FLUTE SYLLABUS - 2005-2006 – Mary Jo White

I. Flute Seminar (TBA)

A. Purpose

1. Performance opportunity

2. Opportunity to exchange ideas

3. Lectures, clinics, demonstrations, masterclasses

4. Development of small ensemble skills and sensitivity

B. Requirements

1. Attendance mandatory for all flute majors and minors and recommended

for all flute students

2. Flute majors will be required to perform at least twice and minors at least

once per semester in flute seminars or Departmental recitals.

3. Flute students are required to have assigned materials ASAP including a

metronome and tuner.

II. Flute Lessons

A. General Objectives

1. To study and perform music indigenous to masterful flute playing

2. To develop the necessary skills through various technical, tone, intonation,

articulation and interpretation studies

3. To develop an awareness of musical interpretation through understanding

the historical periods and listening to various recordings and performances.

B. Requirements

1. A grade will be earned for each lesson based on the individual's progress.

2. All lessons should be prepared carefully in regard to correct notes, rhythm,

tone, interpretation, intonation and articulation.

3. Attendance is mandatory. Make-up lessons will be scheduled only for

excused absences.

4. Flute majors need to attend eight concerts per semester. At least six of

these should be concerts in which the flutist is not a performer.

5. See the STUDENT HANDBOOK for additional requirements in applied

music.

C. Materials

1. See attached repertoire list for required solos and etudes expected of each

level of undergraduate study at UNCW.

2. Each student must own his/her own flute and keep it in good playing

condition.

3. Each flutist must own a metronome and tuner.

D. Evaluation

1. A grade will be earned for each lesson. A missed lesson (unexcused) will

count as a zero.

2. Final semester grades will be determined by the following percentages:

50% Average of weekly lessons

25% Final jury grade

25% Seminar and concert attendance (i.e., perfect attendance=A,

0-3 absences=B, 4 absences=C, etc.)

RECOMMENDED FLUTE REPERTOIRE - FRESHMAN YEAR

Method Books: Reichert - Seven Daily Studies

Maquarre - Daily Exercises

Cavally - Melodious and Progressive Studies

T. Berbiguier - 18 Etudes

Joachim Andersen - 24 Etudes, op. 33

Exercises: Long Tones

Daily Tonal Exercises (i.e., Reichert, etc.)

All major scales and arpeggios

Chromatic scale (full range)

Solos: Cavally - 24 Short Concert Pieces

Gluck - Minuet and Dance of Blessed Spirits

Faure - Sicilienne

Rubank - Book of Solos (intermediate)

Gossec - Tambourin and Gavotte

Schumann - Three Romances

Handel - Sonatas

Telemann - Sonatas and Suite in A Minor

Mozart - Andante

FLUTE REPERTOIRE - SOPHOMORE YEAR

Method Books: M. Moyse - Scales and Arpeggios - 480 Exercises

H. Altes - 26 Selected Studies

Andersen - 24 Etudes, op. 24; Artistic Etudes, op. 15

Casterede - Etudes

Exercises: Long tones and other tonal studies

Natural, melodic, and harmonic minor scales and arpeggios

Daily exercises (i.e., Moyse) emphasizing thirds, various articulations, etc.

Solos: Loeillet - Sonatas

Quantz - Concerto in G

Haydn - Concerto in D

Chaminade - Concertino

Debussy - Syrinx

Honegger - Danse de la Chevre

Kennan - Night Soliloquy

Bloch – