4 Year Repertoires

FLUTE

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TROMBONE

BASS TROMBONE

EUPHONIUM

TUBA

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FLUTE

Kathleen Reynolds, instructor

Freshman Year (Semester 1)

Etudes/Technique Developing Methods:
Rubank                                          Advanced Method Vol. 1 or
Cavally                                          Melodious and Progressive Studies, Book 1
Marcel Moyse                               Tone Studies

Solos: To include works from the following:
Cavally                                          24 Short Concert Pieces
G. F. Handel                               Seven Sonatas
G.P. Telemann                             Four Sonatas
Donald Peck                                 Solos for Flute  
 

Freshman Year (Semester II)

Etudes/Technique  Developing  Methods:
Rubank                                          Advanced Flute Method Vol. 2 or
Cavally                                          Melodious and Progressive Studies, Book 1 or 2
Marcel Moyse                               Tone Studies

Solos: To include works from the following:
J.B. Loeillet                                   Sonatas
Mozart                                            Six Sonatas
Vivaldi                                            Six Sonatas
J.S. Bach                                       Suite in b minor
Faure                                             Morceau de Concours Continue from 
 

Sophomore Year (Semester Ill)

Etudes and Daily Studies:
Taffanel et Gaubert                     Daily Exercises and/or 
Maquerre                                       Daily Exercises
Cavally                                          Melodious and Progressive Studies, Book 1 or 2
Platanov                                        30 Studies, or
Berbiguer                                      18 Etudes, or
J . Anderson                                 op. 37 or op. 41, or 
E.Kohler                                         15 Easy Melodic Exerices

Solos: To include works from the following:
Telemann                                      Suite in a minor
Various                                          Selected Flute Studies No. 101
Gretry                                             Flute Concerto
Hayden                                          Flute Concerto in D Major
Gaubert                                         Madrigal
Donizetti                                        Sonata
Other selected solos

(Semester IV)

Etudes and Daily Studies:
Continue Taffanel & Gaubert and/or
Maquerre Daily Exercises
J . Anderson                                 op. 33
G. Kummer                                   24 Etudes Melodiques op. 110
E. Kohler                                       Book 2 Twelve Medium Difficult Exercises

Solos: To include works from the following:
J. Quantz                                       Concerto in G Major
Telemann                                      Fantasies for Solo flute
Mozart                                            Andante
Devienne                                       Sonatas
Louis Moyse, ed.                          Flute Music by French Composers
Various                                          Continue Selected Flute Studies No. 101
C.P.E. Bach                                  Hamburger Sonata
 

Junior Year (Semester V)

Etudes and Daily Studies:
Continue Taffanel & Gaubert and/or
Maquerre Daily Exercises Continue from Semester IV
Karg Elert                                      30 Caprices
J. Anderson                                  op. 21 and/or 31 or 
Furstenau                                      op. 107 or
Th. Boehm                                    op. 37

Solos: To include works from the following:
Chaminade                                   Concertina
Stamitz                                         Concerto in D Major
Stamitz                                          Concerto in G Major
J.S. Bach                                      Sonata in Eb and g minor
C.P.E. Bach                                  Sonata in a minor (solo flute)
Kuhlau                                           6 Divertissements
Hindemith                                      Sonata
Mozart                                            Concerto in G Major
Various                                          Flute Music by French Composers
Excerpts from the orchestral literature

(Semester VI)

Etudes: Continue from Semester V
J. Anderson                                  op. 63
Thomas J. Filas                            Top Register Studies for Flute   
E.·Koehler                                     op. 33 Eight Difficult Exercises

Solos: To include works from the following:
Mozart                                            Concerto in D Major
J.S. Bach                                        Sonata in a minor (flute solo)
Debussy                                        Syrinx
Honegger                                      Danse de la Chevre
Griffes                                            Poem
Doppler                                          Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise op. 26
Devienne                                       Concertos
J. S. Bach                                      Sonata in E Major and C Major
Poulenc                                         Sonata
Telemann                                      Fantasies for solo flute
Excerpts from the orchestral literature
 

Senior Year (Semester VII)

Etudes and Daily Exercises:
Continue from previous semesters
G. Barrere                                     Flutists Formula
Marcel Moyse                               Mechanisme et Chromatisme
J. Anderson                                  op. 15
Casterede                                     12 Etudes

Solos:  To include works from the  following:
J. S. Bach                                      Sonatas - continue
B. Heiden -                                    Sonatina
Hindemith                                      Eight Pieces (solo flute)
Kennan                                          Night Soliloquy
Varese                                           Density 21.5
Martinu                                           Sonata
J. Rutter -                                      Suite Antique
Reinecke                                       Undine Sonata
lbert                                                Piece (solo flute)
G. Hue                                           Fantasie
Copland                                         Duo
F. Martin                                        Ballade
Franck                                            Sonata
Excerpts from the orchestral literature

(Semester VIII)

Etudes and Daily Exercises:
Continue from previous semesters 
Jean Jean                                     Etudes
Andersen                                       op. 60
Paganini                                        Caprices
Schade                                          24 Studies
H. Genzmer                                  Neuzeitliche Etuden, Books 1 & 2

Solos:  To include works from the following:
J. S. Bach                                      Sonatas - finish
Prokofiev                                       Sonata
Muczynski                                     Sonata
Rivier                                            Concerto
Nielsen                                          Concerto
Ibert                                                Concerto
Sancan                                          Sonatine
Deutilleux                                     Sonatine
Piston                                             Sonata
Borne                                             Carmen Fantasy
Schubert                                        Introduction and Variations op.160
Fukishima                                      Mei (solo flute)
Messiaen                                       Le Merle Noir
Berio                                               Sequenza
Casella                                          Sicilienne et Burlesque
Excerpts from the orchestral literature

 

OBOE

Laura Reynolds, Instructor

Freshman Year

Etudes/Studies (assigned according to incoming level)
Barret                                             Articulation Studies, 40 Progressive Melodies 
Brod                                               20 Studies
Ferling                                           48 Etudes (1-12) 
Hite                                                Melodius and Progressive Studies
Pares                                             Scales for the oboe
Salviani                                         Scale studies and other etudes
Sellner                                           Elementary Etudes

Sonatas and other oboe and piano pieces (2-4 of the following) 
Colin                                              3rd Solo de Concert op. 40
Dallier                                            Fantasie Caprice
Dring                                              Italian Dance
Handel                                          3 sonatas
Head, Michael                              Three Pieces
Hindemith                                     Sonata
Lefebvre                                        Andante & Allegro, Op.  102
Nielson                                          Romance and Humoresque, Op. 2
Paladilhe                                      Solo for oboe
Sammartini                                    Sonata in g minor
Telemann                                      a minor,g minor, f minor
Vivaldi                                           c minor

Concerti (1-2 from the following)
Cimarosa                                      Concerto in c minor
Handel                                           Concerto in g minor
Haydn                                            Concerto in C
Marcello                                        Concerto in d minor (or c minor  version)
Telemann                                      f minor, or e minor
Vivaldi                                            a minor or d minor

Oboe Alone (as time allows) 
Britten                                            Six Metamorphoses (selected mvts)
Telemann                                     Partitas (originally for solo  flute)

Chamber Music For 2 to 4 players
Beethoven                                     Trios ( 2oboes and EH)
Bozza                                            Shepherds of Provence for Oboe and English Horn
Ferling, Sellner,Telemann         Oboe duets, Canonic Sonatas
 

Sophomore Year

Etudes/Studies 
Barret                                             40 Progressive Melodies
Brod                                              20 Studies
Ferling                                           48 Etudes
Prestini                                          Selections of Studies for oboe
(Ricardi)Salviani                                         Scale studies and other etudes

Sonatas and other oboe and piano pieces {2-4 of the following)
See list for Freshman year for choices, plus the following 
Bach, CPE                                    Sonata  in g minor
Barlow                                           Winter's Passed
Bartok                                            Three folk songs
Saint-Saens                                  Sonata
Jacob                                             Sonatina
Krenek                                           Sonatina
Piston                                            Suite
Poulenc                                         Sonata

