Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

All applied music students are required to attend weekly lessons, attend weekly performance classes, participate in public performance, and complete a music jury. A substantial amount of out-of-lesson practice time is required.

Upon completion of the course students will be able to:

• Perform beginning/intermediate-solo and beginning/intermediate-ensemble tuba repertoire using an understanding of beginning/intermediate musicianship and performance etiquette.
• Prepare and rehearse beginning/intermediate-solo and beginning/intermediate-ensemble tuba repertoire for performance using a beginning/intermediate-level understanding of music literacy.
• Demonstrate stylistic distinctions in beginning/intermediate-solo and beginning/intermediate-ensemble tuba repertoire to accurately interpret music in performance.
• Demonstrate a beginning/intermediate-level understanding of the tuba to continue to improve as a performer.

• Meet learning outcomes specific to this project as mutually agreed upon by the student and instructor in advance through a written learning contract, and as appropriate to the credit awarded for this course.

Public performance of assigned repertoire demonstrating solid technique, musicianship and proper performance practice (minimum of two area recitals in addition to final performance).

Sightread excerpts of beginning/intermediate level repertory.

Participation in final recital and jury.

Successful completion of material assigned by private instructor.

The following skills are to be achieved to successfully meet the minimum requirement

(“C” or “Pass”) for the course:

            First Year:

• Demonstrate tuba basics: acceptable tone production and articulation skills; basic embouchure development
• All major scales in two octaves, eighth notes, quarter note = 60 from memory
• Marcello/Little, Sonata No. I in F Major or comparable solo literature
• Sight Reading College Entrance Level Material
• Appearance on a recital or jury

Methods used to evaluate student progress and the criteria for assigning a course grade should be made clear by the instructor at the beginning of the course.  The individual instructor will determine the method of assessment.  Assessment methods may include:

• Qualitative and/or quantitative examinations
• Weekly performance assignments
• Final performance evaluation

First Year Required Materials:

• Fundamentals: Acceptable tone production and articulation skills; basic embouchure development
• Tone Production: All major scales in two octaves, eighth notes, quarter note = 60
• Technique: Select from Bai Lin, Lip Flexibilities for All Brass Instruments; Blazhevich, 70 Studies, Volume I; Clark, Technical Studies (for trumpet); Grigoriev, 78 Studies; Kuehn, 60 Musical Studies, Volume II
• Suggested Repertoire: Marcello/Little, Sonata No. I in F Major or comparable solo literature