We are looking to expand our UIL solo library. What are some of your go-to solos for any instrument? Any level, but especially looking for solid Class 1 solos. Thanks in advance!
Re: Go-to Solos
Posted by Percguy on 4/1/2025, 4:57 pm, in reply to "Go-to Solos"
I went through this project a couple of years ago. Here's what I came up with:
Class 1 Flute Solos Sonata III - Handel (mvts 1 & 2) Sonata IV - Handel (mvts 1 & 2) Sonata VI - Handel (mvts 1, 2 & 3) Sonata IV - Bach (mvts 1 & 2 or 2 & 3) Concerto in G Major - Quantz (1st or 3rd mvmt) Concerto No. 1 in G Major - Mozart (mvt 1 or 3) Ballade - Perlihou Syrinx - Debussy (This requires a VERY good counter - also its unaccompanied) Twelve Fantasies for Flute - Telemann (unaccompanied, play one entire fantasy) Three Romances - Schumann (any 2 mvts) Concertino - Chaminade
Class 2 Flute Solos Sicilienne - Faure (comes from a book called "24 short concert pieces" - kids love it, sounds like harry potter) Siciliano - Bach Telemann Suite in a minor - (class 1 or 2, mvt 2, 3 or 7 is a class 2, overture is a class 1) Sonata II - Handel (play 2 consecutive mvts) Sonata V - Handel (play 2 consecutive mvts) Bourree (from Third Cello Suite) - Bach/Dishinger Second Minuet de L'Arlesienne - Bizet/Cavally (24 Short Concert Pieces) Suite (from Variations for Violin on Themes of Tartini) - Corelli/Dishinger Suite in Bb - Corelli/Maganini (2 contrasting mvts) Sonata in G - Finger Alleluja (from Exultate, Jubilate) - Mozart/Voxman/Block Suite in b minor - Bach (Play Badinerie, Rondeau & Minuett, or Bourree & Minuett) Adagio and Gigue - Loeilelt/Moyse (Flute Music of the Baroque)
Class 3 Flute Solos Menuet in G - Bach/Dishinger Gavotte (from Symphony No. 4) - Boyce/Vedeski Ballet of the Shepherds - von Gluck/Guenther (Flute Solos Level 2) Allegro (from Concerto Grosso) - Handel/Dishinger Menuett - Kuhlau Menuett Paysanne - Mozart Gavotte (from Don Juan) - Gluck Little Jig - Bach Guenther (Flute Solos, Level 2) Melody (from Don Giovanni) - Mozart/Guenther (Flute Solos, Level 2) Spanish Folk Song - Guenther (Flute Solos, Level 2)
Class 1 Oboe Solos Album of Five Pieces - Debussy (play any one, Reverie is the most playable) Concerto Grosso No. 8 in Bb - Handel (play mvts 1 & 2) Sonata No. 2 in g minor - Handel/Arnold (play mvts 1 & 2) (Oboe Solos) Sonata No. 3 in F - Handel/Arnold (play mvts 1 & 2) (Oboe Solos) Concerto in f minor - Telemann (play mvts 1 & 2 or 2 & 3) Elegaic Dance and Presto - Head (play both for class 1, play either one for class 2)
Class 2 Oboe Solos from Concert and Contest Collection: *Sinfonia - Bach/Voxman *Two Minuettos - Bach/Voxman *Menuetto and Presto - Haydn/Voxman *Piece in g minor - Pierne *Andante and Allegro - Loeillet/Voxman Song of India - Rimsky-Korsakov/Jaeger Gavotte (from Symphony No. 4) - Boyce/Vedeski Gavotte - Gossec/Johnson
Class 3 Oboe Solos Menuet in G - Bach/Dishinger Musette - Bach/Dishinger Polovetsian Dance - Borodin/Foster Allegro from Concerto Grosso, Op. 3, No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Gavotte in Rondeau - Lully/Post Gavotte (from Harpsichord Suite No. 5) - Purcell/Vedeski Gavotte and Hornpipe - Purcell/Dishinger
