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Repertoire

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​​
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