Repertoire

The following represents music and programs offered for concerts, recitals, and clinics. In many cases the music for the Chamber and Jazz Ensemble offerings can be provided. Clinics may reflect a combination of any of the repertoire topics, as dictated by the needs of a particular circumstance.

Concert Saxophone Solos

  • Paul Bonneau—Caprice en forme de valse
  • Eugène Bozza—Improvisation and Caprice
  • Paul Creston—Sonate, Op. 19
  • Claude Debussy—Rhapsodie
  • Henri Eccles—Sonata
  • Raymond Gallois-Montbrun—Six Pièces Musicales D’Étude
  • John Harbison—San Antonio
  • Bernard Heiden—Sonata
  • Charles Koechlin—Etudes for Alto Saxophone & Piano
  • John Anthony Lennon—Distances Within Me
  • Jean Baptiste Loeillet—Sonate, op.4, No.11
  • Paule Maurice—Tableaux de Provence
  • Darius Milhaud— Scaramouche
  • Robert Muczynski—Sonata
  • Oliver Nelson—Sonata
  • Claude Pascal—Sonatine
  • Vincent Persichetti—Parable
  • Pierre-Petit—Andante et Fileuse
  • Jeanine Rueff—Sonate
  • Gary Schocker—Sonata
  • Jacob Ter Veldhuis—Buku
  • Phil Woods—Sonata

Saxophone Ensembles

  • Johann Sebastian Bach—Contrapunctus IX (Art of the Fugue)
  • Eugène Bozza—Andante and Scherzo
  • John Carisi—Quartet #1; Yamaha Suite
  • Elliot Carter—Canonic Suite for Four Alto Saxophones
  • Alfred Desenclos—Quatuor
  • Jerry Dodgion—Thank You
  • Pierre Max Dubois—Quatuor
  • George Gershwin—Three Preludes
  • Alexander Glazounov—Quatuor
  • Gordon Goodwin—Diffusion for Saxophone Quartet
  • Paul Hindemith—Concertpiece for Two Alto Saxophones
  • Katherine Hoover—Suite for Saxophones
  • Milan Kaderavek—Introduction and Allegro
  • Guy Lacour—Suite en Duo
  • Bob Mintzer—Quartet No.1
  • Astor Piazzola—Histoire du Tango
  • Gabriel Pierne—Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire
  • Jean Rivier—Grave et Presto
  • Eddie Sauter—Sax Quartet #1
  • Florent Schmidt—Quatuor
  • J.B. Singelée—Grand Quatuor Concertant, op.79
  • Phil Woods—Three Improvisations; Deer Head Sketches

Clarinet Solos

  • Johann Sebastian Bach—Chromatic Fantasy; Suite in G Major (for  cello; adapted for bass clarinet)
  • Luigi Bassi—Fantaisie from Rigoletto
  • Alban Berg—Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op.5
  • Leonard Bernstein— Sonata
  • Eugène Bozza—Ballade (for bass clarinet)
  • Johannes Brahms—Sonata Op. 120, #1; Sonata Op. 120, # 2
  • Claude Debussy—Première Rhapsodie
  • Gaetano Donizetti—Studio Primo
  • Witold Lutoslawski—Danse Preludes
  • Georges Marty—Première Fantaisie
  • Andre Messager—Solo de Concours
  • Olivier Messiaen—Abîme des oiseaux from Quartet for the End of Time
  • Francis Poulenc—Sonata
  • Henri Rabaud—Solo De Concours
  • Jean Rivier—Les Trois “S”
  • Gioacchino Rossini—Introduction, Theme and Variations
  • Miklós Rózsa—Sonata
  • Camille Saint-Saëns—Sonata, op.167
  • Robert Schumann—Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73; Romances, Op. 94
  • Igor Stravinsky—Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo
  • Carl Maria von Weber—Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48
          •  Concertino, Op. 26
          •  Concerto, Op.73 #1
          •  Concerto, Op.74 #2

Chamber Ensemble Works with Clarinet

  • Bela Bartók—Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
  • Ludwig van Beethoven—Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello, op.11
          • Quintet for Piano and Winds, op. 16
  • Johannes Brahms—Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello, op. 114
    •                    Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, op.115
  • Max Bruch—Eight Pieces for Viola, Clarinet and Piano, op.83
  • Felix Mendelssohn—Konzertstuck op.113 #1
  •                                     Konzertstuck, op.114 #2                                                                                                        
  • Darius Milhaud—Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—Trio for Piano, Clarinet and     Viola, K.498
    •                    Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, K.581
    •                    Quintet for Piano and Winds, K.452
    •                    Serenade in Bb Major (Gran Partita), K.361
  • Francis Poulenc—Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon; Sonata for Two Clarinets
  • Camille Saint-Saens—Tarantella
  • Franz Schubert—Octet, op.166
  •                              Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D965
  • Alan Shulman—Rendezvous for Clarinet and String Quartet
  • Richard Strauss—Duet Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano
  • Igor Stravinsky—L’Histoire du Soldat
  • Carl Maria von Weber—Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, op.34
  • Robert Muczynski—Fantasy Trio for piano, clarinet & cello