Concerti {1-2)
See Freshman year for choices, plus the following 
Guilhaud                                       Concertino
Kalliwoda                                     Concertino
Mozart                                           Concerto  in C
Vaughn Williams                          Concerto

Oboe Alone   {as time allows)
See Freshman year suggestions, plus the following 
Persichetti                                     Parable
Marais                                           Les Folies d'Espagne (originally for solo flute)

Chamber Music  For 2 to 4 players
Freshman year list still applies, plus the following
Dring                                              Trio for flute, oboe and piano
Reinke                                           Trio for oboe horn and piano
Herzogenberg                              Trio for oboe, horn and piano
 

Junior Year

Etudes/Studies
(assigned according to what was completed in earlier years)
Barret                                             40 Progressive Melodies
Brod                                               20 Studies
Caillieret                                        Quinze Etudes 
Ferling                                            48 Etudes
Prestini                                          Selections of Studies for oboe {Ricardi)

Sonatas and other oboe and piano pieces (2-4 of the following) 
See list for earlier years for choices, plus the following 
Lutaslowski                                   Epitaph
Ravel                                              Piece en forme de Habanera
Schumann                                    Three Romances

Concerti  (1-2)
See earlier years for choices, plus the following 
Francaix                                        Flower Clock
Ewazen                                         Concerto: Down the  River of Time

Oboe Alone (as time allows)
See earlier years for choices, plus the following 
Roseman                                     Partita for solo oboe

Chamber Music  For 2 to 4 players
Earlier year lists still applies, plus the following
Ginastera                                     Duo for flute and oboe, Op.  13
Loeffler                                          Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola, and piano
 

Senior Year

Etudes/Studies(assigned according to what was completed in earlier years)Barret                                             15 Grand StudiesCaillieret                                       Quinze EtudesGillet                                               Etudes pour l'enseignement superieur du hautboisPasculli                                         15 Capricci

Sonatas and other oboe and piano pieces (2-4 of the following)
See list for earlier years for choices, plus the following
Bach, J.S.                                      Sonata in g minor BWV 1020
Britten                                            Temporal  Variations
Dutilleux                                        Sonata
Concerti  (1-2 )
See earlier years for choices, plus the following
Goosens                                        Concerto
Martinu                                           Concerto
Mozart                                            Concerto in C (required if not studied and performed earlier)
Pasculli                                          Concerto sopra motivi dell'opera La favorita di Donizetti
Strauss                                          Concerto
 
Oboe Alone (as time allows)
See earlier years for choices, plus the following 
Berio                                     Sequenza VII
Shinohara                                     Obsession
Silvestrini                                     Six Etudes pour Hautbois
 

Chamber Music  For 2 to 4 players

Earlier year lists still applies, plus the following
Britten                                            Phantasy Quartet, Opus 2
Mozart                                           Oboe Quartet
Musgrave                             Duo for flute and oboe
Poulenc                                         Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Vaughn Williams 10 Blake Songs for Oboe and Tenor
 

Recommended Orchestral Excerpts

1st Oboe
Beethoven                                    Symphony No. 3, 5, 6, 7, 9
Brahms                                          Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 1, 2, 3
Debussy                                        La Mer, Afternoon of the Faun
Mahler                                            Symphony #3 mvt 2 
Ravel                                              Tombeau de Couperin 
Rimsky-Korsakov                         Sherherazade
Rossini                                          Scala di Seta
Schubert                                        Symphony No. 9 (The Great) 
Stravinsky                                     Pulcinella Gavotte and Serenata
Tchaikovsky                                  Symphony No. 4; Capriccio Italienne
 
2nd Oboe
Bartok                                            Concerto for Orchestra mvt 2 
Berlioz                                            Damnation of Faust
Brahms                                          Haydn Variations Chorale 
Dvorak                                          Symphony 7
Haydn                                            Symphony No. 92 
Mendelssohn                                Symphony No. 3 
Mussorgsky                                   Pictures - Chicks Prokofiev: Classical Symphony 
Sibelius                                          Symphony No. 5 
Wagner                                        Meistersinger Overt.
 
English Horn Excerpts
Berlioz                                           Roman Carnival 
Debussy                                        La Mer, Nocturnes 
Dvorak                                           New World
Falla                                               Three cornered hat 
Franck                                            Symphony in d minor
Ravel                                             Mother Goose Suite, Rapsodie Espagnole and Piano Concertos 
Respighi                                        Pines of Rome
Rodrigo                                         Guitar concerto 
Rossini                                          William Tell Overture 
Shostakovich                                Symphony. 8
Strauss                                          Also Sprach, Ein Heldenleben 
Stravinsky                                     Rite of Spring
Wagner                                          Tristan offstage solo

 

 

CLARINET

Roy Zajac, Instructor 

Freshman Year

Selections from but not limited to:
Jean Jean                                     Le Vade- Mecum 
Rubank                                          Advanced Method Vol. 1
Debussy                                        Girl with the Flaxen Hair 
Finzi                                               Five Bagatelles
Stamitz, J.                                     Concerto in B-flat 
Tartini                                             Concertino
Rubank                                          Solos from the Concert and Contest Collection
 

Sophomore Year

Selections from but not limited to:
Hamelin                                         Gammes & Arpeggios 
Kell                                                 Staccato Studies
Hite, ed.                                         Melodious and Progressive Studies, Book 1 
Rubank                                          Advanced Method Vol. 2
Hindemith                                      Sonata
Osborne                                         Rhapsody
Rabaud                                         Solo de Concours 
Saint Saens                                  Sonata
Schumann                                     Fantasie Pieces
 

Junior Year

Selections from but not limited to:
Baerman                                       Complete Method, Bk. 3 
Arnold                                            Sonatina
Brahms                                          Sonata Op. 120 #1 and #2 
Poulenc                                         Sonata
Weber                                            Conertino
Weber                                            Concerto #1
 

Senior Year

Cavallini                               30 Caprices
Kroepsch                             416 Progressive Etudes 
Rose                                    32 Etudes and 40 Studies 
Stark                                    Arpeggio Studies
Bernstein                             Sonata
Copland                               Concerto
Debussy                              Premiere Rhapsodie 
Lutoslawski                          Five Dance Preludes 
Mozart                                  Concerto
Rossini                                 Introduction, Theme, and Variations 
Stravinsky                            Three Pieces
Weber                                   Concerto #2, Grand  duo Concertant
 
 

BASSOON

Jeffery Robinson, instructor

 

SAXOPHONE

Dr. Andrew Harrison, Instructor 

Freshman: Level 1-3 

Sophomore: Level 2-4 

Junior: Level 3-5 

Senior: Level 4-5 

Level 1 

Benson, Warren                       Cantilena
Bozza, Eugene                        Aria
Clerisse, Robert                       Prelude and Entertainment (Tenor)
Dubois, Pierre                         Ten Figures a Danser
Eccles/Rascher                       Sonata
Gates, Everett                         Incantation & Ritual
Handel/Londeix                       Sonata No. 1 (Tenor)
Hartley, Walter                         Poem (Tenor)
Lantier, Pierre                         Sicilliane
Milhaud, Darius                       Dance
Quate, Amy                             Light of Sothis
Reed, Alfred                            Ballade
Ruff, Jeanine                           Song and Passepied
Still, William Grant Romance 
                                               Telemann/Voxman Sonata in C Minor (Tenor)
                                               Vivaldi/Rascher Sonata in G Minor (Tenor) 

 

Level 2

Bonneau, Paul                        Suite
Bozza, Eugene                       Impromptu and Dance
Couf, Herbert                          Introduction, Dance, and Furioso
Demersseman, Jules              Fantasize sir un theme original
Dubois, Pierre Max                 Characteristic Pieces
Heiden, Bernard                     Solo
Hindemith, Paul                      Sonata
Marcelo, Benedetto                Concerto in C Minor (Tenor)
Ravel/Mule                              Piece en forme de Habanera
Singelee, Jean Baptiste          Solo de Concert (Tenor)
Solomon, Melvin                     Sonatina (Tenor)
Tcherepnine, Alexandre          Sonatine Sportive
Tomasi, Henri                          Ballade
Wilder, Alec                             Sonata
Worley, John                           Six Dances (Tenor)
 

