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Curriculum

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NAU trombone and euphonium students receive individualized lesson plans to fulfill their potential and realize their career goals. In addition to applied lessons with Professor Vining, the following tools are used in order to achieve success: Studio Class Trombone Choir Chamber Ensembles Pedagogy Daily Routines Orchestral Excerpts Body Mapping
Studio Class At NAU, studio class is an important component of the curriculum and is held at a separate time than trombone choir. Representative topics covered in studio class include how to audition, memorizing music, tools for musical expression, tone building, articulation, breathing with anatomical accuracy and how to develop vibrato.		Trombone Choir and Chamber Ensembles The NAU trombone choir performs regularly and includes majors and non-majors. Euphonium students are invited to participate in euphonium quartets and trios as an alternative to trombone choir. In addition, trombone quartets and trios are considered an excellent vehicle for learning ensemble and intonation skills.

Pedagogy Pedagogy class covers strategies for teaching trombone and euphonium as well as information about repertoire. Designed for upper class students and grad students, Pedagogy class is designed to help students learn to become effective teachers.		Daily Routines All trombone and euphonium students are required to spend time developing their fundamentals every day. The text for this requirement is David Vining’s “Daily Routines for Trombone”, available through Kagarice Brass Editions.

Orchestral Excerpts Students will form orchestral sections in order to learn ensemble skills and develop the appropriate style for each excerpt. Some of the most prominent passages in orchestral literature are covered including: Mahler - Symphony # 2, Holst – The Planets, Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis, Berlioz – Hungarian March and Bruckner – Symphony # 4, to name a few.		Body Mapping The body map is one’s self-representation in one’s own brain. The breakthrough of body mapping is the realization that we move based on how we think we are put together rather than how we are actually constructed. If the body map is accurate, movement is good; if the body map is inaccurate we are at risk for injury and we may not be as efficient as possible. To learn more about Body Mapping, visit http://www.davidvining.net/bodymapping.html