This final volume collection of advanced contest solos features the most challenging repertoire for flute as performed by Doriot Dwyer of the Boston Symphony and then by you the soloist. A master class that will take you to the professional level. Includes a high-quality printed music score annotated with performance suggestions and a compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) followed by piano accompaniments to each piece minus the soloist. Each piece is also played at multiple tempos to assist with practicing making the recordings accessible to players of varying skill level. Performed by Doriot Anthony Dwyer flute Accompaniment: Fredrik Wanger piano

Performed by Murray Panitz flute Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen piano A broad collection of advanced contest solos. Enter the challenging world of orchestral masterpieces for the instrument performed by Murray Panitz of the Philadelphia Orchestra with a professional piano accompanist and then by you the soloist. Includes a high-quality printed music score annotated with performance suggestions and a compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) followed by piano accompaniments to each piece minus the soloist.

These 11 well-known pieces composed especially for Flute make an ideal introduction to playing more advanced solos. Each piece reveals something about the Flute's capabilities as a solo instrument and there are selected backgroundnotes about some of the music featured plus pictures and a brief introduction to the Flute's history and development an ideal book for any aspiring Flute soloist!

An outlined course of study designed to follow the elementary and intermediate levels of any instructional method the Rubank Advanced Methods are considered to be one of the gold standards of advanced instrumental study. Thespecially designed units provide a a complete pedagogy:• Scales and Arpeggios All of the major and minor keys are covered in the complete two-book course• Melodic Interpretation Including20+ contest level duets in each book• Solo Preparation Six contest level solos included• Articulation Studies Specialized for each instrument• Exercises in Fingering(woodwinds) Flexibility (brass) and Sticking (percussion)• Ornamentation All types are introducedGenerations of musicians have been taught with Rubank methods – join the tradition!

Available for the first time: easy to advanced solo works from the Rubank archives with online performance and accompaniment recordings printable piano accompaniments and PLAYBACK audio tools. This new collection of 13 Rubank solos includes many that have long been unavailable. All are suitable for contest and festival performance (grades 2-4). Purchase includes exceptional performance tracks (recorded by pro players) accompaniment tracks for practice and PDF piano accompaniments for use at contest. Includes: Adoration (Borowski) - Allegro from Sonata in Bb Major (Koepke) - Alleluja (Mozart) - Barcarole Op. 30 No. 3 (Köhler) - The Dance of Elizabeth (Hurrell) -Meadowlark (Koepke) - Pavane pour une Infante Defunte (Ravel) - Poplars in the Wind (Koepke) - Sakura Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) (folk song) - Serenade (Saint-Saëns) - Sonata in F Major (Telemann) - Three Aquarelles (Koepke) - Wind in the Pines (Johnson).

First Part-Also suitable for three violins (or other suitable like-instruments)This unique 18th-century collection of pieces for flute by James Hook has been completely revised and edited for intermediate to advanced levelinstrumentalists. Each is a three-movement work in typical fast-slow-fast Baroque format. Suitable for contest concert or church performance these pieces appear on several state contest lists.

for C Flute-Bettyian Roulade is an advanced solo flute piece premiered at the 2012 National Flute Convention in honor of Betty Mather the famed flute pedagogue. The word roulade originates from the French word rouler that means to roll. This piece features rouladian passages that combine overblown arpeggios tremolos and harmonics. Listen to an audio recording at www.PianoAdventures.com/roulade

Le Merle Noir written in 1952 by Olivier Messiaen is a chamber work for Flute and Piano that lasts 5 minutes and is one of the most remarkable pieces of the Flute repertoire. Based on the study of bird songs this piece is very technical and challenging with many details to focus on and would therefore be a fit for advanced students.Le Merle Noir is divided into five sections not officially written and mixed tonal and atonal parts. Each of the section is different to the ones surrounding them and the piece also contains a few Flute solos. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a Frenchorganist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the most important composer of his century. Inspired by Japanese music he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity its diatonic aspect its harmony with limited transposition its colour and its additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong including the 'Bird Catalogue' in 7 volumes and the 'Treatise on rhythm colour and ornithology' in 7 volumes.

New contemporary pieces for the stage and instrumental lessons-Contemporary pieces for young flautistsFamous flautists and great composers introduce modern musicFour young stars of the international flute scene in cooperation with leading composers present new pieces for flute solo. Emmanuel Pahud Emily Beynon Kazushi Saito and Mathieu Dufour have approached Arvo Pärt Roxanna Panufnik Jay Schwartz Victoria Borisova-Ollas and David Cutler requesting short and accessible pieces.The resulting collection is an extraordinary array of colours musical language and technical levels that vary from the immediately playable to the more challenging. In any case these little pieces of our own time are a venture into newterritory - excellent as an introduction to contemporary music and highly suitable as concert pieces or for competitions. For intermediate to more advanced players.

This collection presents ten of the most popular folk and classical melodies of all time arranged for intermediate to advanced flute solo with piano accompaniment.

The First Volume of Duets for Flute and Clarinet by Himie Voxman. With numbers 1 to 55 and featuring duets of easy to medium difficulty this collection gives budding developing Clarinet and Flute players plenty of exciting and enjoyable material to play together improving technique tone quality intonation and giving experience and confidence in an intimate ensemble environment. It is a tremondous selection with pieces by the master composers and lesser known or anonymous composers. Volume 2 contains advanced duets numbers 56 to 78.

Flute-Original series (black cover) Intermediate to advanced studies featuring full band chorales chromatic exercises and articulation studies color woodwind trill charts a wide variety of multicultural songs and much more. Authors:Tom C. Rhodes Donald Bierschenk Tim Lautzenheiser

Flute-Introducing the first-ever curriculum for high school band! Essential Musicianship for Band is the perfect tool to assist your ensemble in developing the skills needed to read rehearse and perform band repertoirewith precision and artistry. Using proven methods for superior sound production and ensemble technique your students will transform printed notes into a meaningful musical experience. Fits easily into the traditional concert bandsetting. Masterwork Studies focuses on six landmark compositions for band (score/parts not included). Two CD-ROMs are included featuring: 1. Exemplary recordings of each work performed by some of theworld's finest ensembles 2. Practice “loops” on the more difficult passages for each individual instrument including tempo adjustment software on-screen assessment and a built-in metronome3. Scale arpeggio and articulation studies in all keysAlso available in the Essential Musicianship curriculum: • Ensemble Concepts (HL00960059 – 00960077). Designed to helpensembles to acquire maximum performance skills while increasing overall musicianship. Every aspect of ensemble development is introduced individually in developmental order then combined for more advancedpractice.• Ensemble Concepts - Fundamental Level (HL00960110 – 00960127)• Ensemble Concepts – Intermediate Level (HL00960129 – 00960146)