These guidelines are the minimum expectations for a music major taking a one hour (two credit) lesson, each week. Tempo indications are minimums for passing each level. Students who excel will exceed these minimums. Repertoire may be substituted or accelerated as best fits the students’ abilities and interests, but each semester should include at least one work from the suggested repertoire.
1000 Level
Techniques
Scales
- Minors (natural, melodic, harmonic) 3 octaves quarter=80
- Major (tongued, slurred in 16ths) 3 octaves quarter=80
- Chromatic (slurred in triplets) 3 octaves quarter=80
Arpeggios
- Major and Minor (quarter notes) 3 octaves quarter=80
Method
- 60 Studies for Horn – Book 1. Kopprasch/Gumbert
Representative Solo Repertoire
- Artik, Hovhaness
- Elegy for Horn, Bernstein
- Concerti #3 and 4 in Eb, Mozart
- Concertpiece, Saint-Saens
- Selections from Solos for the Horn Player, Joens, ed.
- Sonata for Horn, Beethoven
- Sonatoa in F Minor, Telemann/Leloir
Performance Requirement
Performance of at least one Student Recital
2000 Level
Techniques
Scales
- Major (tongued, slurred in 16ths) 3 octaves quarter=100
- Chromatic (slurred 4 to a beat) 3 octaves quarter=100
- Minors (natural, melodic, harmonic) 3 octaves quarter=80
Arpeggios
- Major and Minor (quarter notes) 3 octaves quarter=80
Method
- 60 Studies for Horn – Book 2. Kopprasch/Gumbert
Representative Solo Repertoire
- Concerti #1 and 2, Haydn
- Concerto #3, Hovhaness
- Concerti #1 in D and 2 in Eb,Mozart
- Concerto op. 8, F. Strauss
- Selections from Solos for the Horn Player, Jones, ed.
- Sonata for Horns, Heiden
Performance Requirement
Performance of at least one Student Recital
3000 Level
Techniques
Scales
- Major (in 16ths) 3-5 octaves quarter=100
- Chromatic (6 to a beat) 3-5 octaves quarter=100
- Minors (in 16ths) 3-5 octaves quarter=100
Arpeggios
- Major and Minor (in triplets) 3-5 octaves quarter=100
Method
- 200 Studies Books 1-4, Maxime-Alphonse
- 48 Etudes for French Horn, Reynolds
Representative Solo Repertoire
- Adagio and Allegro, Schumann
- Concerto for Horn, Hindermith
- Concerto #1 Opus 11, R. Strauss
- Fantasy for Horn, Arnold
- Parable, Persichetti
- Selections from Solos for Horn Players, Jones, ed
- Sonata for Horn, Adler
Performance Requirement
Junior Recital
4000 Level
Technique
Method
- 200 Studies Books 1-4, Maxime-Alphonse
- 48 Etudes for French Horn, Reynolds
- Unmeasurable Preludes, Gallay/Thevet
- Orchestral Excerpts, Chambers
Representative Solo Repertoire
- Concertino op. 45, Weber
- Concertino op. 45 #5, Larsson
- Concerto #2, R. Strauss
- En Foret, Bozza
- Scherzo Concertante, Nelhybel
- Sonata for Horn, Hindemth
- Suite, Wilder
Performance Requirement
Senior Recital