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 and has performed on the Grammys, the Emmys, the Kennedy Center Honors, American Idol and The Voice, toured with Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera, and played in the Tonight Show with Jay Leno house band
•Bullet: LACM's baccalaureate and graduate majors are nationally accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music
Training
•Bullet: The Bachelor of Music in Saxophone, Trombone, or Trumpet Performance is a 180-credit, 12-quarter professional degree in contemporary music, and the catalog states that degree requirements for trumpet, trombone and saxophone are equivalent
•Bullet: Graduates are expected to show mastery of tone, intonation and technical facility on their instrument and appropriate doubles, and to improvise in jazz, rock and pop, gospel, funk/R&B, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles
•Bullet: Listed course highlights include B&WW Fundamentals, a Music Wind Ensemble, Big Band, a Jazz Ensemble Workshop, History of Gospel, R&B and Soul, Recording for Musicians and an Original Project, with a Junior Recital and a Senior Recital