Level 3 

Bauzin, Pierre                          Poem
Beware, Denis                         Fantasy (Soprano/Tenor)
Chambers, Evan                      Deep Flowers (Soprano/Tenor)
Demersseman, Jules               Pastoral Fantasy (Tenor)
Erickson, Frank                        Concerto
Glazunov, Alexander                Concerto
Hartley, Walter                          Duet
Heiden, Bernard                       Sonata
Heiden, Bernard                       Diversions
Lacor, Guy                               Concertante Piece (Tenor)
Lunde, Lawson                        Sonata
Martin, Frank                           Ballade (Tenor)
Maurice, Paulde                      Tableaux de Provence
Milhaud, Darius                       Scaramouche
Villalobos, Heitor                     Fantasia (Soprano/Tenor)
Worley, John                           Sonata (Tenor)
 

Level 4 

Bonneau, Paul                        Caprice en forme de valse
Creston, Paul                          Sonata
Demersseman, Jules              Carnival of Venice
Harbison, John                       San Antonio Sonata
Hartley, Walter                        Sonata (Tenor)
Ibert, Jacques                        Concertino da Camera
Lunde, Lawson                       Sonata Alpine (Soprano/Tenor)
Markowski, Michael                3 Flirtations
Muczynski, Robert                 Sonata
Noda, Ryo                              Mai
Schmitt, Florent                     Legende
Smith, Claude                        Fantasia
Ward, Robert                         Concerto (Tenor)
 

Level 5 

Babbit, Leslie                         Music for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Creston, Paul                        Concerto
Dahl, Ingolf                            Concerto
Desenclos, Alfred                  Prelude, Cadence, and Finale
Dubois, Pierre Max               Concerto
Garrop, Stacy                        Fragmented Spirit
Husa, Karel                           Concerto
Lauba, Christian                    Hard (Tenor)
Mihalovici, Marcel                 Chant Premier (Soprano/Tenor)
Morocco, Victor                     Blue Caprice
Muczynski, Robert                Concerto
Noda, Ryo                            Phoenix
Peck, Russell                       The Upward Stream (Tenor)
Rogers, Rodney                   Lessons of the Sky (Soprano/Tenor)
Tower, Joan                          Wings
Yoshimatsu, Takashi            Fuzzy Bird Sonata

 

HORN

Alicia Mastromonaco, instructor

Freshman Year    

Texts & Methods:
The Art of Horn Playing              Philip Farkas 
The Art of Musicianship              Philip Farkas 
Rubank, Getchell, Pottag           Melodies
Kopprasch                                     Bk. 1
Maxime-Alphonse                       Bk. 1-2 
 
Solo Repertoire from but not limited to: 
Mason Jones                                book of Horn Solos; 
Mozart                                            Concertos No. 1, No. 3, all movements
Strauss, F.                                           Concerto No. 1 
 
Orchestral Excerpts                     
as assigned
 
Transposition                               
Horn in E-flat and D
 
Chamber music
as assigned in consultation with Rep Class faculty. 
 

Sophomore Year 

Texts & Methods:
Also Sprach Arnold Jacobs       Bruce Nelson.
Embouchure Builder For French Horn by Joseph Singer
Fearn, Singer, Kopprasch          Bk. 1
Maxime-Alphonse                       Bk. 2-3
Andraud                                         335 Studies
 
Solo Repertoire from but not limited to: 
Mozart                                            Concerto 2 & 4 (second movements)
Gounod                                          Six Melodies
Beethoven                                     Sonata; F. 
Strauss, F.                                      Nocturne

Strauss, R.                                     Concerto No. 1, 1st mvt.

Orchestral Excerpts                     
as assigned
 
Transposition     

Horn in E and C

Chamber music
as assigned in consultation with Rep Class faculty
 

Junior Year

Texts & Methods:
Arban's, Kopprasch                    Bk. 2
Maxime-Alphonse                       Bk. 3-4
Andraud; V. Reynolds                  Etudes
 
Solo Repertoire from but not limited to: 
Mozart                                           Concerto No. 2, 4 (rondos)
R. Strauss                                     Concerto No. 1
Poulenc                                         Elegy
Bach/Hoss                                     Cello suites
Strauss, R.                                     Concerto No. 1, all mvts. 
 
Orchestral Excerpts                     
as assigned
 
Transposition     

Horn in B-flat, basso and alto; Horn in A

Chamber music
as assigned in consultation with Rep Class faculty
 

Senior Year

Texts & Methods:
Kopprasch                                   Bk. 2
Maxime-Alphonse                       Bk. 3-6
Schuller                                       Unaccompanied Studies 
 
Solo/Chamber Repertoire from but not limited to: 
Mozart                                           Concerto No. 2, 4 (all movements) 
Hindemith                                      Sonata
Brahms                                          Horn Trio op. 40
Schumann                                     Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
 
Orchestral Excerpts                     
as assigned
 
Transposition     

Horn in B natural, G, A-flat

Chamber music
as assigned in consultation with Rep Class faculty
 

Basic Repertoire for Horn

  • This list appears on the Horn Matters website, where it is presented as an Open Educational Resource to the horn playing community.

I. Essential solo and chamber music literature that all students of the horn should know, study, and own recordings of 

Beethoven                                     Sonata, Op. 17
Brahms                                          Trio, Op. 40 for Horn, Violin, and Piano
Britten                                            Serenade, Op. 31 for Tenor, Horn, and Strings
Dukas                                             Villanelle
Haydn, J.                                       Concerto No. 1 in D; Concerto No. 2 in D
Hindemith                                      Sonata for Horn
Mozart                                            Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412; 
Mozart                                            Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, K. 417; 
Mozart                                            Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K 447; 
Mozart                                            Concerto No. 4 in E-flat, K. 495; 
Mozart                                           Concert Rondo; Quintet for horn and strings, K. 407
Schumann                                    Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
Schumann                                    Konzertstuck for four horns and orchestra
Strauss, R.                                    Concerto No. 1, Op. 11; 
Stauss, R.                                      Concerto No. 2
Telemann                                      Concerto in D
 
II. Other important solo and chamber music works for the horn--selected
 
Beethoven                                    Quintet (piano and winds); Sextet (two horns and strings)
Bozza                                             En Foret
Chabrier                                        Larghetto
Cherubini                                      Sonata No. 2
Danzi                                             Sonata in E-flat
Forster                                           Concerto in E-flat
Francaix                                        Canon in Octave
Glazunov                                       Reverie, Op. 24
Gliere                                             Concerto, Op. 91; Intermezzo; Nocturne; Romance; Valse Triste
Haydn, J.                                       Divertimento a Tre for horn, violin, and cello; Double Concerto
Haydn, M.                                      Concertino in D
Heiden                                          Sonata
Hindemith                                     Concerto; Sonata for Alto Horn; Sonata for Four Horns
Jacob                                             Concerto
Kroll                                                Laudatio (solo horn)
Krufft                                               Sonata in E
Larsson                                         Concertino
Nehlybel                                        Scherzo Concertante
Neilsen                                          Canto Serioso
Mozart                                            Quintet (piano and winds)
Persichetti                                     Parable (solo horn)
Poulenc                                         Elegy
Ries                                                Sonata
Rosetti                                           Concerto in D minor; Concerto No. 2 in E-flat
Rossini                                          Prelude, Theme, and Variations
Saint-Saens                                  Romance, Op 36; Romance, Op. 67; Morceau de Concert
Schubert                                        Auf dem Strom (horn, soprano or tenor, piano)
Schumann                                     Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 (transcription--original for clarinet)
Scriabin                                         Romance
Strauss, F                                      Nocturno, Op. 7; Concerto, Op. 8; Theme and Variations, Op. 13
Strauss, R.                                    Andante 
Villa-Lobos                                   Choros No. 4 for three horns and trombone
Vivaldi                                            Double Concerto in F
Weber                                            Concertino in E
Wilder                                            Sonatas No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3; Suite
 
 
 

TRUMPET

SSU Trumpet Studio Suggested Repertoire by class level (rev. August 2021)

Dan Gianola-Norris, instructor

These are suggestions for core repertoire. A Much more extensive list is available on request

Etudes/Technique (all years)

