The Brevard Music Center’s Low Brass Seminar is a fun, intensive, and hands-on program led by BMC faculty members and guest artists.
During the program, students will work closely with faculty to receive:
Students interested in the Low Brass Seminar can also apply to our High School Orchestral Institute or College Orchestral Institute!
Program Dates: June 13-18, 2026
Deadline: March 15, 2026
Tuition: $1650 fee includes all instruction, housing, meals, and on-campus health services
Ages: 14-29
Application fee: $40
Admission to the Brevard Music Center is determined by audition. Low Brass Seminar participants may upload audio recordings or submit YouTube links to a video audition within their application.
High school applicants: Perform two solo pieces or etudes in contrasting styles. At least one orchestra (band for euphonium) excerpt is recommended.
College applicants: Perform a solo and 3 standard orchestral excerpts of your choice.
Submissions do not have to be one continuous take. Once you add one selection to your application, the option to add another will appear.
7:00-8:00am Breakfast
8:00-9:00am Breathing/Warm-Up Class
9:00-10:30am Chamber Rehearsals/Coaching
10:30am-Noon Masterclass
Noon-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:00pm Lessons/Practice Time
2:00-4:00pm Band/Orchestral Repertoire, Mock Audition
4:00-5:00pm Free time
5:00pm Dinner
Evenings: Seminar Recitals/Performances, Round Table Discussions, Recreational Activities
The program dates are June 13-18, 2026, and the tuition is $1650. The tuition fee includes all instruction, housing, meals, on-campus health services, and concert admission. Each participant is responsible for travel to and from Brevard.
Limited scholarship support is available in the form of financial need-based assistance.
The application fee is $40. A non-refundable enrollment fee of $400 is due within 10 days of acceptance and applies toward the cost of tuition. The remaining tuition balance is due by May 15.
All payments, except the $40 application fee and $400 enrollment fee, will be fully refunded if the Center receives notice of cancellation due to serious illness before May 15. Written verification from an M.D. is required. No reduction in fees can be made for late arrival or early departure. No refunds will be made after May 15.
Attendees should arrive and check-in on Saturday, June 13, 2026 between 11:00am-3:00pm. The first meeting will start at 4:00pm, followed by dinner and an evening class/activity. Departure is on Thursday, June 18, and students must depart the dorms by 10am. For airport shuttle information, please visit the Transportation section of our FAQ page.
A limited number of Low Brass Seminar Resident Assistant (RA) positions are available for the program. Brevard’s RAs provide guidance to younger students and supervise student living quarters.
RAs have the same ensemble and performance opportunities as other students. RAs pay only a non-refundable enrollment fee of $400 which covers tuition, room, and board, and must be 21 or older by the start date of their program. RAs should arrive and check-in with the other students on Saturday, June 13, 2026 between 11:00am-3:00pm. RA departure is on Thursday, June 18 after noon to ensure all residents are checked out and the dorm is inspected before departure.
Selected individuals will participate in a telephone interview, and, if chosen, submit to a formal background check and participate in an RA orientation session.
David Jackson
Trombone
David Jackson, Professor of Trombone at the University of Michigan School of Music, enjoys an active career as a performer and teacher. He is a...
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David Jackson, Professor of Trombone at the University of Michigan School of Music, enjoys an active career as a performer and teacher. He is a recognized and ardent supporter of new music who has commissioned and premiered numerous compositions for the trombone. His most recently premiered The Slide Shows for Jazz Trombone, Classical Trombone, and Orchestra by Vincent Gardner, and Monuments for Trombone and Strings by Adolphus Hailstork.
Mr. Jackson has been a guest performer with numerous orchestras, including the Detroit Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, as well as the Michigan Opera Theatre and the Cabrillo Music Festival. He is a member of the Detroit Chamber Winds.
In demand as a guest clinician and performer, Mr. Jackson has presented numerous guest recitals and masterclasses at institutions including the Juilliard School, Yale University, UCLA, University of Minnesota, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory as well as the conservatories of Shanghai and Beijing. His former students occupy performing and teaching positions around the world.
Mr. Jackson is a recipient of the 2022 Sphinx MPower Grant and has been on the faculties of Baylor University, Eastern Michigan University, the University of Toledo, the Interlochen Arts Camp and the Idyllwild ChamberFest. He spends his summers teaching and performing at the Brevard Music Festival.
David Jackson is an S.E. Shires Artist and Clinician.
Scott Hartman
Bass Trombone
Orlando, Florida native Scott Hartman joined the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra as Principal Bass Trombone in September 2014. In demand throughout the country, Scott has performed...