Class 1 Bassoon Solos Es ist Vollbracht - Bach/Schoenbach (Solos for the Bassoon Player) Suite - Corelli/Dishinger Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann - Davis Sicilienne, Op. 78 - Faure/Davis Six Sonatas - Galliard (play 3 mvts from one Sonata) Sonata in f minor - Telemann (mvts 1 & 2 or 3 & 4) Sonata No. 3 in a minor - Vivaldi (play 2 contrasting mvts) Sonata in a minor - Marcello
Class 2 Bassoon Solos Bourree I and II - Bach/Schoenbach (Solos for the Bassoon Player) Bolero - Berlioz/Dishinger Entr'acte from Carmen - Bizet/Schoenbach (Solos for the Bassoon Player) The Earle of Oxford's Marche - Byrd/Dishinger March of a Marionette - Gounod/Walters Largo and Allegro - Marcello/Merriman Gavotte and Hornpipe - Purcell/Dishinger Medici Masterworks, Vol. 1 - Dishinger (play any two) Polovetsian Dances - Borodin/Buchtel Three Pieces from Album for the Young - Schumann
Class 3 Bassoon Solos Medici Masterworks, Vol. 1 - Dishinger (Play any one) Menuet in G - Bach//Dishinger Musette - Bach/Dishinger Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Cantilena - Handel Minuet - Marpurg/Dishinger The Happy Hunter - Paine Asleep in the Deep - Petrie Highland Heather - Siennicki Gavotte (from Harpsichord Suite No. 5) - Purcell/Dishinger
Class 1 Clarinet Solos Selanka, Fibich Sonata I, LeFevre Five Bagatelles, Finzi (Play mvt 1 or 5 plus one other) Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73, Schumann (any 2 mvts) Long Long Ago, Ritter/Shanley First Sonata Op. 120, No. 1 - Brahms (play mvt 1 or any two from 2, 3 or 4) Second Sonata Op. 120, No. 2 - Brahms (play mvts 1 or 3) Andante and Allegro Op. 102 - leFevre/Calliet (play one mvt) Concerto in Bb K. 622 (play any mvt) Introduction, Theme and Variations - von Weber Clarinet Concerto in Bb Major - Stamitz/Smith (play mvt 1 or 3)
Class 2 Clarinet Solos Sonata V - Handel/Ramsay (any 2 mvts) Waltz Fantasy - Mozart/Waln Suite in Bb - Corelli (2 contrasting mvts) Alleluja from Exsultate, Jubilate - Mozart/Voxman Alleluia from Exsultate, Jubliate - Mozart/Heim (easier arrangment than the Voxman) Allegretto, Mozart/Dishinger Divertimento in Bb, Mozart/Bellison (any 2 mvts) A Wessex Pastorale, Stocks/Bonade Solo from String Quartet, Mozart/Willaman Piece in g minor - Pierne Theme and Variations, Haydn/Kaplan Air and Courante, Lully/Kaplan La Villageoise - Rameau/Scarmolin
Class 3 Clarinet Solos Menuet in G - Bach/Dishinger Ancient Minuet - Amani/Hite Five Bagatelles - Finzi (play Carol) Allegro from Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Chanson Moderne - Hovey/Leonard Clouds in Summer - Hovey/Leonard Minuetto - Hovey/Leonard Chrysalis - Langenus Gavotte in Rondeau - Lully/Post Menuet - Marpurg/Dishinger Gavotte and Hornpipe - Purcell/Dishinger
Class 1 Bass Clarinet Solos Adagio and Allegro - Galliard/Merriman Andante and Allegro - Desportes Long Long Ago, Fantasie Op. 12 - Ritter/Shanley Two Rags - Dykstra (play one mvt) Ballade - Bozza Nocturne - Verrall
