Exceptional Classics for Trumpet published by Santorella Publications is a required text for many state audition lists and is suggested by music educators associated with the highly regarded NYSSMA organization. The accompanying CD is an acoustic piano accompaniment and extremely helpful towards learning these important masterpiece themes.  

Little Cradle Song, Schumann • Russian Folk Song, Beethoven • Tell Me, Fair Ladies from “The Marriage of Figaro”, Mozart • The Organ Grinder, Tchaikovsky • Allegro, Mozart • Minuet, Bach • Minuet, Haydn • Russian Song, Tchaikovsky • Serenade, Mozart • Gavotte, Bach • German Dances, Haydn • Andante from “The Surprise Symphony” No. 94, Haydn • Waltz, Beethoven • German Dance, Schubert • Ecossaise, Beethoven • Canon In D, Pachelbel • Ode to Joy from “ Symphony No. 9”, Beethoven • Two Minuets, Bach • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bach • Andante, Mozart • Aria, Bach • Serenade from “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”, Mozart • Norse Song, Schumann • Old French Song, Tchaikovsky • Turkish March from “The Ruins of Athens”, Beethoven • The Wild Horseman, Schumann • Two Minuets from “The Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach”, Bach.