J. B. Arban Complete Conservatory Method (Carl Fischer)

V. Brandt Orchestra Etudes/Last Etudes (ed. Vacchiano, Hal Leonard)

T. Charlier 36 Etudes Trancendantes (any edition)

H. L. Clarke Technical Studies (Carl Fischer)

R. Getchell First Book of Practical Studies (Alfred)
 

Solos

Year 1

G. Balay: Petite Piece Concertante

J. Fiala Divertimento

Thorvald Hansen: Sonata in Eb

F.J. Haydn Concerto in E-flat (II. Andante)

Jennifer Higdon: Trumpet Songs

Guy Ropartz: Andante and Allegro

G. Verdi Adagio for Trumpet
 

Year 2

Marc Delmas Choral et Variations

P. Gaubert Cantabile et Scherzetto

A. Goedicke Concert Etude

Kent Kennan Sonata

B. Martinu Sonatine

Lynn Petersen Sonata #1

Karl Pilss Sonata
 

Year 3

Alexander Arutunian Concerto

Jeremiah Clarke Prince of Denmark’s March (in D, on piccolo trumpet)

Elaine Fine Sonata

Otto Ketting Intrada

J.B.G. Neruda Concerto in E-flat

P. Hindemith Sonata

J. N. Hummel Concerto in E-flat

Ennio Porrino Concertino

Hilda Sehested Suite for Cornet and Piano

James Stephenson Sonatina #1
 

Year 4

O. Boehme Concerto in F minor

G. Enescu Legende

F. J. Haydn Concerto in E-flat

A. Pakhmutova Concerto (2nd Edition)

Henry Purcell Sonata in D (piccolo trumpet)

Halsey Stevens Sonata

G. Torelli Concerto in D (piccolo trumpet)

 

Tenor Trombone

David Ridge, Instructor

Freshman

Arban                                             Famous Method 
Complete Melodious Etudes     Bordogni/Rochut Book 1
Introduction to Tenor/Alto Clef   Brad Edwards                     
Long Tone Duets                         David Vining
Lip Slurs                                        Brad Edwards
 
Solos to choose from but not limited to:
Morceau Symphonique              Guillment 
Saint-Saens                                  Cavatine
Andante and Allegro                    Barat 
Vocalise                                         Rachmoninoff                              
Elegy for Mippy II                         Bernstein
 
Orchestral Excerpts (performance majors) 
Tuba Mirum                                   Mozart
Hungarian March                         Berlioz 
Ride of the Valkyrie                      Wagner
Russian Easter 2nd tbn solo      Rimsky-Korsakov 
Symphony #1                               Brahms
 

Sophomore

Arban                                             Famous Method Complete
Melodious Etudes                        Borogni/Rochut Book 1 or 2
Basic Routines                             Robert Marstellar 
The Trombone Virtuoso              Simone Mantia
Lip Slurs                                        Brad Edwards
36 Studies for Trombone with F Attachment Blume/Fink 
Bach Cello Suites#'s 1-3            Marstellar Edition
 
Solos
Concertino                                    Ferdinand David
Sonatine                                        Serocki
Galliard                                          Sonatas
Sonata                                           Hindemith
Concerto                                        Rimsky - Korsakov
 
Orchestral Excerpts (sophomore)
William Tell Overture                   Rossini 
Prelude to Act 3 Lohengrin        Wagner 
Symphony#4                                Brahms 
Symphorry#3                                Saint- Saens
La Gazza Ladra                           Rossini 
Symphony# 4                               Tchaikovsky 
1812 Overture                              Tchaikovsky
 

Junior

Scales                                            Chromatic, Wholetone, Octatonic (tempo as assigned)
Arpeggios                                      Diminished, Augmented
60 Selected Studies for Trombone     Koprasch 
Book 1 or 2 15 Etudes de Rythme     Bitsch
Bordogni/Rochut                          book 2
Bach Cello Suites#'s 4-6            Marstellar Edition
 
Solos 
Concerto                                        Grondahl
Concerto                                        Jacob 
Corelli                                            Sonata in F 
Sonata                                           Casterade
Winter Concerto                           Milhaud
 
Orchestral Excerpts
Bolero                                            Ravel
Till Eulenspiegel                          R. Strauss 
Symphony#5                                Mahler 
1st and 2nd tbn Symphony# 3   Mahler (solos)
La Forza Del Destino Overture Verdi 
Scheherezade                              Rimsky- Korsakov 
Symphony# 2                               Brahms
Tannhauser Overture                  Wagner 
Symphony# 9                               Schubert 
Symphony#5                                Tchaikovsky
 

Senior

12 Etudes de Haut Perfectionnement        Boutry 
Bordogni/Rochut                          Book 3
 
Solos 
Concerto                                       Tomasi
Deux Danse                                  Defaye                                           
Sonata                                           Ewazen
Concerto                                        Ewazen
Aria and Polonaise                      Jongen 
Piece in Eb                                    Ropartz
 
Orchestral Excerpts
Symphony #3                               Schumann 
Symphony #4                               Bruckner
3 Pieces for Orchestra                Berg (certain passages) 
Ottello                                            Verdi
Ein Heldenleben                          Strauss 
Symphonies #5 and 9                 Beethoven 
Also Sprach Zarathustra             R. Strauss
Symphonic Metamorphasis       Hindemith 
Mathis de Maler                           Hindemith
Le Creation du Monde                Milhaud
 
 

BASS TROMBONE

David Ridge, Instructor

Freshman

Ostrander                                      Basic Techniques for Double, Valve, Bass Trombone 
Schlossberg                                 Daily Drills and Technical Studies
Bordogni                                       Vocalise complete (ed Jacobs) 
Bach                                               Cello Suites 1- 3
Bloom                                            36 Studies for Trombone w/F Att. (Fink) 
Blazhevich                                    70 Studies for Tuba (Slama)
 
Solos
Barat                                              Intro and Serenade (bass trombone) 
Galliard                                          Sonatas 1, 3, 5
Handel                                           Sonata in F 
Lieb                                                Concertina Basso
Marcello                                        Sonata No. III
Sennalli                                         Andante and Allegro Spiritoso                                               
Spihnan                                         Two Songs
Vaughan-Williams                       Studies in English Folk Songs 
 
Orchestral  Excerpts
Beethoven                                    Symphony #9 
Berlioz                                           Hungarian March 
Brahms                                          Symphony# 1
Mahler                                           Symphony #1 
Respighi                                        Pines of Rome 
Rossini                                          La Gazza Ladra
Schumann                                    Symphony,# 3 (Renish)
 

Sophomore

Arban                                             Complete Method (Tuba edition by Jacobs)
Raph                                              The Double Valve Bass Trombone 
Vernon                                           The Singing Approach to the Trombone 
Gillis                                               20 Etudes
Griegoriv                                       24 Studies
Tyrell                                              40 Advanced Studies for Tuba 
 
Solos
Bozza                                             Theme Varie 
Damase                                         Prelude, Elegie & Finale
David                                             Concertino in Eb, op 4 (Goess) 
Gotkovsky                                     Suite
Jacob                                             Cameos
Lassen                                           Two Fantasie Pieces
Lebedev                                        Concerto 1 
Mahler                                           Songs of a Wayfarer 
Sasche                                          Concertino in f (Goess)
Selmer-Collery                            Barcorolle and Chanson                                                       
 
Orchestral· Excerpts
Berlioz                                           Romeo and Juliet 
Borodine                                       Polovetsian Dances 
Brahms                                          Symphonies No. 1 & 4 
Britten                                            Young Person's Guide 
Bruckner                                        Symphony #7
Haydn                                            Creation
Hindemith                                     Symphonic Metamorphosis 
Rossini                                          William Tell Overture
Strauss, R.                                    Also Sprach Zarathustra 
Wagner                                          Ride of the Valkyries
 

Junior

Scales                                            Chromatic, Whole tone, Octatonic (tempo as assigned)
Arpeggios                                      Diminished, Augmented
 
Method/Fundamentals
Bollinger                                        Valve Technique for Bass Trombone 
Colley                                            Tune Up
Edwards                                        Lip Slurs- Exercises for Tone and Technique (8vb) 
Pederson                                      Intermediate Etudes for Bass Trombone
Bordogni/Rochut                         Melodious Etudes, Book I & II (transpositions into several clefs 8vb) 
Raph                                              Dance Band Interpretation
 
