Trumpet
Studying trumpet at Fontys Music & Performing Arts, you will be trained to become a professional with the highest possible musical and technical capabilities. Working on a career as a soloist, teacher, orchestral musician or a chamber music player is possible at your own discretion. You can choose the cornet or flügelhorn as your main instrument. You will be part of the brass department, but we would also challenge you to think outside the box, work with other musicians and disciplines.
Teacher
Jacq Sanders
Jacq Sanders studied trumpet and conducting at the Conservatorium Maastricht. He teaches classical trumpet performance at Fontys Conservatorium. As a freelance orchestral player, Jacq has played with several professional orchestras and chamber orchestras in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. In 1999, Jacq was appointed as 2nd trumpet of The Arnheim Philharmonic Orchestra (Het Gelders Orkest), since 2020 called Phion, Philharmonie Oost Nederland.
Jacq is also in demand as a soloist, coach of brass groups, and conductor of wind bands.
Audition
Candidates that live in the Netherlands, Belgium or western Germany will do a live audition. Candidates from other countries will do an online audition.
Duration of the audition is 15 minutes.
The audition programme should include:
1. Being able to demonstrate the control of flexibility (Quinque - ASA-methodor Hovald - trumpet technique) and tonguing (Arban, Salvo or Burke)
2. One etude (Duhem - 36 etudes, Gates - odd meter etudes, Snedecor - estudios, Vannetelbosch - 20 etudes)
3. One concert piece with accompaniment (Hummel - Concert part 1, Charlier - Solo de concours, Schelukov - Konzert nr 3, Hansen - Sonata, Barat - Fantasie)
or a composition without accompaniment for trumpet solo (Ketting - Intrada, Bon - Petite trilogie, Jevtic - per tromba solo, Lancen - Dynamique)