MUS 4144 - Low Brass Ensemble

Credits: 1 hr

The Low Brass Ensemble at Winston-Salem State University is a low brass chamber music collaborative comprised of undergraduate music majors, music minors, and students pursing various non-music degrees of study. The ensemble instrumentation incorporates trombone, euphonium, and tuba student musicians; rehearses weekly; and performs concerts on a semester basis participating in university, community, and conference performances locally as well as across the southeast. Repertoire performed consists of original compositions, transcriptions, and arrnagements from various time periods encompassing a variety of musical styles, ranging from renaissance to jazz and classical to pop culture music of today. This course is designed to provide students an outlet for chamber music performance experience and develop pedagogical techniques of playing and teaching trombone, euphonium, and tuba. The Low Brass Ensemble at Winston-Salem State Univeristy will be open to Bachelor of Arts music majors, music minors, and students desiring to study tuba, euphonium, or trombone as a secondary instrument. It will be limited in enrollment and students must first audition for the studio professor as instructor approval is required for course registration.
Pre-requisite(s): Instructor Approval/Signature Required
Banner Schedule: Fall