Trombone Lessons in Houston, TX

Have you always wanted to learn to play trombone? Do you want your child to have specialized lessons to prepare them for advanced trombone studies? Dr. Berlin teaches trombone lessons in Houston, Texas blending the ideals of Dr. Shinichi Suzuki’s teaching techniques with Emory Remington and Donald Knaub’s performance techniques.

Dr. Berlin Began Teaching Trombone in 1988!

To the parent of children interested in the trombone, I suggest you start them by age ten.  This will ensure that trombone playing becomes a part of their daily routine from which they will not deviate with competing activities vie for their time later in adolescence.  To the older student, I suggest you start today. It is never too late to begin!

Misconceptions

Because of the many remarkable videos available of very young Suzuki students performing advanced repertoire, some people mistakenly believe that Suzuki is a “children’s method” not suitable for later beginners or adults.  This is certainly not the case.  Any person, at any age, with an interest in learning an instrument can thrive under the guidance of a certified Suzuki teacher.

Another misconception is that students are taught by rote and that music reading is not emphasized.  This is also not the case. It is for the pre-literate student that written music is not emphasized.  As the student begins to become a literate person in their primary language (e.g. English), they are introduced to reading in a very natural, developmentally appropriate fashion.

Students are trained to play by ear, not by rote.  The difference may seem subtle to the casual readers, but it is substantial.  Listening and mimicking is a natural process of language acquisition. Ear training is also used for older, literate students.

Principles of Study and Guidance

  1. The student should listen to reference recordings every day… to develop musical sensitivity. Rapid progress depends on this listening.
  2. Tonalization, or the production of beautiful tone, should be stressed in the lesson and at home.
  3. Constant attention should be given to correct posture and proper hand positioning.
  4. Parents and teachers should strive to motivate the [student] so [they] will enjoy practicing correctly at home.

(Excerpted from Suzuki Guitar School, Vol. 1. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Music, 2018, 4.)

The adult or self-motivated adolescent student will naturally not require the same level of external motivation as younger students.  Nevertheless, others in the home should support and encourage the music student’s endeavors.

Preparation for College and Beyond!

For the advanced student, my goal is to present you with repertoire and material suitable for the college and professional level.  When students are ready to apply for college, their life-long dedication will cause them to stand out and be noticed for acceptance and scholarship.  Even if the student does not study music in college, they will be equipped and primed for a life-long relationship with music through their trombone which will never leave them.

The Berlin Method

The only person that really taught “The Suzuki Method” was Dr. Suzuki. There is no “one, true way” to teach an instrument.  Every student is different, and every teacher has their own unique and innovative strengths and strategies for their students. Dr. Berlin’s background, personal study, and scholarship makes his teaching unique in all the world, even with a shared repertoire!

Berlin Trombone Repertoire

Depending on the goals of the student, orchestral excerpts below may be substituted with tunes from one or more “fake books” such as:

  • Fake Book of the World’s Favorite Songs – Over 735 Songs for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Electronic Keyboards and all “C” Instruments (4th Edition), Hal Leonard Corp
  • The Ultimate Jazz Fakebook: Over 625 Standards and Jazz Classics, “C” Edition, For Piano, Vocal, Guitar, and all “C” Instruments, Hal Leonard Corp, 1988, Herb Wong (compiler)
  • The Best Fake Book Ever: Over 1000 Songs: “C” Instruments (4th edition), Hal Leonard Corporation
  • This is the Ultimate Fake Book With Over 1200 Songs: Melody, Lyrics, Chords for all “C” Instruments (Fourth Edition), Hal Leonard Corporation

College

Freshman Year

Tenor Trombone

Methods

  • Slama: 66 Etudes
  • Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book I
  • Edwards: Introductory Studies in Tenor & Alto Clef (Before * Blazevich)

Solo Repertoire

  • Galliard: 6 Sonatas
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto
  • Ropartz: Andante et Allegro
  • Marcello: Sonata I
  • Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique

