ORCHESTRAL REP 101
Inaugural session: Oct. 1, 2025 -March 31 2026
A guided journey into the flute’s orchestral repertoire
Do you want a deeper more holistic insight into the orchestral excerpts that have become part of our pedagogical canon?
Have you had to learn excerpts but haven't learned to LOVE them? - Has it driven you to wonder - where’s the music in all this stuff???
Are you ready to invest in the practice time, emotional energy and expense of taking professional orchestra auditions, but feel like there may still be gaps in your training?
Are you a high school or collegiate flutist just getting started or an adult learner curious to learn more on this rich repertoire?
My orchestral rep 101 course is for anyone
wanting to begin, brush-up, or dust-off their orchestral repertoire
feeling stuck or burnt out on excerpts
interested in the art of ensemble and seeking practical advice on how to play, not only the solos, but how to function in an orchestral wind section.
SECRET:
There is one thing all incoming orchestral flute professionals have in common! They’ve already listened to a VAST amount of music.
They don’t just play the notes - they’ve ABSORBED things about the excerpts that CAN’T be taught and CAN’T be verbalized.
The only way to get this absorption — is to teach yourself — and this is how:
Look, Listen and Play Along!
HOW THIS COURSE WILL HELP YOU DO THAT:
You’ll be getting a weekly chapter with guided listening assignments, practice guides and audio- files for specific practice-along exercises. A weekly group Zoom chat (which will be recorded if you miss it) and a chat board for interacting with fellow students, and asking me questions. Masterclasses and presentations by guests from my circle of wonderful orchestral colleagues will allow us to crowd source and get an abundance of information.
Sample Chapters:
Beethoven, Beethoven, and MORE Beethoven! - Instrumental Blends - Hemiolas, Offbeats and Rubatos - What to Look For in the Score! - Brahms, Brahms, and MORE Brahms! - How to Practice an Audition List - What Audition Committees Listen For? and Why!
We’ll start with a unique historical approach, sampling and comparing passages from the following
CHRONOLOGICAL REPERTOIRE LIST
Bach Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor 1724, Leipzig
Bach "Aus Liebe" St. Matthew Passion 1727, Leipzig
Gluck Dance of the Blessed Sprits Orpheus 1774, Vienna
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 1775, Salzburg
Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 in D 1777, Salzburg
Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G 1778, Manheim
Mozart Marriage of Figaro 1786, Vienna
Mozart Jupiter Symphony No. 40 1788, Vienna
Mozart Symphony No. 41 1788, Vienna
Beethoven Symphony No. 1 1799, Vienna
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 1803, Vienna
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 1804, Vienna
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 1811, Teplitz, Bohemia
Rossini William Tell Overture 1829 Paris
Berlioz Symphony Fantastique 1830, Paris
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 1832, Vienna
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 "Italian" 1833, Berlin
Mendelssohn Scherzo, Midsummer Night's Dream 1842, Leipzig
Brahms Symphony No. 1 1855 Karlsruhe, Germany
Mussorgsky Night Bald on Mountain 1867 St. Petersburg
Bizet Entr'Acte from Carmen 1875 Paris
Brahms Haydn Variations 1873, Bavaria
Saint-Seans Dance Macabre 1874 Paris
Brahms Symphony No. 2 1877 Austria, Alps
Brahms Symphony No. 3 1883 Wiesbaden
Brahms Symphony No. 4 1884 Austro-Hungary
Saint-Seans Carnival of the Animals, 1886, Austria
Strauss Don Juan 1888 Munich
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol 1887 St.Petersburg
Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherezade 1888, St. Petersburg
Dvorak Symphony No. 8 1889, BohemiaTchaikovsky Nutcracker 1892 Rouen, France/St. Petersburg
Debussy Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune 1894, Paris
Strauss TIll Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks 1894 Weimar
Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee 1899, Moscow
Strauss Salome Dance of the Seven Veils 1902, Berlin
Debussy La Mer 1903, Paris
Ravel Alborada del gracioso 1905-1919,Paris
Ravel Rapsodie espagnole 1907 Paris
Stravinsky Firebird Suite 1910 Paris
Stravinsky Petrushka 1911 Paris
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe 1912, Paris
Stravinsky Rite of Spring 1913, Paris
Stravinsky Chant du Rossignol 1914/1921, Paris
Prokofiev Classical Symphony 1917 St. Petersburg, Russia
Ravel Bolero 1928, St. Jean-de-Luz, France
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf 1936, Moscow
Shostakovich 5th Symphony 1937, Leningrad
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements 1942-45, New York
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra 1943, New York/Boston
Hindemith Symphony Metamorphosis 1943, Yale
John Williams 2004 Los Angeles/Tanglewood
Oh oh! Did that Repertoire List scare you away?
Don’t worry - we won’t be practicing ALL of it and there is absolutely no PRESSURE!
This is a go-at-your-own pace course that does NOT include performing, mock-auditioning, or private instruction.
The course material can be digested in an hour over each week will give you a foundational ideas you can apply to your own excerpt practice as we go, and in the future.