Program Recognition
•Bullet: Trombone has its own audition document: scales, one jazz head from memory with two choruses of improvisation, and a self-chosen piece of at least 2:30
•Bullet: Garrett Smith, a Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet faculty member who joined LACM in fall 2017, studied at USC with Terry Cravens and Bill Watrous, has performed on the Grammys, the Emmys, the Kennedy Center Honors, American Idol and The Voice, and was a member of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno house band
Training
•Bullet: The catalog states that degree requirements for Trumpet, Trombone and Saxophone Performance are equivalent; the Associate of Arts is a six-quarter, 90-credit degree whose outcomes cover mastery of tone, intonation, chart reading and technical facility on the instrument and relative doubles, across jazz, rock/pop, gospel, funk/R&B and Latin/world styles
•Bullet: The six-quarter pacing runs B&WW Fundamentals, Introduction to Important Records, Keyboard Skills 1 through 4, Reading Skills and Contemporary Ensemble 1 through 4, with Jazz and Rock & Pop ensemble workshops and a Private Lesson every quarter
•Bullet: In the sixth quarter each Associate of Arts candidate plans and performs an AA Recital of at least 30 minutes
