Band Method Book and Solo Repertoire List

Flute
● Method Books
○ Rubank Method (easy to advanced)
○ Practical Studies for Flute by Ralph Guenther (easy to advanced)
○ Foundation to Flute Playing by Ernest Wagner (easy to advanced)
○ Twenty-five Romantic Etudes by Ernesto Kohler (intermediate to advanced)
○ Top Register Studies for Flute: 90 Melodious Studies (intermediate to advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Scherzino by Joachim Anderson
■ Sonata in F Major, first movement (Vivace) by Georg Frideric Telemann
○ Advanced high school
■ Fantasie by Gabriel Faure
■ Romance by Georges Brun
■ Sonata by Sergei Prokofiev
■ Adagio in E Major by Wolfgang Mozart arr. Robert Stallman
■ Sonata by Robert Muczynski

Clarinet
● Method Books
○ Rubank Method (easy to advanced)
○ Practical Studies for Clarinet by Nilo Hovey (easy to advanced)
○ Melodious and Progressive Studies by David Hite (easy to advanced)
○ Complete Method for Clarinet by Carl Baermann (intermediate to advanced)
○ 32 Etudes for Clarinet by Cyrille Rose (advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Aria Grazioso by Wolfgang Mozart arr. Harry Gee
■ Aria Minuetto by Wolfgang Mozart, arr. Thomas Ayres
○ Advanced high school
■ Concerto No. 3 in Bb by Carl Stamitz
■ Clarinet Concerto K. 622 (1st or 3rd movements) by Wolfgang Mozart
■ Suite in Bb by Arcangelo Corelli
■ Solo de Concours by Andre Messager
■ Concertino for Clarinet by Carl Maria von Weber
Oboe
● Method Books
○ Rubank Method (easy to advanced)
○ Gekeler Method for Oboe by Kenneth Gekeler (easy to advanced)
○ Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe John Ferrillo (advanced)
○ 48 Famous Studies by Wilhelm Ferling (advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Sonata in A Minor by Georg Philipp Telemann
■ Sonata for Oboe and Piano by Saint-Saëns
■ Theme from Jane Eyre by Paul Reade
○ Advanced high school
■ Concertino K370 for Oboe and Piano by Wolfgang Mozart
■ Oboe Concerto in C major by Joseph Haydn
■ Three Romances by William Schumann
■ Oboe Concerto by Darius Milhaud

Alto Saxophone
● Method Books
○ Rubank Method (easy to advanced)
○ 50 Etudes for saxophone by Guy Lacour (easy to intermediate)
○ 25 Daily Exercises for Saxophone by Hyacinth Klose (intermediate to advanced)
○ Top Tones for Saxophone by Sigurd Rascher (advanced)
○ 48 Famous Studies by Wilhelm Ferling (advanced)
● Jazz Methods
○ Jazz Conception for Alto Saxophone - 21 Etudes by Jim Snidero
○ Patterns for Jazz (treble clef) by Jerry Coker
○ Scales for Jazz Improvisation by Dan Haerle
○ Charlie Parker Omnibook (Eb instruments) - (very advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Arioso by J.S. Bach arr. Eugene Rousseau
■ Sicilienne by Pierre Lanitier
■ Aria by Jacques Ibert
○ Advanced high school
■ Chanson et Passepied by Jeanine Rueff
■ Sonata by Bernhard Heiden
■ Concerto by Alexander Glazunov
 ■ Sonata by Paul Creston
■ Concertino da Camera by Jacques Ibert