Orchestral Excerpts*

  • Mozart: Tuba Mirum
  • Berlioz: Hungarian March
  • Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, “Organ” II. Adagio
  • Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
  • Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 1
  • Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

Bass Trombone

Methods

  • Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book I
  • Edwards: Bass Trombone Craft
  • Aharoni: New Method for the Modern Bass Trombone

Solo Repertoire

  • Hindemith: Three Easy Pieces
  • Lieb: Concertino Basso
  • Hasse: Hasse Suite
  • Raph: Rock
  • Liszt/Scholemann: Hosannah

Orchestral Excerpts*

  • Berlioz: Hungarian March
  • Schumann: Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
  • Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 1
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
  • Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
OLD LIST
Freshman Tenor Trombone

* David Concertino 
* St. Saens Cavatine 
* Hindemith Sonata 
* 3 Solos of your choice 

* Rochut – Melodious Etudes, Book I 
* Ernest Miller Studies 
* Fink – Tenor Clef 
* Blume Studies 

Freshman Bass Trombone

* Koester Allegro Maestoso
* Hindemith 3 Easy Pieces
* Handel Sonata in C Minor
* 3 Solos of your choice

* Rochut Melodious Etudes Book 1 (also 8vb)
* Blume/Fink 36 Studies
* Uber/Knaub 30 Etudes
* Kopprasch/Fote Selected Studies

Sophomore Year

Tenor Trombone
Methods

  • Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book 2
  • Blazhevich/Fink: Advanced Musical Etudes for Trombone
  • Bach: Cello Suites

Solo Repertoire

  • Larsson: Concertino
  • Hindemith: Sonata
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto
  • Bernstein: Elegy for Mippy II
  • Marcello: Sonata III
  • Weber: Romance

Orchestral Excerpts*

  • Rossini: La Gazza Ladra
  • Ravel: Bolero
  • Rossini: William Tell Overture
  • Tchaikowsky: Symphony No. 4
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 4
  • Wagner: Tannhauser
  • Rimsky- Korsakov: Scheherezade
  • Bruckner: Symphony No 4

Bass Trombone

Methods

  • Grigoriev: 24 Studies for Bass Trombone
  • Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book 2
  • Gillis: 20 Etudes for Bass Trombone

Solo Repertoire

  • Jacob: Cameos
  • Lebedev: Concerto in One Movement
  • Bach: Cello Suites
  • Deux Danses (Defaye/Knaub)
  • Two Fantasy Pieces (Lassen/Bollinger)
  • Sonata in F Major (Handel/Yeo)

Orchestral Excerpts*

  • Strauss: Ein Heldenleiben
  • Haydn: The Creation
  • Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Rossini: William Tell Overture
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 4
  • Rossini: La Gazza Ladra
  • Rossini: William Tell Overture
OLD LIST
Sophomore Tenor Trombone

* Larsson Concertino 
* Handel f Minor Sonata 
* Serocki Sonatina 
* 3 Solos of your choice 

* Brown – Orchestra Excerpts, Books 1, 2, 3
* Rochut – Melodious Etudes, Book II 
* Bona/Fitch – Rhythmical Articulations (II & III) 
* Slama Etudes 
* Fink – Alto Clef 

Sophomore Bass Trombone

* Stevens Sonatina
* Semler-Collery Barcarolle et Chanson Bachique
* Beethoven/Knaub Judas Maccabaes Variations
* 3 Solos of your choice

* Brown – Orchestra Excerpts, Books 1, 2, 3
* Rochut Melodious Etudes Book 2 (also 8vb)
* Knaub Technical Studies π a la Bone
* Gillis 70 Progressive Studies
* Grigoriev 24 Studies
* Fink Tenor Clef

Junior Year

Tenor Trombone

Methods

  • Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book 3
  • Blazevich: Clef Studies
  • Edwards: Trombone Craft

