Dr. Martin G. McCain, Jr.

Texas State University

RECOMMENDED SOLO REPERTOIRE – TENOR (AND ALTO) TROMBONE

Freshman

• Andante et Allegro (Barat)

• Sonata (Boda)
• Concert Piece (de la Nux)
• Cortege (Dubois)
• Pastorale (Frackenpohl)
• Sonata I (Galliard/Marx, Clark)
• Morceau Symphonique (Guilmant/Falaguerra)
• Hasse Suite (Hasse/Gower)
• Sonata I (Marcello/Schultz)
• Concerto (Rimsky-Korsakov)
• Andante et Allegro (Ropartz)
• Cavatine (Saint-Saëns)
• Sonatina (von Kreisler)
• Sonatina (Watson)

Sophomore

• Elegy for Mippy II (Bernstein)

• Concertino, Op. 4 (David/Mueller)
• Sonata (Davidson)
• Variations on a March by Shostakovich (Frackenpohl)
• Sonata V (Galliard/Marx, Clark)
• Sonata (Giffels/Beversdorf)
• Sonatina (Jones)
• Concertino, Op. 45, No. 7 (Larsson)
• Sonata III (Marcello/Schutz)
• Sonatina (Pressler)
• Thought’s of Love (Pryor)
• Sonata in E-flat (Sanders)
• Sonatina (Stevens)
• Fantasie (Stojowski)
• Sonata in F minor (Telemann/Ostrander)
• Six Studies in English Folksong (Vaughan-Williams)
• Romance (Weber)

Junior

• Cello Suites (Bach/Marsteller)

• Cantabile et Scherzando (Busser)
• Choral, Cadence, et Fugato (Dutilleux)
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Texas State University

Junior Cont.

• Sonata (Ewazen)
• Variations on Palestrina’s Dona Nobis Pacem (Fetter)
• Concerto (Grafe)
• Concerto (Grondahl)
• Aria et Polonaise (Jongen)
• Sonatina (Koetsier)
• Manipulations (Molineux)
• Annie Laurie (Pryor)
• Fantasy Pieces (Schumann)
• Sonatina (Serocki)
• Four Preludes (Shostakovich/Ostrander)
• Sonata (Vox Gabrieli) (Sulek)
• Twelve Fantasies (Telemann/Raph)
• *Alto Trombone* Sonata in Eb (Finger)
• *Alto Trombone* Concerto (Wagenseil)

Senior, Graduate

• Fantasy (Arnold)
• Sequenza V (Berio)
• Concerto (Bourgeois)
• Ballade (Bozza)
• Solo for Sliding Trombone (Cage)
• Sonatine (Casterade)
• Fantasy (Creston)
• Duex Dances (Defaye)
• Concerto (de Frumerie)
• T-Bone Concerto (de Meij)
• Sonata (Filas)
• Colloquy (Goldstein)
• Concerto (Gotkovsky)
• Concerto (Handel/Brown)
• Sonata (Hindemith)
• Concerto (Jacob)
• Ballade (Martin)
• Concertino d’Hiver (Milhaud)
• Arrows of Time (Peaslee)
• Parable (Persichetti)
• Blue Bells of Scotland (Pryor)
• Fantastic Polka (Pryor)
• Concerto (Pugh)
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Texas State University

Senior, Graduate Cont.

• Basta (Rabe)
• Concerto No. 2 (Reiche)
• Piece in E-Flat minor (Ropartz)
• Concerto (Rota)
• Concerto (Rouse)
• Eine Kleine Posaunenmusik (Schuller)
• Nocturno (F. Strauss/Lawrence)
• Concerto (Tomasi)
• Sonata (White)
• Sonata (Wilder)
• *Alto Trombone* Concerto (Albrechsberger)
• *Alto Trombone* Concerto (M. Haydn)
• *Alto Trombone* Concerto (L. Mozart)
 Dr. Martin G. McCain, Jr.
Texas State University

RECOMMENDED SOLO REPERTOIRE – BASS TROMBONE

Freshman

• Profile (Fetter)
• Morceau Symphonique (Guilmant/Goess)
• Suite for Tuba (Haddad)
• Three Easy Pieces (Hindemith)
• The Big Horn (Hoffman)
• Cameos (Jacob)
• Concerto in One Movement (Lebedev)
• Concertino Basso (Lieb)
• Hosannah (Lizst)
• Rock (Raph)
• Cavatine (Saint-Saëns/Meador)
• Sonatina (Stevens)
• Andante (Tcherepnin)

Sophomore

• Allegro et Finale (Bozza)

• Prelude et Allegro (Bozza)
• Meditation (Hidas)
• Canzonas for Basso Solo (Frescobaldi/Cerha)
• Concerto (George)
• Sonata in F Major (Handel/Yeo)
• Two Fantasy Pieces (Lassen/Bollinger)
• Après Une Lecture De Goldoni (Margoni)
• Sonata (McCarty)
• Vocalise (Rachmaninoff/McCain)
• Concertino in F Major (Sachse/Göss)
• Skylines (Uber)
• Six Studies in English Folksong (Vaughan-Williams)
Junior

• Cello Suites (Bach/Marsteller)

• New Orleans (Bozza)
• Fantasie Concertante (Casterade)
• Duex Danses (Defaye/Knaub)
• Concerto (Ewazen)
• Bass Lines (Fetter)
• Variations on Palestrina’s Dona Nobis Pacem (Fetter)
• Concerto (Gregson)
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Texas State University

Junior Cont.

• Sonata Breve (Hartley)

• Rhapsody (Hidas)
• Concerto (Kessler)
• Allegro Maestoso (Koetsier)
• Fantasie Concertante (Villette)
• Romance (Weber/McCain)
• Tetra Ergon (White)
• Sonata (Wilder)

Senior, Graduate

• Sagittarius2 (Bolter)
• Sonatina (Casterade)
• Rhapsody (Ewazen)
• Variations on Barnacle Bill the Sailor (Frank)
• Sonata (Gillingham)
• Sonata in One Movement (Grantham)
• Concerto No. 2 (Lebedev)
• Etoile des Profondeurs (Naulais)
• Concerto (Pilss)
• Concerto (Siekmann)
• Fancy Free (Smith/Bollinger)
• Concerto (Spillman)
• Two Songs (Spillman)
• Etre ou ne pas Etre (Tomasi)
• Jazz Triptych (Wilborn)
• Concerto (Vaughan-Williams)
• Concerto (Williams)