Solos
Bourgeois                                     Fantasy Pieces 
Demej                                            Canticles
Ewazen                                         Ballade
McCarty                                         Sonata
Kazik                                              Concerto in 5 Movements 
Kotsier                                           Allegro Maestoso
Olson                                             Incursion
Planel                                            Air et Final
Villette                                            Fantaisie Concertante
 
Orchestral Excerpts
Berlioz                                           Roman Carnival Overture
Brahms                                          Symphony No. 2 
Bruckner                                        Symphony No. 4 
Hindemith                                     Mathis der Maler 
Kodaly                                           Hary Janos
Mahler                                           Symphony No. 5 
Nielson                                          Flute Concerto 
Strauss, R.                                    Ein Heldenleben
Tchaikovsky                                 Symphonies No. 4, 5, 6 
Wagner                                          Prelude to Act 3, Lohengrin
 

Senior

Blues scale and arpeggiation of common chord progressions all keys (tempo as assigned)
 
Method/Fundamentals
Dufresne                                       Develop Sight Reading - bass clef (Voisin) 
Pederson                                      Advanced Etudes for Bass Trombone 
Bitsch                                             Rhythmic Etudes (bass version)
Maenz                                            Spezialstudien Etudes 
 
Solos
Adler                                     Canto II 
Bozza                                             New Orleans
Casterede                                     Fantaisie Concertante 
Defaye                                           Deux Dances (Knaub) 
Ewazen                                         Concerto
Hartley                                           Sonata Breve 
Llidas                                             Rhapsody
Lebedev                                        Concert Allegro 
George                                          Concerto
Pilss                                               Concerto
Stevens                                         Sonatina for tuba
 
Orchestral Excerpts
Bartok                                            Miraculous Mandarin
Leoncavallo                                  Pagliacci 
Franck                                            Symphony in D 
Mahler                                           Symphonies No 2
Mascagni                                      Cavalleria rusticana 
Respighi                                        Fountains of Rome 
Revueltas                                      Sensemaya
Strauss, R.                                    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme 
Stravinsky                                     L'histoire du soldat
Verdi                                     Otello 
Wagner                                          Ring excerpts
 
 

TUBA

Jonathan Seiberlich, Instructor

Freshman

Method/Fundamentals
Complete understanding and facility on all Major/Minor/Chromatic/Modal scales
Arban                                             Method Complete
Bordogni/Rochut                            Melodious Etudes
Blazevich                                       70 Studies for Tuba
Tyrell -                                            40 Etudes for Tuba
Vasiliev                                           24 Melodious Etudes
Kopprasch                                      60 Melodious Etudes
Bai Lin                                            Lip Flexibilities
 
Solos
Bach/Bell -                                     Air and Bouree 
Barat                                              Introduction and Dance
Haddad, Donald                             Suite for Tuba
Vaughan Williams                           Six Studies in English Folk Song
Marcello                                          Sonata
 
Orchestral/Band Excerpts 
Prokofiev                                        Symphony 5
Tchaikovsky                                    Symphonies # 4 and 6
Holst                                               First Suite in Eb
Grainger                                          Lincolnshire Posy
 

Sophomore

Methods/Fundamentals

In addition to previous studies 

Snedecor                                     low etudes for Tuba
Schubrek                                     tongue trainers
 
Solos
Hartley, Walter                             Sonatina
Lebedev, A.                                  Concerto in One Movement
Hindemith                                     Sonata
Persichetti                                    Serenade
 
Orchestral/Band Excerpts
Bruckner                                        Symphony 4 
Brahms                                          Symphony 2 
Hindemith                                      Symphonic Metamorphonis
Wagner                                          The Ride of the Valkyrie/Die Meistersinger
Vaughan Williams                          Toccata Marziale
 

Junior

Method/Fundamentals

Above Materials plus

Maenz                                              Special Studies for tuba
 
Solos
Koetsier, Jan.                                   Concertino
Arnold                                               Fantasy
Gregson                                            Concerto
Vaughan Williams, Ralph                  Concerto for Bass Tuba
Wilder, Alec                                       Suite No. 1 (Effie Suite) 
 
Orchestral/Band Excerpts
Berlioz                                               Hungarian March/Symphonie Fantastique
Bruckner                                            Symphony No. 7/8
Hindemith                                          Symphony in Bb
Holst                                                  The Planets
Mahler                                               Symphony No. 1/2/5
Respighi                                             Fountains of Rome
Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks/Ein Heldenleben
Grantham                                           J'ai été au bal
 

Senior

Method/Fundamentals

Above Material plus

The Bell Scales
Bobo                                                     Mastering the Tuba
McChesney                                           Harmonic Dexterity
 
Solos
Stevens                                                 Monument
Stevens                                                 Variations in Olden Style
Broughton                                              Sonata
Penderecki                                            Capriccio
Kraft                                                       Encounters II for Solo Tuba
Williams, J.                                            Concerto for Tuba
 
Orchestral/Band Excerpts
Thorough Knowledge of Major Excerpts
 
 

VIOLIN

Gail Hernandez Rosa, Instructor

Aaron Westman, Instructor

Bachelor of Music in Education

Entrance:

  1. 3-octave scales and arpeggios in one major key and one minor key pf choice,

  2. a technical etude or caprice,

  3. first movement of a concerto including applicable cadenza.
     

Senior Year (recital):

  1. A major composition for the violin with/without piano accompaniment by one of the following composers:
    Handel, J.S. Bach, Tartini, Vivaldi, Leclair, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
  2. A virtuosic showpiece best demonstrates his/her/their overall instrumental command;
  3. A complete major recital work from the Romantic period;
  4. A composition for violin with/without piano accompaniment that was written after the year 1920.
     

Junior Year:

A complete major recital work from the Romantic period,

  1. A complete concerto of choice.
  2. Two contrasting movements of Bach unaccompanied violin work;
  3. One advance etude/caprice by one of these composers: Dont, Schradieck, Rode, Wieniawski, Paganini.
 

Sophomore Year:

  1. A virtuosic showpiece best demonstrates his/her/their overall instrumental command,
  2.  A composition for violin with/without piano accompaniment that was written after the year 1920.
  3. One movement of a Romantic concerto.
  4. From the Carl Flesch Scale Systems:  a choice of 3 octave scales and arpeggios in single along with double scales patterns of thirds, sixths, and octaves in two major and minor keys of choice ;
  5. An etude by Schradieck and one by Kreutzer.
     

Freshman:

  1. A major composition for the violin with/without piano accompaniment by one of the following composers:

Handel, J.S. Bach, Tartini, Vivaldi, Leclair, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

  1. One movement of a Classical concerto.
  2. Choice of three- octaves scale and arpeggios in single stops in from the Carl Flesch Scales System;
  3. An etude by Schradieck and one by Kreutze.
     

Bachelor of Music in Performance

Entrance:

  1. 3 octave scales and arpeggios in one major key and one minor key pf choice,
  2. a technical etude or caprice,
  3. first movement of a concerto including applicable cadenza.

Senior Year (recital):

  1. A complete work for unaccompanied violin by J.S. Bach
  2. Two caprices by Paganini, or a showpiece of equivalent virtuosity.
  3. A complete sonata for violin and piano by one of these composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Copland, Corigliano, Debussy, Faure, Franck, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schumann, Saint-Saens, Strauss
  4. A modern composition written after 1920

Also:

A complete Romantic or 20th Century Concerto

Junior Year:

  1. A complete sonata for violin and piano by one of these composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Copland, Corigliano, Debussy, Faure, Franck, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schumann, Saint-Saens, Strauss
  2. A complete Classical concerto of choice.
  3. A complete Bach unaccompanied violin work;
  4. A modern composition of choice.

Sophomore Year:

  1. Two caprices by Paganini, or a showpiece of equivalent virtuosity.
  2. One movement of a Romantic concerto.
  3.  From the Carl Flesch Scale Systems:  a choice of 3-octave scales and arpeggios in single along with double scales patterns of thirds, sixths, and octaves, tens in two major and minor keys of choice ;
  4.  A major work from standard repertoire.