Solo Repertoire

  • Serocki: Sonatine
  • Sulek: Sonate Vox Gabrieli
  • David: Concertino
  • Martin: Ballade
  • Bozza: Homage a Bach
  • Dutilleux: Choral, Cadence, et Fugato
  • Shostakovich: Four Preludes
  • Wagenseil: Concerto (alto trombone)

Orchestral Excerpts*

  • Rossini: La Gazza Ladra
  • Strauss: Till Eulenspiegal
  • Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 2
  • Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Stravinsky: Firebird
  • Stravinsky: Pulcinella

Bass Trombone
Methods

  • Knaub: Pi a la Bone
  • Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes, Book 3
  • Sixty Etudes for Tuba (Kopprasch/Young)

Solo Repertoire

  • Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
  • New Orleans (Bozza)
  • Concertino (Verhelst)
  • Sonata (Wilder)
  • Sonata in One Movement (Grantham)
  • Concertantes Allegro (Lebedev)
  • Sonata Breve (Hartley)
  • Allegro Maestoso (Koetsier)

Orchestral Excerpts*

  • Mozart: “Kyrie” from Requiem in D minor
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 2
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
  • Strauss: Till Eulenspiegal
  • Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
  • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
  • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
OLD LIST
Junior Tenor Trombone

* Bozza Ballade 
* Tomasi Concerto 
* Casterede Sonata 
* 3 Solos of your choice 

* Brown Orchestral Excerpts Books 4, 5, 6 
* Rochut – Melodious Etudes, Book III 
* Blazevich – Clef Studies 
* Kopprasch 60 Studies 
* Pederson Etudes, Books 1 & 2 

Junior Bass Trombone

* White Tetra Ergon
* Spillman Concerto
* DeFaye/Knaub Deux Danses
* 3 Solos of your choice

* Brown Orchestral Excerpts Books 4, 5, 6
* Schroeder 140 Foundation Studies for Cello Bk 1
* Pederson Etudes for Bass Trombone Books 1 & 2
* Rochut Melodious Etudes Book 3 (also 8vb)

Senior Year
Tenor Trombone
Methods

  • Bitsch: 15 Rhythmical Studies
  • Telemann: 12 Fantasies
  • Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes (review select etudes from each book)

Solo Repertoire

  • Ewazen: Sonata
  • Grondahl: Concerto
  • Creston: Fantasy
  • Arnold: Fantasy
  • Berio: Sequenza V
  • Bourgeois: Concerto
  • Bozza: Ballade
  • Casterade: Sonatine
  • Jacob: Concerto
  • Peaslee: Arrows of Time

Orchestral Excerpts*

  • Rossini: La Gazza Ladra
  • Strauss: Till Eulenspiegal
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 3
  • Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
  • Schumann: Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish” (alto trombone)
  • Mozart: “Kyrie” from Requiem in D minor (alto trombone)
  • Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
  • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
  • Revueltus: Sensemaya

Bass Trombone
Methods

  • Grigoriev: 78 Studies for Tuba
  • Bordogni (Rochut): Melodious Etudes (review select etudes from each book)

Solo Repertoire

  • Gregson: Concerto for Tuba
  • Hidas: Rhapsody
  • White: Tetra Ergon
  • Persichetti: Serenade No. 12 for Tuba
  • Smith/Bollinger: Fancy Free
  • Tomasi: Etre ou ne pas Etre
  • Ewazen: Concerto
  • Frank: Variations on Barnacle Bill the Sailor
  • Gillingham: Sonata

Orchestral Excerpts*

  • Respighi: Fountains of Rome
  • Wagner: Das Rheingold
  • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
  • Frank: Symphony in D minor
OLD LIST
Senior Tenor Trombone

* Creston Fantasy 
* Serocki Concerto 
* Albrechtsberger Concerto 
* 3 Solos of your choice

* Brown Orchestral Excerpts Books 7-12 
* Wagner Orchestral Excerpts
* Telemann Fantasies 
* Bach ‘Cello Suites 
* Blazevich 26 Sequences 
* Pederson Etudes Book 3

Senior Bass Trombone

* Casterede Fantaisie Concertante
* Wilder Sonata for Bass Trombone
* Grantham Concerto
* 3 Solos of your choice

* Brown Orchestral Excerpts Books 7-12
* Wagner Orchestral Excerpts
* Bach Cello Suites (Marsteller edition)
* Blazhevich/Knaub Technical Studies for Tuba
* Pederson Etudes for Bass Trombone Book 3

*Orchestral excerpts are optional depending on the goal of the student.

