Works listed by difficulty
The composer/arranger has rated the difficulty of the following solo parts according to the following criterion:
I = BEGINNER: limited range and rhythmic/technical requirements.
II = INTERMEDIATE: two-three years of instruction. fairly limited range and no technical demands greater than simple syncopations and sixteenth-note patterns.
III = HIGH SCHOOL, PRE-COLLEGE: two & half octave range. More rhythmic complexity and syncopation, and possibly moderate multiple-tonguing.
IV = COLLEGE: range from pedal tones up to demanding high range. Increased endurance requirements, rhythmic complexity, multi-meters, angular melodic lines, avant-garde techniques, dynamic range extremes, and difficult multiple tonguing.
V = ADVANCED COLLEGE/PROFESSESIONAL: Difficulties may include extreme demands with regard to range, endurance, rhythmic complexity, tonguing, and advanced avant-garde techniques.
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I = BEGINNER
(none)
II = INTERMEDIATE
Arctic Dream
Ave Maria
My Johann
Lullabye
II-III
Alleluia
Andante from Symphony No. 7
Cantique de Noel
Christmas Concerto
Dies Irae & Witches’ Sabbath
Dusk
Ebben
In the Bleak Midwinter
Jubal’s Lyre
Zeke & Zebedee
III = HIGH SCHOOL, PRE-COLLEGE
2 AM
Andante & Rondo
Andantino & Presto
Black Moon Rising
Coventry Carol/Carol of the Bells
Distant Images
Hey, Wait a Minute Waltz
Lassus’ Trombone
March of the Marionette
Meditation
Night Song
Quiet Mountain
Sixteen Etudes
Solvejg’s Song Fantasy
Song for a New Day
Three Farewell Pieces
Twilight Dream
Two Bach Pieces
III-IV
Aboriginal Voices
Cello Suite No. 6
Dance of the Tumblers
Duo Sonata
Far Side of the Pasture
Four Short Narratives
House of the Rising Sun
Improvisations on a Bach Sarabande
In the Cathedral
Lassus’ Trombone
Meditation
Sixteen Etudes
IV = COLLEGE
Away, I’m Bound Away
Come to the Edge
Dandy Noodles
The Dream
Falls the Shadow
Five Limericks
Flight of the Bumble Bee
The Furies
FTR!
In the Quiet of the Desert
Largo and Allegro
Meditation and Finale
Midnight Shakes the Memory
New England Reveries
Nutcracker Sweets
Passages
Pictures at an Exhibition
Sixteen Etudes
Threnody
IV-V
Denali
Endearing Young Charms
Hungarian Hallucination
Odyssey
Ruslan & Ludmilla’s Romp Across Russia
Venetian Carnival Animals
V = ADVANCED COLLEGE/PROFESSESIONAL
Adagio & Finale (from Sinfonietta)
Asturias
Caprice No. 5
Carnival of Venice
Catoctin
Drum Taps
Fantasie Originale
Fantasy on Night
Gypsy Melodies (Zigeunerweisen)
Heart of a Wolf
Nutcracker Sweets
of the Water
Ritual
Sarabande and Preludio
Simyeh
Sinfonietta
Sixteen Etudes
Tribes
The Waste Land