Freshman:

  1. Program must include a complete work for unaccompanied violin by J.S. Bach
  2. One movement of a Classical concerto
  3. Choice of three- octaves scale and arpeggios in single stops in from the Carl Flesch Scales System;
  4. A recital work of choice.

VIOLA

Aaron Westman, Instructor

Repertoire

Etudes

Sevcik,                                           Preparatory Exercises in Double-stopping 
Kayser
Schradieck                                    
Dont
Kreutzer 
Campagnoli
Bach                                               Six Suites for Cello
                                                        Sonatas and Partitas for Violin 
 

Concerti

Bach                                               Brandenburg # 6 
Handel / Casadesus,                   B minor 
Stamitz
Mozart                                            Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major
Berlioz                                           Harold in Italy 
Walton
Bartok
 

Sonatas

Vivaldi                                            Six Sonatas for Cello 
Eccles                                            G minor
Brahms                                          E flat major 
Brahms,                                         F minor 
Schumann                                    Marchenbilder
Franck                                            Sonata in A major for violin 
Hindemith                                      op. 11# 4
Hindemith                                     Sonata 1939
Shostakovich
 

Duets

Bach                                               3 Duets for Two Violas 
Mozart                                            Two Duos for Violin and Viola
Beethoven                                    "Eyeglass" Duet for Viola and Cello
 

Short Pieces

Debussy                                        Girl With the Flaxen Hair 
Faure                                             Apres un reve
Massenet                                      Meditation from Thaïs
Paganini                                        Moto Perpetuo 
Boccherini                                     Menuet 
Fiacco                                            Allegro
Glazunov                                       Elegy
Vaughan-Williams                       Fantasy on Greensleeves

 

 

VIOLONCELLO 

Jill Brindel, instructor

Etudes                                            

Deak or Popper, at least 16
various exercises to be assigned
 

3 of the following Sonatas:

(or an agreed upon substitute)
Beethoven                                     Sonatas
Brahms                                          Sonatas
Boccherini                                     Sonata
Eccles                                            Sonata
Samartinni                                     Sonata
Shostakovich                                Sonata
Debussy                                        Sonata
Prokofiev                                       Sonata
Kodaly                                            Sonata
 

3 of the following Concerti:

(or an agreed upon substitute)
Haydn                                            C Major
Lalo
Dvorak
Tchaikovsky
Shostakovich
Boccherini
Bloch

 

 

DOUBLE BASS

Mark Wallace, instructor

Freshman Year

Selected etudes to boost the student's technical reserve, and one Baroque Sonata (Marcello, Eccles, etc.).
Wagner Meistersinger Overture, Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture, and Strauss Don Juan.
 

Sophomore Year

Eugene Levinson                          School of Agility.
Simandl                                         Etudes Book 2
Rabbath                                         Book 3
Storch-Hrabe's                             57 Studies
 
Study one more Baroque Sonata
 
A first movement of a standard concerto 
Dragonetti
Dittersdorf
Vanhall
Koussevitzky
Bottesini
 
Orchestral studies should now include one symphony by 
Mozart
Beethoven
Brahms
 

Junior Year

Continue scale studies from The School of Agility.
Concert Etudes                              
Slmandel and Rabbath.
 
One Baroque sonata and two movements from a concerto
 
Orchestral 
Strauss                                          Ein Heldenleben 
and another symphony from
Mozart
Beethoven
Brahms
 
Chamber music
Dvorak                                           Quintet. op. 77
Schubert                                        Trout Quintet
Rossini                                           String Quartets
 

Senior Year

Student should strive to perform the entire arpeggio cycle from School of Agility.

 

PIANO 

Marilyn Thompson, instructor

Repertoire can be chosen from this list or from repertory of similar difficulty.

Freshman

Scarlatti                                         Sonatas
Bach                                               Two-part Inventions
Mozart                                            D minor Fantasie, K.V.397 
                                                        G Major Sonata, K.V.283
Chopin                                           Waltzes
Schumann                                     Scenes From Childhood
Debussy                                        Children's Corner Reverie
Shostakovich                                Preludes, Op.34
Tcherepnin                                    Bagatelles, Op.5
 

Sophomore 

Bach                                               French Suites
Mozart                                            Sonatas: K.V.330; K.V.331
Beethoven                                     Sonatas: Op.2,No.1; Op.10,No.1; Op.14, No.2
Chopin                                           Mazurkas
Nocturnes                                     Op.37, No.1; Op.55; Op. post 72, No.1
Brahms                                          Op.76
Schumann                                     Fantasie-Stucke, Op.1.2
Debussy                                        Suite Bergamasque
Prokofiev                                       Visions Fugitives, Op.22
Bartok                                            3 Rondos
 

Junior

Bach                                               Well Tempered Clavichord
Handel                                           Suites
Haydn                                            Sonatas
Mozart                                            Sonatas: K.V.576; K.V.333
Beethoven                                     Sonatas: Op.10, No.2; Op.27, Nol; Op.31, No.2
Chopin                                           Polonaises
Brahms                                          Op. 118; Op.119
Schumann                                     Abegg Variations
Debussy                                        Preludes Pour le Piano
Ravel                                              Valses nobles et sentimentales
Shostakovich                                3 Fantastic Dances
Rachmaninoff                               Preludes
Scriabin                                         Preludes, Op.11
Bartok                                            6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm 
                                                        Suite, Op.14
                                                        15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
 

Senior

Bach                                               Italian Concerto 
                                                        English Suites
                                                        Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
Mozart                                            Sonata, K.V.310
                                                        Fantasie and Sonata, K.V.475 
                                                        A Concerto
Beethoven                                    Sonatas from the Middle or Late Periods 
                                                        A Concerto
Schumann                                     Kreisleriana
                                                        Carnaval
Chopin                                           Ballades
                                                        Etudes
                                                        A Concerto
Brahms                                          Rhapsodies; Op.79 or Op.119
Rachmaninoff                               Etudes Tableaux
Ravel                                              Tombeau de Couperin
Ginastera                                       Danzas Argentinas
Barber                                            Nocturne
                                                        Excursions
Prokofiev                                       Sonata No.3
 
 

CLASSICAL GUITAR

Eric Cabalo, instructor

Freshman Year

Renaissance
Narvaez                                         Guardame las Vacas; Pavane,Cancion del Emperador
Milan                                              Fantasias I-V,Pavanes
 
Baroque
De Visee-                                      Suites I-XII (without full ornamentation) 
Corbetta                                        Suite in A  minor
De Murcia                                     Prelude and Allegro
 
Classical
Carcassi                                        Etudes Op. 60 
Carulli                                            Etudes
Sor                                                  Etudes Op. 6,29,31,35,44,45,60
Guiliani                                          Etudes Op. 48
 
Romantic
Villa-Lobos                                   Preludes
Mertz                                              Liedeslied,Lied ohno Worte Op. 13 
Ponce                                            Preludes
 
Contemporary
Brouwer                                         Simple Studies
 

Sophomore Year

Renaissance
Dowland                                        Melancholy Galliard, Fortune my Foe
Mudarra                                         Fantasia X
 
Baroque
Kellner                                           Fantasias
Sanz                                               Suite Espanola
 
Classical
Sor                                                  Six Airs Op. 19, Minuets 
Guiliani                                          Variations Op. 45
 
Romantic
Barrios                                           Julia Florida 
Broca                                             Waltz
Llobet                                             Catalan Folk Songs
Tarrega                                          Preludes,Tango, Maria, Marieta
Torroba                                          Castles of Spain
 
Contemporary
Brouwer                                         Elogia de la Danza 
Brindle                                           El Polifemo de Oro 
Chavez                                          Three Pieces
Harrison                                        Lou Harrison Guitar Book
 

Junior Year

Renaissance
Narvaez                                         Conde Claros
Dowland                                        Queen Elizabeth's Galliard, The Frog Galliard
 
Baroque
Weiss                                             Passacaglia, Tombeau, Fantasie 
Bach                                               Cello Suites I and III
Scarlatti                                         Sonatas K. 322,K. 208
 