Lifetime-Learner (Non-Academic) Trombone Track

Students will generally learn six to ten pieces from each. Many of the pieces in the lifetime-learner sequence mirror the RCM Trombone Syllabus. Also consult the UIL Prescribed Music List for leveled repertoire suggestions!

Elementary

Level A

Choose from the following anthologies:

  • Ballent, Andrew. Solos Sound Spectacular
  • Watts, Eugene, ed. Canadian Brass Book of Beginning Trombone Solos
  • Gout, Alan. The Really Easy Trombone Book
  • Hare, Nicholas. The Magic Trombone
  • Herforth, C. Paul. A Tune a Day
  • Kinyon, John, and John O’Reilly. Yamaha Trombone Student

Level B

Lyrical Repertoire

  • Gagnebin, Henri: Sarabande LED
  • Giordani, Giuseppe: Caro mio hen (arr. in First Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)
  • Handel, George Frideric: Saraband (transc. William Gower) RUB
  • Mendelssohn, Felix: Theme from the Italian Symphony [Symphony No. 4] (arr. in First Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)
  • Ravel, Maurice: Pavane pour une infante defunte (arr. Harold L. Walters) RUB
  • Young Trombonist, book 1 (ed. Sidney Lawton) OUP, any two of the following:
    • Lasst uns erfreuen (German chorale, 1623) (no. 5)
    • Ye Banks and Braes (traditional Scottish) (no. 6)
    • Thomas Tallis: Third Mode Melody (no. 7)
    • Philipp Nicolai: Wachet Auf (harm. by JS. Bach) (no. 14)
    • Charles Hubert Hastings Parry: Repton (no. 15)
    • Rhyfelgyrch Capten Morgan (Captain Morgan’s Battle Song, traditional Welsh) (no. 16)
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Theme from the Ninth Symphony (no. 20)
    • Dafydd Y Garreg Wen (David of the White Rock, traditional Welsh) (no. 21)
    • Rocking (traditional Czech) (no. 22)
    • Llwyn On (The Ash Grove, traditional Welsh) (no. 23)
    • Greensleeves (traditional English) (no. 24)

Technical Repertoire

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Minuet (transc. Charles Krane, in Bach (for Trombone] ]SP)
  • Byrd, William: The Earl of Salisbury’s Pavane (arr. John Iveson, in just Brass 1: Trombone Solos, 1 CHS)
  • Verdi, Giuseppe: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, from Nabucco (arr. Nicholas Hare, in Magic Trombone B&H)
  • Warren, David: Danish Dance LUD
    Warren, David: Mantis Dance LUD

Level C

Lyrical Repertoire

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sicilienne (arr. Philippe Rougeron, from Sonata for violin solo in G minor) LED
  • Bakaleinikoff, Vladimir: Meditation BEL
  • Handel, George Frideric: Largo (arr. from Xerxes [Serse]) FIS
  • Hasse, Johann Adolf: Hasse Suite (ed. William Gower) RUB, – 2nd movement: Arietta
  • Wagner, Richard: Walther’s Prize Song (arr. Forrest L. Butchel) KJO
  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Alla Siciliana and Menuet Altemat (arr. in Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)

Technical Repertoire

  • Eichman, Arlen D.: Serial Piece (arr. in First Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)
  • Fleming, Robert: A Musician in the Family CMC
  • Goedicke [ Gedicke], Aleksandr: one solo from Album of Classical Pieces (arr. Allen Ostrander) INT
  • Hasse, Johann Adolf: Hasse Suite (ed. William Gower) RUB, – 1st movement: Passepied
  • Mendelssohn, Felix: If with All Your Hearts, from Elijah (arr. in First Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)
  • Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista: Nina (arr. in First Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)
  • Schubert, Franz: Theme from Symphony No. 5 (arr. in First Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)