Class 2 Bass Clarinet Solos Largo and Allegro - Boni/Voxman Orientale - Cui Gavotte from Symphony No. 4 - Boyce/Vedeski Andante and Bourree - Handel/Ayres Largo and Bourree - Handel/Merriman Aquamarine - Karel The Buffoon - Koepke From Concert and Contest Collection: *Romance and Troika - Prokofiev/Hummel/Voxman *Sarabande and Bourree - Bach/Hervig/Voxman *Largo and Allegro - Loeillet/Voxman *Mosaic - Walthrew/Voxman *Two Russian Pieces - Kalinikoff/Voxman
Class 3 Bass Clarinet Solos Menuet in G - Bach/Dishinger Musette - Bach/Dishinger Two Hungarian Songs - Bartok/Porter Brahms Variations - Brahms/Goldberg Novelette - Erickson/Goldberg Bouree and Menuet - Hasse/Ayres Asleep in the Deep - Petrie/Buchtel Deep River - Weber Rigaudon from Pieces de Clavecin - Rameau/Dishinger Gavotte in Rondeau - Lully/Post
Class 1 Alto Sax Solos Three Romances - Schumann - play two movements Rumba - Whitney Slavonic Fantasy - Heumann Sicilienne and Allegro - Bach/Teal (Solos for the Alto Sax Player) Sonata - Eccles (play mvts 1, 2 & 4) Adagio and Allegro - Handel/Gee Sonata No. III - Handel/Rascher (play three mvts) Sonata No. XIII - Handel/Rascher (play two mvts) Sonata - Heiden (play one mvt) Sonata No. 5 - Platti/Hervig (play all)
Class 2 Alto Sax Solos Honor and Arms - Handel Air and Dance - Corelli Aria - Bozza Arioso - Bach/Kent Oxen Minuet - Haydn/Rascher Sonata - Loeillet Belwin Master Solos Intermediate: *Honor and Arms *The Cuckoo *Fanfare and March Master Solos Intermediate Level: *Adagio and Giga *Adagio and Allegro *Allegro Scherzoso
Class 3 Alto Sax Solos Fantango - Buchtel Minuet - Bach/Rascher The Cabalero - Burgstahler Baroque Suite - Handel/Merriman (play two mvts) Cantilena - Handel/Buchtel La Villageoise - Rameau/Scarmolin Hunters Chorus from Freischutz - von Weber/Rascher Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger
Class 1 Tenor Sax Solos Two Bourrees - Bach/Teal (Solos for the Tenor Sax Player) Pastorale and Bourree - German/Voxman Adagio and Allegro - Handel/Gee Sonata No. 5 - Handel/Ephross (play all) Adagio and Allegro - Loeillet/Voxman Gigue - Aubert
Class 2 Tenor Sax Solos Canon in D - Pachelbel/Ramsay Arioso from Cantata No. 156 - Bach/Kent Bourree from Third Cello Suite - Bach/Dishinger Gavotte and Bourree - Bach/Rascher Romance and Troika - Prokofiev/Hummell Adagio and Giga - Loeillet/Merriman
Class 3 Tenor Sax Solos Novelette - Buchtel March of a Marionette - Gounod/Walters Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Gavotte and Hornpipe - Purcell/Dishinger Rigaudon from Pieces de Clavecin 1724 - Rameau/Dishinger Rondo from Divertimento No. 11 - Mozart/Dishinger
Class 1 Bari Sax Solos Sonata - Eccles (play mvts 1, 2 and 4) Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann - Davis Suite - Corelli/Dishinger Recitative and Rondo - Koepke Undercurrent - Long Andante and Allegro - Marcelo/Voxman Three Pieces from Album for the Young - Schumann/Davis (Play all)
Class 2 Bari Sax Solos Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann - Ostransky Sarabande and Gigue - Corelli/Voxman Russian Sailor's Dance - Gliere/Hurrell Contest Etude No. 1 - Ostransky La Villageoise - Rameau/Scarmolin Three Pieces from Album for the Young - Schumann/Davis (Play mvts 1 & 2 or 2 & 3)
