Etude Book and/or Solo Suggestions
(The following list of etude books will provide a representative repertoire suitable for auditions. A student may bring repertoire from other sources. This list serves to provide an example and potential resource from which to choose audition repertoire. For more specific questions, please email music@blinn.edu)
FLUTE
• Flute Etudes Book by Mary Karen Clardy
• Selected Studies for Flute by H. Voxman
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
• Artistic Studies from the French School, Bk. 1 – edited by David Hite (clarinet or bass clarinet)
• Advanced Studies from the Works of Julius Weissenborn, adapted for Alto and Bass Clarinets by William E. Rhoads (bass clarinet only)
Saxophone (all)
• 48 Famous Studies by W. Ferling
• Selected Studies for Saxophone by H. Voxman
Oboe
• 48 Famous Studies by W. Ferling
• Selected Studies for Oboe by H. Voxman
Bassoon
• Practical Method for the Bassoon by J. Weissenborn
• Concert Studies, Opus 26, Volume I, by Milde, ed. by Kovar
Trumpet
Etude books
• Wurm, 40 Studies
• Kopprasch, 60 Studies for Trumpet or Horn
• Charlier, Etudes Transcendantes
• Arban, Characteristic Studies
• H. L. Clarke, Characteristic Studies
Solo Selections
• Kennan, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
• Hindemith, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
• Haydn, Concerto in E flat for Trumpet
• Hummel, Concerto in E-Flat for Trumpet
Horn
• Sixty Selected Studies for horn by Georg Kopprasch
• 40 Studies for horn by Henri Kling
• Solos for the Horn Player, compiled by Mason Jones
Trombone
• Selected Studies for Trombone by H. Voxman
• 24 Studies by Grigoriev/Ostrander
Euphonium
• Selected Studies for Baritone by H. Voxman, publ. Rubank
• 40 Progressive Studies for Trombone by H.W. Tyrell, publ. Boosey & Hawkes
• Studies in Legato by Reginald H. Fink, publ. Carl Fischer
• Melodious Etudes by Joannes Rochut, publ. Carl Fischer
• Solo Repertoire that represents the student’s technical and expressive abilities
Tuba
• 70 Studies for BB flat Tuba by Vladislav Blazhevich, publ. Robert King Music
• 78 Studies for Tuba by Boris Grigoriev, publ. Robert King Music
• 60 Selected Studies for BB flat Tuba by C. Kopprasch, publ. Robert King Music
• Complete Vocalises for Tuba by Giulio Marco Bordogni, pub. Encore Music Publishers
• Solo Repertoire that represents the student’s technical and expressive abilities
Guitar
• RCM (Royal College of Music) Repertoire and Etudes Book 2