Repertoire Suggestions - High School/Early College​

Etudes/Studies

  • Marcel Moyse - De la Sonorite (Leduc)
  • Marcel Moyse - Tone Development Through Interpretation  
  • Taffanel/Gaubert - 17 Big Daily Exercises (Leduc)
  • Walfrid Kujala - Vade Mechem, 2nd edition (Progress Press)
  • Andersen Etudes - Opus 30, 33, 15, 41, 63 (online)
  • Berbigieur - 18 Etudes (online)
  • Chris Potter – Flute Aerobics
  • Gariboldi & Kohler Etudes (online)
  • Filas - High Register Studies
  • Trevor Wye - Omnibook (especially Articulation and Tone)
  • Robert Dick - Tone Development Through Extended Techniques
  • Robert Dick - Flying Lessons
  • Trevor Wye - A Piccolo Practice Book (Novello)

High School/Early College Repertoire

Baroque
  • J.S. Bach - Sonatas (Bärenreiter, Henle, or Peters)
  • Handel - Sonatas (Bärenreiter)  
  • Telemann - 12 Fantasies (Bärenreiter)
  • Telemann - Suite in A minor

Classical
  • Mozart - Concerto in G, Concerto in D (Novello or International)  
  • Pergolesi - Concerto in G Major (International)
  • Quantz - Concerto in G Major

Romantic/French
  • Fauré - Morceau de concours
  • Collection: L. Moyse - Flute Music by French Composers (Schirmer) - start with Faure, Chaminade, Taffanel, Enesco

20th Century
  • Muczynski -3 Preludes (Schirmer)
  • Burton - Sonatina (Carl Fischer)
  • Poulenc - Sonata
  • Hindemith - Sonate
  • Gordeli - Concerto (Progress Press)
  • Griffes - Poem
  • Prokofiev - Sonata (International)
  • Bloch - Suite Modale (Broude)
  • Rutter - Suite Antique (Oxford)
  • Taktakishvili - Sonata

Solo Collections (Intermediate)
  • Donald Peck - Solos For Flute: 36 Repertoire Pieces (Carl Fischer)

Orchestral Excerpts
  • ​Baxtresser - Orchestral Excerpts for Flute (Presser)
  • Wellbaum - Orchestral Excerpts for Piccolo (Presser)

For Beginners
For younger students:
  • Abracadabra Flute (with CD)
  • A Tune a Day (oldie, but a classic!)
  • George & Louke - Flute 101
  • Guenther - First Book of Practical Studies
  • Pearce & Gunning - The Really Easy Flute Book  
  • Goodwin - The Fife Book (to go with the Yamaha fife)

Duets:
  • Keith Snell - Belwin Master Duets, Book 1, Easy
  • Rubank Duets - both volumes (Intermediate & Advanced)​