Intermediate

Level D

Tenor Trombone

Lyrical Repertoire

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Arioso (arr. in Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)
  • Cowell, Henry: Tom Blinkley’s Tune MEC
  • Handel, George Frideric: Adagio Cantabile (arr. in Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)
  • Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Vocalise (arr. in Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)
  • Schudel, Thomas: Cavatina for Trombone and Piano CMC
  • Schumann, Robert: Traumerei and Romance CUB

Technical Repertoire

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Bourree (transc. Charles Krane, in Bach (for Trombone] JSP)
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Gigue (transc. Charles Krane, in Bach (for Trombone] JSP)
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Pastorale (transc. Charles Krane, in Bach (for Trombone] JSP)
  • Bizet, Georges: Song of the Toreador, from Carmen (arr. Holmes) RUB; CUB
  • Handel, George Frideric: Honor and Arms (arr. from Samson in Handel Solo Album OUP)
  • Handel, George Frideric: That God Is Great (arr. from Chandos anthem That God Is Great in Handel Solo Album OUP)
  • Hasse, Johann Adolf: Hasse Suite (ed. William Gower) RUB, -3rd movement: March
  • Wagenseil, Georg Christoph: Concerto for Trombone, -2nd movement (Use arr. in First Solos for the Trombone Player SCH)

Bass Trombone

Baroque

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Patron of the Wind, from Phoebus and Pan (arr. Allen Ostrander for tuba; EMU)
  • Frescobaldi, Girolamo: Canzoni per basso solo, vol. 1 DOB, Canzona2
  • Handel, George Frideric: Honor and Arms (arr. from Samson in Handel Solo Album OUP)
  • Handel, George Frideric: That God Is Great (arr. from Chandos anthem That God Is Great in Handel Solo Album OUP)

Contemporary

  • Haddad, Don: Suite for Tuba SHA, 1st or 3rd movement
  • Jacob, Gordon: Cameos for Bass Trombone EME, 1st or 2nd movement
  • Miller, Michael R.: Ballad for Bass Trombone and Piano CMC
  • Wilder, Alec: Suite no. 2 for Tuba and Piano MRG. 1st and 2nd movements or 3rd and 4th movements

Level E

Tenor Trombone

Baroque

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Allegro Moderato and Siciliano (transc. Charles Krane, in Bach (for Trombone] ]SP)
  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Six Sonatas for Trombone, vol. 1 (ed. Keith Brown) INT, • Sonata no. 1, 1st, 2nd, and 4th movements
  • Handel, George Frideric: Total Eclipse and Sound an Alarm (arr. in Handel Solo Album OUP)
  • Marcello, Benedetto: Sonata in E minor (arr. Keith Brown) INT, 1st and 4th movements
  • Vivaldi, Antonio: Sonata no. 1 in B flat major, RV 47 (arr. Allen Ostrander) INT, 1st and 4th movements

Contemporary

  • McKay, George Frederick: Concert Solo Sonatine (arr.) BMC, 1st and 2nd movements or 2nd and 3rd movements
  • Nestico, Sammy: Reflective Mood KEN
  • Ostrander, Allen: Concert Piece in Fugal Style EMU
  • Ropartz, Joseph Guy Marie: Andante et allegro (arr. A. Shapiro) FIS
  • Still, William Grant: Romance (arr. Douglas Yeo) INT

Bass Trombone

Baroque

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Air and Bourn~e for Tuba (arr. William]. Bell) FIS
  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Six Sonatas for Trombone, vol. 1 (ed. Keith Brown) INT, Sonata no. 1, 3rd, 4th, and 5th movements
  • Handel, George Frideric: Total Eclipse and Sound an Alarm (arr. in Handel Solo Album OUP)
  • Marcello, Benedetto: Sonata in E minor (arr. Keith Brown) INT, 1st and 4th movements