Flute Solos

  • Johann Sebastian Bach—Sonatas
  • Aaron Copland—Duo for Flute and Piano
  • Claude Debussy—Syrinx
  • Henri Dutilleux—Sonatine
  • Georges Enesco—Cantabile et Presto
  • Gabriel Fauré— Fantasie, op.79
  • George Frideric Handel—Sonatas
  • Paul Hindemith—Sonata
  • Jean-Marie Leclair—Sonate #1 in C
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—Concerto, K.313
    •                                           Concerto, K.314
    •                                           Andante, K.315
  • Robert Muczynski—Three Preludes for Unaccompanied Flute, op.18
  • Francis Poulenc—Sonata
  • Sergei Prokofiev—Sonata, op.94
  • Carl Reinecke—Sonata (“Undine”), op.167
  • Albert Roussel—Joueurs de flute, op.27
  • Georg Philipp Telemann—Methodical Sonatas
  • Paul Taffanel—Andante Pastorale et Scherzettino
  • Edgard Varèse—Density 21.5

Chamber Ensemble Works with Flute

  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier—Concertos for Five Flutes, op.15
  • Franz Joseph Haydn—London Trios
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—Quartets for Flute, Violin, Viola & Cello
  • Robert Muczynski—Duos for Flute and Clarinet
  • Astor Piazzolla—Histoire du Tango (for flute & guitar)
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos—Bachianas Brasileras No.6 (for flute and bassoon)
  • Antonio Vivaldi—Concerto in G minor, RV103

Woodwind Ensembles

  • Samuel Barber—Summer Music
  • Ludwig van Beethoven—Septet, op.103
  • Eugène Bozza—Trois Pieces
  • Elliot Carter—Eight Etudes and a Fantasy
  • Franz Danzi—Quintet in Bb, op.56, No.1
  • Irving Fine—Partita
  • Jean Françaix—Quatuor
  • Paul Hindemith—Kleine Kammermusik, op.24, No.2
  • Darius Milhaud—Sonate
  • Carl Nielsen—Quintet, op.43
  • Francis Poulenc—Sextet
  • Anton Reicha—Quintet in Eb, op.88, #2; Quintet in D, op.91, #3
  • Paquito d’Rivera—Aires Tropicales
  • Camille Saint-Saëns—Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs
  • Igor Stravinsky—Octet
  • Paul Taffanel—Quintet

Chamber Works Involving Woodwind Doubling

  • Georges Barrère—In The Vegetable Garden
  • Brad Baumgardner—Secret Lives
  • Bernard Hoffer—Three Diversions for Doubling Saxophone Quartet

Orchestral Soloist

  • Leonard Bernstein—Preludes, Fugue & Riffs (clarinet)
  • Aaron Copland —Concerto (clarinet)
  • Alexander Glazounov—Concerto (alto saxophone)
  • Jacques Ibert—Concertino da Camera (alto saxophone)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—Concerto in A Major, K. 622 (clarinet)
  • Charlie Parker & Strings (alto saxophone)
  • Astor Piazzolla—Oblivion (soprano saxophone)
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos—Fantasie (soprano saxophone)
  • Carl Maria von Weber—Concertos No. 1 & 2 (clarinet)
  • John Williams—Escapades (alto saxophone)

Wind Ensemble Soloist

  • Cécile Chaminade—Concertino, op.107 (flute)
  • Paul Creston—Concerto, op.26 (alto saxophone)
  • Jimmy Dorsey—Contrasts (alto saxophone)
  • Clare Fischer—Rhapsody Nova (alto saxophone/clarinet/flute)
  • Gunther Schuller—Tribute to Rudy Weidoeft (alto saxophone)
  • Claude Smith—Suite for Solo Flute, Clarinet & Alto Saxophone

Jazz Ensemble Soloist

  • Charlie Parker with Big Band—Quasimodo, Ko Ko, If I Should Lose You, Parker’s Mood
  • Artie Shaw Arrangements—Stardust, Traffic Jam, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
  • Benny Goodman Arrangements—Clarinet a la King, Wrappin’ It Up, Stealin’ Apples
  • Phil Woods—Goodbye Mr. Evans
  • Gordon Goodwin—Under The WireThad Said No
  • Kenny Berger—Phil In The Gap
  • Ed Joffe—Lagniappe
  • Quincy Jones—Quintessence
  • Billy Strayhorn—Day Dream
  • Alan Broadbent—In Your Own Sweet Way
  • Pete McGuinness—As Always

Jazz Ensemble Programs

  • The Music of Sauter-Finegan
  • The Music of Billy Byers/Count Basie
  • The Music of Benny Carter
  • The Music of Bill Holman
  • The Music of Thad Jones
  • The Music of Bob Brookmeyer
  • A Duke Ellington Retrospective
  • Supersax Revisited