Classical
Sor                                                  Variations Op. 40, Sonata Op. 15 
Legnani                                         Caprices Op. 20
 
Romantic
Torroba                                          Sonatina
Turina                                            Fandanguillo
Tarrega                                          Capricho Arabe, Danza Mora 
Lauro                                             Waltzes
Broca                                             El Elegante
 
Contemporary
Bennet                                           Five Impromptus 
Ohana                                            Tiento
Bogdanovic                                  Mysterious Habitats, Seven Easier Polymetric Studies
DeFalla                                          Homenaje
 

Senior Year

Renaissance
Dowland                                        Fantasy Ia,AFancy 
Da Milano                                     Ricercari
 
Baroque
Bach                                               Lute Suites BWV 995 and 996, Prelude Fugue and Allegro, Cello Suite VI
Scarlatti                                         Sonatas K. 291,292,11,391
 
Classical
Sor                                                  Sonata Op. 22
Guiliani                                          Grande Ouverture Carulli- Sonatas
Aguado                                          Introduction and Rondo
 
Romantic
Turina                                            Sevillana
Barrios                                           Una Limosna pot el Amor de Dios, Waltzes 
Tarrega                                          Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Mertz                                              Elegy,Fantasie Hongroise
Villa-Lobos-                                  Suite Populaire Bresilienne
 
Contemporary
Takemitsu                                     All in Twilight 
Bogdanovic-                                 Jazz Sonata 
Henze                                            DrieTentos
Brouwer                                         El Decameron Negro

 

 

PERCUSSION

Jennifer Wilsey, Instructor

Freshman Year

Mallets
Goldenberg, Morris                      Modern School for Xylophone
Peters, Mitchell                             Fundamental Method for Mallets 
Ford, Mark                                     Marimba:  Technique Through Music
 
Snare
Goldenberg, Morris                      Modern School for Snare Drum 
Morello, Joe                                  Master  Studies for Snare Drum 
Percussive Arts Society Rudiments
Sakal, Richard, ed.                      America's N.A.R.D. Drum Solos
Stone, George Lawrence           Stick Control
 
Timpani
Peters, Mitchell                             Fundamental Method for Timpani
 
Multiple Percussion
Udow, Michael; Watts, Chris     The Contemporary  Percussionist
 

Sophomore Year

Mallets: 4 - 6 solos (and 2 duets) from the following list
Bach, Johann Sebastian            Two-part Inventions (as duets)
Bartok, Bela                                  44 Duets, vol. I & //
Bergamo, John.                            Style Studies for Mallet Instruments
Carulli, Ferdinando                      Andante (transcr. Kite)
Faulmann, Roger and Wickstrom,  Fred, arr.  Bach for Bars
Peters, Mitchell                            Sea Refractions
Peters, Mitchell                            Waves
Peters, Mitchell                            Yellow After the Rain
Pimental, L./Moore, J.                 The Solo Marimbist, Vol. 1
 
Snare:
Cirone, Anthony J.                        Portraits  in Rhythm
Morello, Joe                                  Master  Studies for Snare Drum
NARD Rudimental Solos PAS Rudiments
 
Timpani:
Peters, Mitchell                            Fundamental Method for Timpani
 
Multiple Percussion:
Udow, Michael and Watts, Chris        The  Contemporary Percussionist
 

Junior Year

Marimba: 4 - 6 solos (and 2 duets) from the following list
Bach, J. S                                               Two-part Inventions   (as duets)
                                                                 The Well-Tempered Clavier, vol. 1 & 2
                                                                 Prelude from Cello Suite no. 1
Brown, Thomas A.                                 Mexican Murals 
Delancey, Charles                                Rosewood Blues 
Gomez, Alice                                         Marimba Flamenca
Gottry, Josh                                           Irrelevant
Houliff, Murray                                       Two  Pieces
Pimental, L./Moore, J.                          The Solo Marimbist, Vol. 2 
Rosauro, Ney                                        Seven  Brazilian Children Songs 
Wittiber, Benjamin                                Autumn Marimba
Zeltsman, Nancy                                   Four-Mallet Marimba Playing
Zivkovic, Nebojsa J.                              Funny Mallets, Book 1
 
Burton, Gary                                           Four-Mallet Studies
Friedman, David                                    Vibraphone Technique: dampening and pedaling
Friedman, David                                    Mirror from Another
Metzger, Jon                                          The Art and Language of Jazz Vibes
 
Snare:
Cirone, Anthony J.                                 Portraits in Rhythm
 
Timpani:
Aiello, Joseph                                        Classic African
Beck, John                                             Sonata for Timpani
Campbell, James                                  Blue Hammers
Carroll, Raynor                             Exercises, Etudes and Solos for the Timpani
Mancini, David                                       Suite for Timpani
Ramey, Phillip                                       Sonata for Three Unaccompanied Timpani
Ridout, Alan                                           Sonatina for Timpani
 
Multiple Percussion:
Kraft, William                                         French Suite
Udow, Michael and Watts, Chris        The Contemporary Percussionist
 

Senior Year

Marimba: 4        6 solos from the following list
Cotto, Orlando                                       Marimba For An Angel 
Glennie, Evelyn                                     Three Chorales 
O'Meara, Rich                                       Restless
Schmitt, Matthias                                  Ghanaia
Sejourne, Emmanuel                            Nancy
Spencer, Julie                                       After  the Storm
Zeltsman, Nancy                                   Four-Mallet Marimba Playing
Zivkovic, Nebojsa J.                             Funny Mallets, Book 1
 
Vibraphone:
Bach, J. S.                                              Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin
Burton, Gary                                          Four-Mallet  Studies
Friedman, David                                    Vibraphone Technique: dampening and pedaling
Friedman, David                                    Mirror from Another
Metzger, Jon                                          The Art and Language of Jazz Vibes
Sejourne, Emmanuel                            Bee
 
Snare:
Smith, Stuart Saunders, ed.                The Noble Snare, vol. 1    4
 
Timpani:
Bergamo, John                                      Four Pieces for Timpani
Cahn, William                                         Raga #1
Kraft, William                                          Variations for King George
Tafoya, John                                          The Working Timpanist's Survival Guide
 
Multiple Percussion:
Cahn, William                                         Partita
Campbell, James                                  Engine Room
Campbell, James                                  Tork
Delancey Charles                                 The Love of L'Histoire
Tagawa, Ricky                                       Inspirations Diabolique
 

Senior Year (Advanced)

