The New Essential Companion. Henrik Wiese, the internationally renowned orchestral and solo flautist, has spent four years compiling what promises to be the definitive guide to audition repertoire for students preparing for a seat in a professional orchestra. He has worked with his own students in Salzburg as they engaged in auditions, as well as with other professional players and his teaching colleagues at the conservatorium. He sourced repertoire lists from job advertisements past and present and referred to other audition lists such as those of Baxtresser and Wye. Considerable research has gone into the differences between existing editions of the chosen pieces even, surprisingly, from twentieth century composers such as Prokofiev and Stravinsky. 'The Flute Audition” then looks at practical matters such as page turns and metronome markings. Wiese comments, for example, that Hindemith's own recording takes a passage from 'Symphonic Metamorphoses” markedly slower than in the score. The result of all this painstaking research is the most comprehensive collection of international audition pieces yet published in a single volume. 'This is an excellent collection of orchestral excerpts for the next generation of young musicians. You can use it to prepare for auditions anywhere in the world. Whether it's for an opera house, symphony or chamber orchestra, everything you need is here.'/ Recueil / Flûte Traversière

A fantastic selection of festive classics ranging from Santa Baby to Merry Xmas Everybody , Silent Night to Jingle Bells . Here's your chance to stand out in the spotlight and play some of the all-time greatest yuletide songs! Learn to play these solos specially arranged for Flute. Hear how they should sound on the CD 1 and then play along with the full backing tracks on CD 2 to show off your new skills! Be the star - learn the solos - then take your place centre stage! / Flûte Traversière

Play-Along Flute: Christmas Hits includes 31 festive favourites in melody line arrangements for Flute. The book comes complete with a download card giving access to 31 mp3 backing tracks and 31 mp3 demo tracks. / Flûte