My College Auditions
Hey John,
I hope that you do well on all of your college auditions. If you get into Hartt I hope that you decide to go there. There are very few conservatory style schools in the country that have a brass specialist for every brass instrument, including Euphonium. It is even more rare to find a school like Hartt with a euphonium teacher who doesn't also have to teach either trombone or tuba. James Jackson is really a fantastic performer and teacher, his resume speaks for itself. He's been teaching at Hartt for a few years now, and with everything that he and the administration are doing to promote the euphonium program it will very quickly become one of the top places to study euphonium in the northeast, if not the country. Anyway, it looks like you applied to some good schools so I'm sure that you will end having a good college experience regardless of which school you choose.
Gregory E. Lopes
Euphonium player
US Navy Band Great Lakes
US Navy Music Program, 2009-Present
Besson Prestige 2052