Marimba: 4 - 6 solos from the following list 
["IMM" is Intermediate Masterworks for Marimba, published by C.F.  Peters Corporation]
Abe, Keiko                                             Ancient Vase (from 1st collection)
Abe, Keiko                                             Memories of the Seashore (from 1st collection)
Abe, Keiko                                             Prism (from 2nd collection)
Andriessen,  Louis                                Mouse Running (IMM, vol. 2)
Bach, Johann Sebastian                     Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, vol. 1 & 2
Berg, Daniel                                          Over the Moon
Berg, Daniel                                          December
Cangelosi, Casey                                 Rattle and Hum
Carlton,  Jude                                        Tune for Nep (IMM, vol. 2)
Carno, Zita                                             Suite for a Marimba with a Mind of Its Own
Chen,  Yi Jing                                        Marimba (IMM, vol. 2)
Burritt, Michael                                     October Night 
Edwards, Ross                                     Marimba Dances
Espel, Guillo                                          Zamba para escuchar tu silencio
Friedman, David                                    Air Sculpture
Friedman, David (Arr.)                          The Christmas Song (by Mel Torme/Robert Wells)
Friedman, David                                    lzgalom
Friedman, David                                    Trying to Say Good-bye
Friedman, David                                    Valse Binaire
Grom, Ian                                               Quintessence
Haddad, Ed                                            Have You Met Lydia? (IMM, vol. 1) 
Hersch, Fred                                          Chorinho Picante (IMM, vol. 2) 
Hersh, Howard                                     Run!
Hillborg,  Anders                                   Two Pieces for Solo Marimba (IMM, vol. 1)
Jaeger, David                                        Lyrics
Jones, Darren                                       Two Little Movements (IMM, vol. 1)
Kinkelder,  Dolf De                                Touch
Levitan, Daniel                                     Opening Day (mvmt. II from Suite N° 2)
Lorandi, Gaetano                                  Riflessi de Raggi Lunari (IMM, vol. 1) 
Mackey, Steven                                     Beast (IMM, vol. 1)
Metcalf, Joanne                                     Floating and Grooving
Muramatsu, Takatsuga                        Land
Naito, Akemi                                          Memory of the Woods
Netzer, Osnat                                        Taksim (IMM, vol. 1)
Okatani, Kaori                                       Three Colors for Solo Marimba (IMM, vol. 2)
Randall, J. K.                                         Through Lapland (IMM, vol. 2)
Sejourne, Emmanuel                            Katamiya (from Internationale Soli fur Percussion: 7 Stucke fur Marimba)
Simon, Paul                                           Amulet (IMM, vol. 1)
Spencer, Julie                                       Chelsea Window
Spencer, Julie                                       Pink Elisa Spring
Spencer, Julie                                       White Squirrel 
Stasack, Jennifer E.                              Six Elegies Dancing
Stout, Gordon                                        Two Mexican Dances 
Stucky, Steven                                     Dust Devil (IMM, vol. 2) 
Tan, Alvina                                             Danson? (IMM, vol. 1)
Tywoniuk, Derek                                   For Dean Primmer (IMM, vol. 1) 
Ung, Chinary                                         Cinnabar Heart (IMM, vol. 2) 
Wallen, Errollyn                                     Remember, Marimba (IMM, vol. 2) 
Wiener, Ruud                                        Capriccio Cristallino
Yoshioka, Takayoshi                            Suite for Marimba N° 1, 2 & 3
Zeltsman, Nancy                                   Four-Mallet Marimba Playing
Zivkovic, Nebojsa                                 J. 1/ijas
Zivkovic, Nobojsa J.                              Funny Marimba, Book 2
 
Vibraphone:
Bach, J. S.                                              Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin
Deane, Christopher                              Mourning Dove Sonnet
Friedman, David                                    Texas Hoedown
Metzger, Jon                                          The Art and Language of Jazz Vibes
Sejourne, Emmanuel                            Lila
 
Snare:                                                                                                                                                                  
Smith, Stuart Saunders, ed.                The Noble Snare, vol. 1 - 4
 
Timpani:
Bergamo, John                                      Four Pieces for Timpani
Carter, Elliott                                          Eight Pieces for Four Timpani
Tafoya, John                                          The Working Timpanist's Survival Guide
 
Multiple Percussion:
Feldman, Morton                                   The King of Denmark
Xenakis, lannis                                     Psappha
Hollinden, Dave                                    Cold Pressed 
Ruders, Poul                                          Alarm!
Ruders, Poul                                          Cha Cha Cha
Ruders, Poul                                          Towards the Precipice
Stockhausen,  Karlheinz                      Zyklus
 
Orchestral  Instruments and "Accessories" (various levels):
Carroll, Raynor                             Orchestral Repertoire for the Glockenspiel (Vol. 1&2)
Carroll, Raynor                             Orchestral Repertoire for the Xylophone (Vol. 1&2)
Carroll, Raynor                             Orchestral Repertoire for the Bass Drum and Cymbals
Carroll, Raynor                             Orchestral Repertoire for the Tambourine, Triangle and Castanets
Denov, Sam                                           Art of Playing Cymbals
Grover/Whaley                                       The Art of Tambourine and Triangle Playing
Grover/Whaley                                       The Art of Bass Drum and Cymbal Playing
Grover/Whaley                                       The Art of Percussion Accessory Playing
Payson, Al                                              Techniques of Playing Bass Drum, Cymbals, and Accessories
 
 

JAZZ STUDIES - ALL JAZZ INSTRUCTORS

Raffi Garabedian, saxophone
Doug Leibinger, trombone
Randy Vincent, guitar 
Ken Cook, piano 
Andrew Emer, bass 
George Marsh, drums

Ian Carey, trumpet

At the end of each semester, every Jazz Studies major at SSU must perform a "jury" for a panel of faculty. The 10-minute jury performance will consist of one jazz standard from the following list and one item recommended by your private lesson instructor.

The jazz standard may be performed with a live rhythm section or a Jamey Aebersold-style play­ along recording-the melody and chord progression must be memorized.

Drummers must perform their jury with at least two other players.

Your "position" on the list is determined by your projected graduation date-i.e. first semester freshmen start with the first five tunes; a transfer student with a projected 5-semester plan would begin at "2/2." All five tunes from each semester are eligible- the faculty panel will determine which standard to perform.

Freshman Year - 1/1

So What 
Blue Monk
Summertime 
Blue Bossa 
Maiden Voyage

1/2

Take the A Train 
Song for My Father 
All Blues
Footprints 
Cantaloupe Island
 

Sophomore Year - 2/1

Billie's Bounce 
Killer Joe 
Ladybird
The Girl From lpanema 
A Night in Tunisia

2/2

Anthropology 
Autumn Leaves 
Alone Together
Have You Met Miss Jones 
All the Things You Are
 

Junior Year - 3/1

Freddie Freeloader
What is This Thing Called Love? 
Just Friends
How Insensitive
Someday My Prince Will Come

3/2

Stella by Starlight
You and the Night and the Music 
Up Jumped Spring
Body and Soul 
Yesterdays
 

Senior Year - 4/1

'Round Midnight 
Along Came Betty 
Isfahan
Cherokee 
Donna Lee

4/2

Confirmation 
Take Five
Peace (Horace Silver) 
Dolphin Dance
Giant Steps

 

 

VOICE

Lynne Morrow, Professor
Mark Kratz, Instructor
M. Jane Erwin, Instructor
Lee Steward, Instructor

Required and Suggested Music and Texts

Required Music and Texts:

Freshman Requirements:

  • 26 Italian Songs (Med high/Med low), John Glenn Paton, ed.
  • Foundations in Singing by John Glenn Paton
  • One English Anthology
  • The Art of the Song Recital by Shirlee Emmons and Stanley Sonntag Sophomore Requirements: ADD
  • One German anthology
  • One French anthology

All students must have these required music and texts.

Other music will be assigned on an individual basis by the teacher. Each student is responsible for purchasing or locating assigned music for his/her lesson, plus additional copies for the accompanist/coach and the instructor. We strongly advise each student to keep an up-to-date list and notebook of repertoire studied in the lessons. Your repertoire becomes your “portfolio” for auditions and for all singing that you will do in the future.

B.M. in Performance and Music Ed Requirements:

 

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

Fall Semester

Four (4) pieces memorized. Two performed at the Midterm, and two others performed at the Final. Songs can be in any language.

Five (5) new songs. Two (2) in French, two (2) in German, and one (1) in English.

*Students must take Diction in the Fall Semester (French and German)

Six (6) new songs. Representing four (4) languages, and three

(3) eras.

 

*Preparation of music and program notes for Junior Recital

Research and prepare program notes for Senior Recital.

 

No new repertoire required. Prepare recital program notes

Spring Semester

Four (4) pieces

memorized. Two (2) Italian and two (2) in any other language.

*Students must take Diction in the Spring semester (Italian and English)

Five (5) new songs. Representing three

(3) languages, and two (2) eras.

Six (6) new songs. Representing four (4) languages and three

(3) eras.

 

Junior Recital

Senior Recital

 
B.A. Student Requirements:

 

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

Fall Semester

Two (2) pieces memorized. One performed at the Midterm, and both performed at the Final. Songs can be in any language.

Three (3) new songs. One (1) in French, one (1) in German, and one (1) in English.

*Students must take Diction in the Fall Semester (French and German)

Four (4) new songs. Representing three

(3) languages, and three (3) eras.

Research and prepare program notes for Senior Recital.

 

No new repertoire required.

Spring

Three (3) pieces

Three (3) new songs.

Four (4) new songs.

Senior Recital

Semester

memorized. Two (2)

Representing three

Representing three

 

 

Italian and one (1) in

(3) languages, and

(3) languages, and

 

 

any other language.

two (2) eras.

three (3) eras.

 

 

*Students must take

 

 

 

 

Diction in the Spring

 

 

 

 

semester (Italian and

 

 

 

 

English)