Class 3 Bari Sax Solos Menuet in G - Bach/Dishinger Musette - Bach/Dishinger Gavotte form Symphony No. 4 - Boyce/Vedeski Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Gavotte in Rondeau - Lully/Post Forty Fathoms - Walters Gavotte and Hornpipe - Purcell/Dishinger Walzer - Grieg/Rascher Class 1 Trumpet Solos All'Antica - Goyens Andante et Allegro - Ropartz Badinage - Bozza Ode for Trumpet - Reed Concerto - Haydn - 1st movement is playable, long, but playable Aria con Variazioni - Handel/Fitzgerald Concert Etude - Goedicke Suite - Gibbons/Cruft (play three mvts) Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Hummell/Ghitalia (play mvt 1 or 3) Concerto in Eb - Neruda (play mvts 1 & 2 or 2 & 3)
Class 2 Trumpet Solos Honor and Arms - Handel A Trumpeter's Lullaby - Anderson Petite Piece Concertante - Balay Tarantelle - Barrow Suite - Corelli/Dishinger Allegro from Trio No. 18 - Druchetzky/Dishinger Italian Suite - Fitzgerald (play mvt 1, 3 or 4) Conversation for Cornet - Grundman Cantilena - Handel/Buchtel Mozart Sonatina - Mozart/Ernst Purcell Suite - Purcell/Fitzgerald (play Intrada and March, or Rondo) Bouree in the Style of Handel - Smith Contempora Suite - Young Adagio and Allegro Marziale - Handel/Fitzgerald
Class 3 Trumpet Solos Musette from Anna Magdalelna Notebook - Bach/Dishinger Medici Masterworks Vol. 1 (Play any one) Romance Melody - Glinka/Schuman Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger The Valiant - Pelz Gavotte in Rondeau - Lully/Post Trumpet Stars (2 volumes, play any 1)
Class 1 Horn Solos En Irlande - Bozza Rondo in Bb - Cooke Reveries Op. 24 - Glazounow (Solos for the Horn Player) Pavane pour une Infante de'funte - Ravel (Solos for the Horn Player) Nocturno Op. 7 - Struss/Franz Concerto No. 1 in D (transposed to Eb) - Mozart/Sansone (play 2 mvts) Concerto No. 3 - Mozart (play first or last mvt)
Class 2 Horn Solos Solo Sounds for French Horn Levels 3-5, vol. 1: *Andromeda *Hornpipers Dance *Allelulia from Exultate, Jubilate *Melodies from Der Freischutz Honor and Arms - Handel/Kaisershot Gavotte from Symphony No. 4 - Boyce/Vedeski Suite - Corelli/Dishinger Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Hornpipe - Handel/Ployhar
Class 3 Horn Solos Musette from Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook - Bach/Dishinger The Hunt - Ployhar Gavotte from Harpsichord Suite No. 5 - Purcell/Vedeski Rigaudon from Pieces de Clavecin 1724 - Rameau/Dishinger Medici Masterworks Vol. 1 (play any one)
Class 1 Trombone Solos Sonata in F - Telemann - Mvt 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 Ballade - Bozza Sonata in F - Corelli Andante et Allegro - Barat Sonata No. 1 - Galliard Sonata No. 6 - Galliard Concert Rondo - Mozart/Ernst Morceau Symphonique - Guilmant Sonatina - Jones Concertino - Ostransky
Class 2 Trombone Solos Honor and Arms - Handel Arioso and Caprice - Barnes Turquoise - Vandercook Garnet - Vandercook Diamond - Vandercook Mozart Sonatina - Mozart/Ernst Prelude and Minuet - Corelli/Powell Gavotte from Symphony No. 4 - Boyce/Vedeski March of a Marionette - Gounod/Walters Lyric Suite - Grieg/Dishinger Andante and March - Fox