Contemporary

  • Jacob, Gordon: Cameos for Bass Trombone EME, 3rd and 4th movements or 4th and 5th movements
  • Lieb, Richard: Concertino Basso FIS
  • McCarty, Patrick: Sonata LYC, 1st and 2nd movements or 2nd and 3rd movements
  • McKay, George Frederick: Concert Solo Sonatine (arr.) BMC, 1st and 2nd movements or 2nd and 3rd movements
  • Ostrander, Allen: Concert Piece in Fugal Style (bass trombone edition) EMU
  • Tcherepnin, Alexander: Andante for Tuba or Trombone, op. 64 BLF

Advanced

Level F

Tenor Trombone

Baroque Repertoire

  • Cassadó, Gaspar: Toccata (attrib. Girolamo Frescobaldi) (ed. Keith Brown) INT
  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Six Sonatas for Trombone, vol. 1 (ed. Keith Brown) INT, Sonata no. 2
  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Six Sonatas for Trombone, vol. 1 (ed. Keith Brown) INT, Sonata no. 3
  • Lafosse, Andre: Trois pieces de style LED, 1st and 3rd or 2nd and 3rd movements
  • Marcello, Benedetto: Sonata in A minor (Sonata III, ed. Richard Fote) KEN
  • Marcello, Benedetto: Sonata in G minor (arr. Allen Ostrander) INT

Late Romantic and 20th Century Repertoire

  • Blazhevich, B.M.: Concert Piece no. 5 BEL
  • Cowell, Henry: Hymn and Fuguing Tune AMP
  • Faure, Gabriel: Sicilienne, op. 78 (arr. Keith Brown) INT
  • Guilmant, Alexandre: Morceau Symphonique, op. 88 (arr. E. Falaguerra) WAR
  • Pryor, Arthur: Thoughts of Love (arr. Alain Trudel) DOM; FIS
  • Raum, Elizabeth: Fantasy for Trombone CMC
  • Shostakovich, Dmitri: Four Preludes (arr. Allen Ostrander) EMU, nos. 2 and 4

Bass Trombone

Baroque Repertoire

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Six Suites for Solo Cello (arr. Keith Brown) INT, Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV l008, Prelude
  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Six Sonatas for Trombone, vol. 1 (ed. Keith Brown) INT, Sonata no. 3
  • Telemann, Georg Philipp: Twelve Fantasies (transc. Alan Raph) FIS, Fantasie in C minor (no. 3)
  • Telemann, Georg Philipp: Twelve Fantasies (transc. Alan Raph) FIS, Fantasie in E flat major (no. 7)

Late Romantic and 20th Century Repertoire

  • Henry, Otto: Passacaglia and Fugue KIN
  • Mahler, Gustav: Solo from Symphony No. 3 (arr. Allen Ostrander) EMU
  • Wilder, Alec: Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano MRG, 1st, 4th, and 5th movements

Level G

Tenor Trombone

18th and 19th Century Repertoire

  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Six Sonatas for Trombone, vol. 2 (ed. Keith Brown) INT, Sonata no. 4
  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Six Sonatas for Trombone, vol. 2 (ed. Keith Brown) INT, Sonata no. S
  • Marcello, Benedetto: Sonata in G major (arr. Keith Brown) INT
  • Saint-Saens, Camille: Cavatine, op. 144 RAR
  • Vivaldi, Antonio: Sonata No. 3 in A minor, F.XIV no. 3 (arr. Allen Ostrander) INT
  • Weber, Carl Maria von: Romanza appassionata FIS

20th Century Repertoire

  • Arrieu, Claude (pseud. Louise Simon): Mouvements pour trombone et piano APH
  • Basset, Leslie: Suite for Unaccompanied Trombone AFX, 2nd and 3rd movements or 3rd and 4th movements
  • Bochard, Christel: Fanfare and Processional CMC
  • McKay, George Frederick: Sonata for Trombone and Piano WAR, 1st and 2nd movements
  • Pryor, Arthur: Annie Laurie (arr. Glenn P. Smith) DOB
  • Shostakovich, Dmitri: Danses fantastiques (arr. Q. Maganini) EMU

