Trombone
The trombone class at the Haute école de musique de Genève (HEM) benefits from the kind teaching of its professors Andrea Bandini and Antonello Mazzucco (bass trombone), with their complementary careers as soloists and chamber musicians. They are not only renowned artists but also proven educators.
To complement their teaching, internationally renowned trombonists are regularly invited, in the context of Masterclasses.
The students taking the HEM’s trombone classes benefit from a particularly stimulating learning environment, which gets the best out of their cultural diversity. The atmosphere is one that favours human contact and new friendships. Besides the individual classes, there is a large number and variety of opportunities to play in a group: orchestra sessions, chamber music, brass ensembles such as the HEM Red Flag brass band, and multi-disciplinary projects. Simulations of orchestra contests are also regularly held.
Our students are encouraged to broaden their horizons by getting an initiation in Sackbutt, an early ancestor of the modern trombone, or by taking a dual course (trombone and bass trombone). Thanks to the resources at our ‘Centre de musique électroacoustique’ (Centre for electro-acoustic music, CME), they can also experiment with avant-garde styles of music through amplification, the use of effect pedals, etc.
Thanks to the close ties that the HEM maintains with the region’s professional ensembles, our students have numerous opportunities to play in renowned ensembles such as the Orchestre de la Suisse romande (OSR), the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève (OCG) or the Ensemble de musique contemporaine Contrechamps. The music scene in French-speaking Switzerland, in particular its rich fabric of fanfare ensembles, mean that there are ample opportunities for engagement, to enrich their practice and develop their network.
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