Etudes
Solos
Chamber
Orchestral Parts/Excerpts
Objectives
Promotion
- Barboteau: 20 Etudes Concertantes
- Bitsch: 12 Studies
- Falk: 20 Atonal Studies
- Gallay: 12 Etudes Brilliantes op. 43
- Hackleman: Low Horn Etudes
- Maxime-Alphonse: Book 4
- Rochut: Melodious Etudes, Book 2
- Schuller: Studies for Unaccompanied Horn
Solos
- Atterberg: Concerto
- Bowen: Sonata
- Dukas: Villanelle
- Gallay: 12 Grand Caprices , Op. 32
- Hindemith: Alto Horn Sonata
- Poulenc: Elegy
- Reynolds: Partita
- Saint-Saens: Morceau de Concert
- Telemann: Horn Concerto
- Wilder: Horn Sonata No. 3
Chamber
- Brahms: Trio
- Hindemith: Sonata for Four Horns
Orchestral Parts/Excerpts
- Mahler
- Ravel
- Schumann
- Strauss
Objectives
- Average 12 hours of weekly practice/study
- Develop original warm up routine
- Transposition in all keys
- E1 to D6
- Complete knowledge of just intonation
- Musical refinement and technique approaching professional levels
- Compete in a professional orchestra audition
- Perform a full recital program
- Understanding of different musical periods and styles and ability
- Ability to clearly articulate and teach learned concepts
- Mastery of mindfulness and mental toughness techniques
- Participate in a major summer music festival
Promotion
- Scales: Major, Chromatic, Minor (natural, harmonic and melodic)
- Perform half recital program
- Advance ROPA orchestra
- Sublist ICSOM orchestra