students, teaching supplemental trombone class for music education majors and other duties. There will be two major graduate scholarships available for ’20-’21….

A graduate assistantship is available for Fall 2020 at the University of Colorado College of Music – MM or DMA. Duties will include membership in the standing graduate brass quintet and other responsibilities dependent on the background and interests of the student. Information about the studio including alumni highlights can be found here. Please contact…

The Western Michigan University trombone studio announces a graduate assistantship in trombone for an incoming master’s student starting Fall, 2020. Responsibilities include performing in the Graduate Brass Quintet. Also, outstanding academic scholarships up to $60,000 over four years are available for undergraduate students who apply by November 15. For information about the success of current…

Christian Jones, bass and contrabass trombone, Opera North, UK and bass and contrabass trombone tutor, Royal Northern College of Music, UK, has recently completed his orchestral/opera excerpt series for bass trombone. The instructional videos include 63 excerpts on both the undergraduate and postgraduate syllabi of the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK), plus a…