Class 3 Trombone Solos Mediatation - Bkaleinikoff (will also work for Euph) Ruby - Vandercook Emerald - Vandercook Medici Masterworks Vol. 1 (play any one) Menuet in G - Bach/Dishinger Saraband - Handel/Barr King's Jester - Harris Gavotte in Rondeau - Lully/Post Rigaudon - Rameau/Dishinger
Class 1 Bass Trombone Solos Trigger Treat - Hoffman The Big Horn - Hoffman Concertino Basso - Lieb\ Sonata No. 1 - Galliard Sonata No. 6 - Galliard Concerto in One Movement - Lebedev/Ostrander Suite for Tuba - Haddad (play all)
Class 2 Bass Trombone Solos Dramatique - Solomon Ride of the Valkyries - Wagner/Uber Way Down Blues - Armitage Suite for Tuba - Haddad (play mvt 1 or 3)
Class 1 Euph Solos Beautiful Colorado - Tough, but good Sonata in F - Telemann - Mvt 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 Introduction and Dance - Barat Andante et Allegro - Barat Andante and Allegro - Ropartz Sonata No. 1 - Galliard Sonata No. 6 - Galliard Suite for Baritone - Haddad (play mvts 1 & 2 or 2 & 3) Largo and Allegro - Marcello/Merriman Five Pieces in Folk Style - Schumann/Davis (play mvts 1 & 2)
Class 2 Euph Solos Honor and Arms - Handel Sweet Betsy Suite - Haack Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann - This used to be a class 1, but it's a VERY hard class 2 now. Mozart Sonatina - Mozart/Ernst Arioso and Caprice - Barnes Polovetsian Dances - Borodin/Conley Prelude and Minuet - Corelli/Powell Suite - Corelli/Dishinger Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Elena Polka - Kiefer Gavotte and Hornpipe - Purcell/Dishinger
Class 3 Euphonium Solos Menuet in G - Bach/Dishinger Air from Comus - Arne/Little Country Dance - Haydn/Stouffer Gavotte in Rondeau - Lully/Post Rigaudon - Rameau/Dishinger Jupiter - Buchtel
Class 1 Tuba Solos Concertpiece - Painpare' Concertpiece No. 1 - Vaughn Lento - Holmes Suite for Tuba - Haddad (play all) Concertino for Tuba and Band - Bencriscutto Variations for Tuba and Piano - Frackenpohl (difficult but fun) Ricercar - Gabrielli/Morris Tuba Rhapsody - Grundman Sonata No. 1 - Marcello/Little Introduction and Dance - Barat
Class 2 Tuba Solos Honor and Arms - Handel Larghetto and Allegro - Handel/Little The Nervous Turkey Rag - Barnes Gavotte from Symphony No. 4 - Boyce/Vedeski Heart Victorious - Carissimi Largo and Presto - Marcello Colossus - Vandercook Tarantelle - Walters
Class 3 Tuba Solos Air from Comus - Arne/Little Menuet in G - Bach/Dishinger Musette - Bach/Dishinger Haydn Medley - arr. Bell In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg/Holmes Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4 - Handel/Dishinger Gavotte in Rondeau - Lully/Post Gavotte and Hornpipe - Purcell/Dishinger
Re: Go-to Solos
Posted by Interesting on 4/2/2025, 9:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Go-to Solos"
That looks like a full compilation of all the lists Bald Eagle has posted over the years.
Re: Go-to Solos
Posted by Percguy on 4/3/2025, 11:57 am, in reply to "Re: Go-to Solos"
I definitely used the Yellow Board as a source in compiling this.
Re: Go-to Solos
Posted by Ken Dore on 4/1/2025, 3:32 pm, in reply to "Go-to Solos"
I love the Kendor recital solo books for class 3. Their other books are pretty good for class two, but some of them are a little advanced for 2's in my opinion.
