Suggested Repertoire

This is a very basic repertoire list based on the most common methods, etudes, and solos I give my students. Always choose repertoire from your own skill level and supplement with your favorite pieces. When possible, I included links to free scores online in the public domain via IMSLP.  

Method Books

Beginners

• Flute Fundamentals I -
  Mary Karen Clardy
• Musical Mastery - Kathy Johnson
  PDF download for purchase here​​
• Rubank Elementary Method -
  A. C. Peterson

Intermediate

• Top Register Studies for Flute - Thomas Filas​​
  
• Complete Flute Method - Taffanel and Gaubert
       No. 4 Daily Exercises
            E.J. 1, 2, and 4
• 7 Exercices journaliers pour la flûte, Op.5 - Matheus André Reichert

Advanced

• ​​The Articulate Flutist: Rhythms, Groupings, Turns, and Trills - Walfrid Kujala
• The Flutist's Vade Mecum, Second Edition - Walfrid Kujala
• Complete Flute Method - Taffanel and Gaubert (all)

Etudes

Beginners

• ​​Forty Little Pieces in Progressive Order for Beginner Flutists - Moyse
• 24 Little Melodic Studies - Moyse

Intermediate

• 24 Etudes for Flute, Op.33 - Joachim Andersen
• 18 Etudes for Flute, Op. 41 - Joachim Andersen
• 18 Exercises or Etudes - Tranquille Berbiguier
• 50 Melodic Studies for Flute -
  Jules Demersseman
• The Flutist's Progress, Op. 33 - Ernesto Köhler
       Book 1 and/or Book 2

Advanced

• ​​30 Caprices for Flute Solo, op. 107 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert
• The Flutist's Progress, Op. 33 - Ernesto Köhler
       Book 2 and/or Book 3
• Tango Etudes - Astor Piazzolla

​Solos (Collections and Pieces)

Beginners

• ​​Handel Recorder Sonatas
  Pick a movement(s) or do all
       Vol. 1, Sonata III
       Vol. 2, Sonata V
• Belwin Master Solos for Flute, vol. 1 - Keith Snell
  

Intermediate

• 24 Short Concert Pieces -
       revised Robert Cavally
• Syrinx - Claude Debussy 
• Handel Recorder Sonatas
       Pick a Sonata; all movements
            Volume 1 and Volume 2​​
• Danse de la Chevre - Arthur Honegger
• Sonata - Francis Poulenc
       Movements 1 and 2
• Sonata - Otar Taktakishvilli
  ​     Mvt. 2 only
• Concert and Contest Collection -      H. Voxman

Advanced

• Partita in A minor - J.S. Bach
• Sonatas - J.S. Bach
       E major, E minor, Eb major 
• Image - Eugene Bozza
• Variations on a Theme by Rossini - F. Chopin (also on piccolo)
• ​Sonata - Paul Hindemith
• ​Flute Music by French Composers​​
• Sonata - Francis Poulenc
• La Flute de Pan - Jules Mouquet
• Concerto - W. A. Mozart
       in G major or D major
• Sonata - Otar Taktakishvilli
       Mvts. 1 & 2 or Mvts. 2 &3
• Density 21.5 - Edgard Varese

Orchestra and Band Excerpts

Intermediate

• Flute Fundamentals II -
  ​Mary Karen Clardy​​

Advanced

• Orchestral Excerpts for Flute - Jeanne Baxtresser
  
• Orchestral Techniques for Flute and Piccolo: An Audition Guide and an Inside Look at Symphonic Performance Traditions - Walfrid Kujala​​