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Orlando, Florida native Scott Hartman joined the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra as Principal Bass Trombone in September 2014. In demand throughout the country, Scott has performed in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Arizona MusicFest Orchestra, Charleston Symphony, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and Richmond Symphony, as well as contemporary music group Ensemble Dal Niente. He is the bass trombone faculty at Brevard Music Center and the low brass instructor at Davidson College.
Prior to joining the CSO, Scott was the Bass Trombonist of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He studied with Charles Vernon and Mark Fisher at DePaul University and he is an alumnus of the Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, National Repertory Orchestra, Brevard Music Center, and Bar Harbor Brass. Hartman won both International Trombone Association Bass Trombone Competitions – the Edward Kleinhammer Orchestral Bass Trombone Competition and the Donald Yaxley Solo Bass Trombone Competition. He is also a medal winner at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition as a member of the brass quintet Lincoln Chamber Brass. Scott was guest faculty at Eastern Music Festival and has presented recitals and masterclasses throughout the country.
Beth Wiese
Tuba
Leading a multi-faceted career as a performer and teacher, Beth Wiese is Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Vanderbilt University, Principal Tuba of the...
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Leading a multi-faceted career as a performer and teacher, Beth Wiese is Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Vanderbilt University, Principal Tuba of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, and Acting Principal Tuba of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, she is a laureate of numerous competitions, including the International ‘Citta di Porcia Brass Competition (Italy), Musician’s Club of Women, Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, and Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Competition. She has been invited to present recitals in a variety of venues, including multiple International Tuba and Euphonium conferences, the United States Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference, Amiata Piano Festival (Italy), Chicago Cultural Center, and numerous universities throughout the country.
Enjoying a diverse career performing in orchestras and other large ensembles, Dr. Wiese spent two years as a fellow of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida. She is also a past fellow of summer programs including the Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival and School, National Repertory Orchestra, and National Orchestral Institute, and spent one summer touring the United States with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with orchestras throughout the country and abroad including the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (Denmark), Macao Orchestra, and Korean Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, Beth has previously served as Principal E-flat Tuba in the North Carolina Brass Band (the only professional brass band in North Carolina) and has enjoyed performing with Monarch Brass, an all-female brass ensemble, at the International Womens’ Brass Conference and International Trumpet Guild.
At Vanderbilt, Beth teaches courses in Brass Pedagogy, Orchestral Repertoire and Chamber Music in addition to teaching applied lessons in both tuba and euphonium. She received a Doctor of Music degree from Northwestern University as a student of Rex Martin. Additionally, she completed a Master of Music degree from Yale University and Bachelor of Music degree from Lawrence University, studying with Mike Roylance and Marty Erickson respectively.
Cale Self
Tuba
Cale Self is Professor of Music, Director of Athletic Bands, and Instructor of Euphonium & Tuba at the University of West Georgia in beautiful Carrollton,...
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Cale Self is Professor of Music, Director of Athletic Bands, and Instructor of Euphonium & Tuba at the University of West Georgia in beautiful Carrollton, GA. Dr. Self directs the Marching Wolves of West Georgia and the Wolf Gang Basketball Pep Band, and conducts the Symphonic Band, Brass Ensemble, and Tuba Ensemble. He also currently serves as Music’s Program Coordinator at UWG.
Holding degrees in music education and instrumental conducting from West Texas A&M University, Dr. Self also holds a doctorate in euphonium performance from the University of Georgia. His teachers include David Zerkel, John Lynch, Allen Crowell, Patrick Sheridan, Sam Pilafian, Gary Garner, Joe Nelson, and Joseph Cox. He began his career by teaching high school band in his hometown of Midland, TX.
Dr. Self has performed at state, regional, national, and international conferences and festivals in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. He has performed under conductors Keith Lockhart, JoAnn Falletta, Thomas Wilkins, Robert Moody, Ken Lam, Steven Smith, Kraig Williams, and Fred Mills. He is currently on faculty at the Brevard Music Center’s Low Brass Seminar as BMC’s euphonium instructor.
Dr. Self has participated in commissioning consortiums that have resulted in over thirty new works for euphonium, tuba, or concert band over the past fifteen years, and has performed or conducted premiere performances of twenty of those pieces. Recent commission projects include several works by UWG alumnus Katahj Copley, including Limitless for tuba, euphonium, and piano, and a concerto for euphonium and band entitled Canvases.
Dr. Self is an artist affiliate with Eastman Winds and Parker Mouthpieces. He is active in the state of Georgia and throughout the Southeast as a soloist, ensemble musician, conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.