Bass Trombone

18th and 19th Century Repertoire

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Six Suites for Solo Cello (arr. Keith Brown) INT, Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007, Prelude and Courante
  • Fetter, David: Variations on Palestrina’s Dona nobis pacem KIN
  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Six Sonatas for Trombone, vol. 2 (ed. Keith Brown) INT, Sonata no. 4
  • Galliard, Johann Ernst: Six Sonatas for Trombone, vol. 2 (ed. Keith Brown) INT, Sonata no. 5
  • Telemann, Georg Philipp: Twelve Fantasies (transc. Alan Raph) FIS, Fantasie in D major (no. 6)
  • Telemann, Georg Philipp: Twelve Fantasies (transc. Alan Raph) FIS, Fantasie in E major (no. 8)

20th Century Repertoire

  • Bozza, Eugene: Prelude et Allegro LED
  • Ewazen, Eric: Concerto for Tuba or Bass Trombone [formerly titled Sonata] SOU
  • Lebedev, Alexei: Bass Trombone Concerto in One Movement (arr. Allen Ostrander) EMU
  • Presser, William: Three Folktales for Bass Trombone TEN

Level H

Tenor Trombone

Concertos

  • David, Ferdinand: Concertino, op. 4 INT
  • Handel, George Frideric: Concerto in F minor [originally for oboe] (arr. Keith Brown) INT
  • Jacob, Gordon: Concerto GAX
  • Larsson, Lars-Erik: Concertino for Trombone, op. 45, no. 7 GEH
  • Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Concerto (ed. William Gibson) INT
  • Wagenseil, Georg Christoph: Concerto in E flat UNI

Sonatas

  • Hindemith, Paul: Sonate fur Posaune und Klavier OTT
  • McKay, George Frederick: Sonata for Trombone and Piano WAR
  • Seroki, Kazimierz: Sonatina MOE
  • Sulak, Stejepan: Sonata Vox Gabrieli BRP
  • Vivaldi, Antonio: Sonata no. 6 in B flat major (arr. Allen Ostrander) INT

20th-Century Selections

  • Arnold, Malcolm: Fantasy for Trombone, op. 101 FAB
  • Bozza, Eugene: Ballade LED
  • Bozza, Eugene: Hommage a Bach LED
  • Fodi, John: Pi, op. 18 CMC
  • Goedicke [Gedicke], Aleksandr: Concert Etude for Trumpet and Piano, op. 49 MAS
  • Martin, David: Suite for Euphonium CMC
  • Pryor, Arthur: Blue Bells of Scotland (arr. Alain Trudel) DOM; FIS
  • Rabe, Folk: Basta REI
  • Ropartz, Joseph Guy Marie: Piece in E flat minor/ Piece en mi bemol mineur INT; LED
  • Salzedo, Carlos: Piece concertante, op. 2 7 INT
  • Weinzweig, John: Riffs II CMC

Bass Trombone

French Selections

  • Boutry, Roger: Tubarque for Tuba or Bass Trombone LED
  • Bozza, Eugene: Allegro and Finale for Tuba or Bass Trombone LED
  • Tomasi, Henri: Etre ou ne pas etre LED

Unaccompanied Selections

  • Adler, Samuel: Canto II OUP
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Six Suites for Solo Cello (arr. Keith Brown) INT, one complete suite
  • Fodi, John: Pi, op. 18 CMC
  • Hartley, Walter: Sonata Breve PRE

20th-Century Selections

  • Fleming, Robert: Concerto for Tuba CMC
  • George, Thom Ritter: Concerto for Bass Trombone ACC
  • Spillman, Robert: Concerto EMU
  • White, Donald H.: Tetra Ergon BRP