I'm in a position where I need to decide on solos and ensembles for our brass students.
What are some of your go-to:
Class 1 and 2 brass solos
Class 1 brass ensembles
Re: S&E - Brass
Posted by Bald Eagle - Ensembles on 11/14/2022, 6:59 pm, in reply to "S&E - Brass"
Trumpet Trio: Class 1 Air and Variations - Handel/Goldman Earl of Oxford's Marche - Byrd/Dishinger Fantasia for Three - Gibbons/Clark Three by Three - Jones
Trumpet Quartet Class 1 Baroque Suite - Dishinger (Play three or more mvts) Festival Prelude - Johnson Four Trump - Rugolo Canzon Cornetto - Scheidt/Jones
Horn Quartet Class 1 Earl of Oxford's Marche - Byrd/Dishinger Four Hornsmen - Bennett Suite for Four Horns - McKay (play one slow and one fast mvt) Cornucopia - Hoffman
Trombone Trio Class 1 Earl of Oxford's Marche - Byrd/Dishinger Fugue, Op. 68 - Schumann Suite for Three Trombones - Handel/Ostrander (play 2 mvts) Elijah Favorites - Hall
Trombone Quartet Class 1 Suite for Trombones - Butts Bartok for Trombones - Bartok/Siekmann
Tuba/Euph Quartet Class 1 Brass Tacks - Niehaus A Whale's Tale - Niehaus Ronde and Salterelle - Susato/Winter
Brass Quartet Class 1 Brass Quartet No. 1 Whitney Canzon Seconda Frescobaldi/Smit Canzona per Sonare No. 2 Gabrielli/King Toccata Haines
Brass Quintet Class 1 Largo and Finale - Dvorak Carmen Suite Bizet/Holcombe (play Prelude Act 1 & Habanera or Carmen Fantasia) Early Morning on the Water Bartholomew Peacherine Rag Joplin/McLeod Sonata from Die Bankelsangerlieder Anonymous/King From the Canadian Brass Book of Advanced Quintets: Three Elizabethan Madrigals Trumpet Voluntary
Brass Sextet Class 1 March and Fanfare Purcell/Barnes Bartok for Brass Bartok/Siekmann Russian Sailors Dance Gliere/Siekmann From the book Brass Recital for Brass Sextet: The Earl of Oxfords Marche Canzone No. 4
Re: S&E - Brass
Posted by OP on 11/16/2022, 9:13 am, in reply to "Re: S&E - Brass"
Thanks so much!
Re: S&E - Brass
Posted by Bald Eagle - solos on 11/14/2022, 6:42 pm, in reply to "S&E - Brass"
Trumpet Class 1: All 'Antica - Goeyens Andante and Allegro - Ropartz Concert Etude - Goedicke Ode for Trumpet - Reed Suite (play any 3 mvts)- Gibbons/Cruft Introduction and Fantasy - Fitzgerald Petite Piece Concertante - Balay
Trumpet Class 2: A Trumpeter's Lullaby - Anderson Tarantelle - Barrow Suite - Corelli/Dishinger Italian Suite (play mvt. 1, 3 or 4) - Fitzgerald Conversation for Cornet - Grundman Honor and Arms - Handel/Ostrander Mozart Sonatina - Mozart/Ernst Purcell Suite (play Intrada & March or Rondo) - Purcell/Fitzgerald Contempora Suite (play Prelude & Allemande or Sarabande & Gigue)- Young Gavotte (from Harpsichord Suite No. 5) - Purcell/Vedeski
Horn Class 1: En Irlande - Bozza Rondo in Bb - Cooke Nocturno. Op. 7 - Strauss/Franz Morceau de Concert (play mvts 1 & 2 or 2 & 3) - Saint-Saens Concerto No. 1 (play 1st or last mvt) - Mozart Concerto No. 3 (play 1st or last mvt) - Mozart From Solos for the Horn Player: * Reveries - Glazunov * Pavane pour une Infante defunte - Ravel
Horn Class 2: Hornpipe - Handel/Ployhar Allegro from Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Gavotte in Rondeau - Lully/Post Suite in Three Movements - Corelli/Dishinger Romance, Op. 36 - Saint-Saens Celebration for Horn and Piano - Eveland From Solo Sounds for French Horn (Levels 3-5, Vol 1): * Alleluia from Exsultate, Jubilate - Mozart/Ployhar * Andromeda - Beethoven/Poole * Hornpiper's Dance - Forsberg/Johnson * Melodies from "Der Freischutz" - Von Weber/Ployhar
Tenor Trombone Class 1: Andante et Allegro - Barat Sonata No. 1 - Galliard Sonata No. 6 - Galliard Concert Rondo - Mozart/Ernst Morceau Symphonique - Guilmant Sonatina - Jones Haste Ye Shepherds - Bach/Beversdorf
Tenor Trombone Class 2: Arioso and Caprice - Barnes Polovetsian Dance - Borodin/Conley Gavotte and Hornpipe - Purcell/Dishinger Andante and March - Fox Prelude and Minuet - Corelli/Powell Mozart Sonatina - Mozart/Ernst Gavotte from Symphony No. 4 - Boyce/Vedeski Trombone Gems VanderCook Turquiose Garnet Diamond Rubank Book of Trombone/Baritone Solos Carnival of Venice Chartreuse Friends (Waltz Caprice) March of a Marionette Red Canyons Dawn of Spring
Bass Trombone Class 1: Trigger Treat - Hoffman The Big Horn - Hoffman Concertino Basso - Lieb
Bass Trombone Class 2: Dramatique - Solomon Ride of the Valkyries - Wagner/Uber Way Down Blues Armitage
Euphonium Class 1: Largo and Allegro - Marcello/Merriman Andante et Allegro - Ropartz Andante et Allegro - Barat Suite for Baritone (play mvts 1 & 2 or 2 & 3)- Haddad Sonata No. 1 - Galliard Sonata No. 6 - Galliard Morceau Symphonique - Guillmant Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms - Manita/Werden
Euphonium Class 2: Mozart Sonatina - Mozart/Ernst Arioso and Caprice - Barnes Polovetsian Dances - Borodin/Conley Prelude and Minuet - Corelli/Powell Suite in Three Movements - Corelli/Dishinger Allegro from Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Honor and Arms - Handel/Ostrander Elena Polka - Kiefer Gavotte and Hornpipe - Purcell/Dishinger Gavotte from Harpsichord Suite No. 5 - Purcell/Vedeski Rubank Book of Trombone/Baritone Solos March of a Marionette Red Canyons Dawn of Spring Chartreuse
Tuba Class 1: Concertpiece - Painpare Concertpiece No. 1 - Vaughn Ricercar - Gabrielli/Morris Suite for Tuba Haddad (play 1 & 2 or 2 & 3) Lento - Holmes Sonata No. 1 - Marcello/Little
Tuba Class 2: Air and Bourree - Bach/Bell Larghetto and Allegro - Handel/Little The Nervous Turkey Rag - Barnes Gavotte from Symphony No. 4 - Boyce/Vedeski Heart Victorious - Carissimi/Barnes Honor and Arms - Handel/Harvey/Bell Largo and Presto - Marcello Colossus - VanderCook Tarantelle Walters The Salamander - Buchtel