Tenor Saxophone
● Method Books
○ Rubank Method (easy to advanced)
○ 25 Daily Exercises for Saxophone by Hyacinth Klose (intermediate)
○ 50 Etudes for saxophone by Guy Lacour (easy to intermediate)
○ Jazz Conception by Jim Snidero (intermediate to advanced)
○ Patterns for Jazz for treble clef instruments by Jerry Coker (intermediate to advanced)
○ Top Tones for Saxophone by Sigurd Rascher (advanced)
○ 48 Famous Studies by Wilhelm Ferling (advanced)
● Jazz Methods
○ Jazz Conception for Tenor Saxophone - 21 Etudes by Jim Snidero
○ Patterns for Jazz (treble clef) by Jerry Coker
○ Scales for Jazz Improvisation by Dan Haerle
○ Charlie Parker Omnibook (Bb instruments) - (very advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ And Everything is Still by Andy Scott
■ Solos for the Tenor Saxophone Player by Larry Teal
○ Advanced high school
■ Diversions by Morton Gould
■ Fantasia by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Bassoon
● Method Books
○ Rubank (easy to advanced)
○ Weissenborn’s Method for Bassoon by Julius Weissenborn (intermediate to advanced)
○ Weissenborn’s 50 Advanced Studies (advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Polichinelle by Karol Rathaus
■ Sonata in G Minor by Henry Eccles arr. Leonard Sharrow
○ Advanced high school
■ Six Sonatas by John Ernest Galliard Volume 1 (Sonata #1)
■ Concerto in F Major by Carl Maria von Weber
■ Concerto in Bb Major by Wolfgang Mozart
Trumpet
● Method Books
○ Rubank Method (easy to advanced)
○ Technical Studies by H.L. Clarke (easy to advanced)
○ Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method (similar to H.L. Clarke book)
○ The Arban Method (easy to advanced)
○ Lip Flexibilities by Bai Lin (easy to advanced)
○ 36 Etudes Transcendantes by Theo Charlier (medium/advanced)
○ Vingt Etudes (20 Etudes) by Marcel Bitsch (advanced)
● Jazz Methods
○ How to Play Jazz & Improvise Volume 1 by Jamey Aebersold
○ Jazz Conception for Trumpet - 21 Etudes by Jim Snidero
○ Scales for Jazz Improvisation by Dan Haerle
○ Charlie Parker Omnibook (Bb instruments) - (very advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Intrada by Otto Ketting
■ The Maid of the Mist by H.L. Clarke
■ Trumpeter’s Lullaby by Leroy Anderson.
○ Advanced high school
■ Joseph Haydn’s Concerto
■ Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Concerto
■ Prelude et Ballade by Guillaume Balay

French Horn
● Method books
○ First Book of Practical Studies by Robert Getchell (easy)
○ Pottag-Hovey Method for French Horn (easy)
○ Embouchure Builder for Horn by Joseph Singer (easy to advanced)
○ Kopprasch - 60 Selected Studies for French Horn (intermediate)
○ Melodious Studies for French Horn by Erwin Miersch (intermediate)
○ Kopprasch Studies Book 2 (advanced)
○ 48 Etudes by Verne Reynolds (advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Sonata by Franz Danzi
○ Advanced high school
■ Concerto no. 1 by Richard Strauss
 ■ Concerto no. 1 by Wolfgang Mozart
■ Concerto no. 3 by Wolfgang Mozart

Trombone
● Method Books
○ Rubank Method (easy to advanced)
○ Melodious Etudes by Joannes Rochut books 1 and 2 (easy to intermediate)
○ Studies in Legato by Reginald H. Fink (easy to intermediate)
○ First Book of Practical Studies by Gerald Bordner book 1 and 2 (easy to intermediate),
○ Arban Method for Trombone or Baritone (easy to advanced))
○ Walter Beeler Method book 1 and 2 (easy to advanced)
○ 24 Etudes by Ernst Paudert (advanced)
○ Advanced Etudes by Tommy Pederson (advanced)
○ Intermediate Level Clef Studies by Ralph Sauer (good for learning different clefs)
● Jazz Methods
○ How to Play Jazz & Improvise Vol 1 (bass clef) by Jamey Aebersold
○ Jazz Conception for Trombone - 21 Etudes by Jim Snidero
○ Scales for Jazz Improvisation by Dan Haerle
○ Charlie Parker Omnibook (Bass clef) - (very advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Solos for the Trombone Player by Henry C. Smith
○ Advanced high school
■ Sonatina by Kazimierz Serocki
■ Concerto in F minor by George Handel
■ Romance by Carl Maria von Weber
■ Sonata in A Major by Arcangelo Corelli (very advanced)
■ Concertino for Trombone by Lars-Erik Larsson (very advanced)

