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Applied Levels and Progress

Revised August 2009

Each music major is required to complete two semesters of study at the applied levels of 2222, 3322 and 4422; proficiency within each level can be demonstrated by mastery of solo literature listed below.Graduation to the next level is not automatic, and the student will not be promoted to the next level until performance competence is attained. 

Typical Entry-Level 2000 Level Solos

Balay: Petite Piece Concertante

Barat: Orientale

Fitzgerald: Aria con Variazioni

Fitzgerald: Gaelic Suite

Fitzgerald: Italian Suite

Fitzgerald: Purcell Suite

Ghidoni: Bleu Nocturne

Gibbons: Suite

Ropartz: Andante et Allegro

Solos for Graduation to the 3000 Level

Balay: Andante et Allegretto

Balay: Prelude et Ballade

Barat: Fantasie in Eb

Bozza: Badinage

Corelli/Fitzgerald: Sonata VIII

Emmanuel: Sonate

Frackenpohl: Two Proclamations

Frackenpohl: Suite

Goedicke: Concert Etude

Ketting: Intrada

Mas: Danses

Vidal: Concertino

Solos for Graduation to the 4000 Level

Albinoni: Sonata St. Marc

Arutunian: Concerto

Barat: Andante et Scherzo

Bozza: Caprice

Enesco: Legende

Haydn: Concerto

Hindemith: Sonata

Honegger: Intrada

Hummel: Concerto

Ibert: Impromptu

Kennan: Sonata

Neruda: Concerto

Starer: Invocation

Freshman Level Etudes

Arban: Complete Conservatory Method

Clarke: Technical Studies

Concone: Lyrical Etudes

Getchell: First and Second Books of Practical Studies

Hering: 40 Progressive Etudes

Little: Embouchure Builder

Sophomore Level Etudes

Brandt: 34 Studies

Irons: Twenty-seven Groups of Exercises

Snedecor: Lyrical Etudes

Junior/Senior Level Etudes

Bousquet: 36 Etudes

Charlier: Thirty-six Transcendental Etudes

International, ed.: Orchestral Excerpts for Trumpet, Vol. I and II

Smith: Top Tones