Euphonium
● Method Books
○ Daily Routines for Euphonium by Steven Mead (easy to intermediate)
○ New Concert Studies book 1 and 2 by Steven Mead (easy to advanced)
○ Selected Studies for Baritone by H. Voxman (easy to intermediate)
○ 24 Etudes for trombone (or euphonium) by Ernst Paudert (advanced)
○ Advanced Etudes for trombone (or euphonium) by Tommy Pederson (advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 for trombone (euphonium) by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 for trombone (euphonium) by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
 ■ Introduction and Dance by J.E. Barat
■ Andante by Felix Mendelssohn
○ Advanced high school
■ Andante and Allegro by J.E. Barat
■ Sonata by Ernst Galliard

Tuba
● Method Books
○ First book of practical studies for Tuba by Robert Getchall (easy to intermediate)
○ Melodious Etudes for Tuba by Johannes Rochut (intermediate to advanced)
○ Blazevich Studies for Tuba Vol 1 (intermediate to advanced)
○ Complete method for tuba by J.B. Arban (intermediate to advanced)
○ Advanced Studies for Tuba by H.W. Tyrell (advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Belwin Master Solos Volume 1 by Keith Snell
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ In the Hall of the Mountain King by Greig, arr G.E. Holmes
■ Air and Bouree - J.S. Bach, edited by William J. Bell
■ Piece for Tuba by Lucinda Larence
○ Advanced high school
■ Andante and Rondo by Antonio Capuzzi
■ Suite for Tuba by Don Haddad
■ Concertino for Tuba by James Curnow
■ Sonata for Tuba by Thomas eversdorf
■ Sonata for Tuba by Paul Hindmeth

Snare Drum
● Method Books
○ Simple Steps to Snare by Anthony Cirone
○ 40 Essential Rudiments by Vic Firth
○ Stick Control for the Snare Drummer by George Lawrence
○ Portraits in Rhythm by Anthony Cirone
○ Twelve Studies for Snare Drum by Jacques Delecluse
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ 15 Progressive Snare Drum Solos by Jason Baker
■ 15 Modern Contest Solos by John Pratt
■ 50 Snare Drum Etudes by Alexander Lepak
■ Intermediate Snare Drum Studies by Mitchell Peters
■ Portraits in Rhythm by Anthony Cirone
 ○ Advanced high school
■ Recital Solos for Snare Drum by Garwood Whale
■ 3 Dances for Snare by Warren Benson
■ Recital Suite by Guy Gauthreaux
■ Recital Suite for Solo Snare Drum by William Shinstine

Marimba
● Method Books
○ Elementary Marimba and Xylophone Method by Al Payson (easy to intermediate)
○ Fundamental Methods for Mallets by Mitchell Peters (easy to intermediate)
○ Fundamental Studies for Mallets by Garwood Whaley (easy to intermediate)
○ Contemporary Etudes for 3 and 4 Mallets by Karen Pershing
○ Compendium of 4-Mallet Techniques by Wessela Kostowa & Mark Giesecke (intermediate
to advanced)
○ Advanced Progressive Etudes by David Kovins (advanced)
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Classic Festival Solos Volume 1 (mallet percussion) by Jack Lamb
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Masterpieces for Marimba (2 mallets) by Thomas McMillan
■ Recital Pieces for Mallets (2, 3, or 4 mallets) by Garwood Whaley
■ Funny Mallets (4 mallets) by Jovan Zivkovic
■ Impressions on Wood (4 mallets) by Julie Davilla
■ Marimba: Technique through Music by Mark Ford (4 mallets)
○ Advanced high school
■ Memories of the Seashore by Keiko Abe
■ Reflection on Nature of Water by Jacob Druckman
■ October Night by Michael Burritt
■ Dance of Earth and Fire by Peter Klatzow

Timpani
● Method Books
○ Modern Method for Timpani by Saul Goodman
● Solo Repertoire
○ Easy middle school
■ Big Kettles by John Beck
■ First Recital Series: Timpani by Hal Leonard
○ Advanced middle school or beginning high school
■ Exercises, Etudes and Solos for Timpani by Raynor Carroll
■ Fundamental Solos for Timpani by Mitchell Peters
■ Pedal to the Kettle by Kirk Gay
■ The Solo Timpanist by Vic Firth
■ Twelve Solo Etudes for the Advanced Timpanist by Stanley Leonard
○ Advanced high school
■ Partita for Solo Timpani by Carlos Chavez
■ Tangents by James Campbell
■ Prelude for Four Timpani by Christopher Deane
■ Six Concert Pieces for Solo Timpani by Bill Cahn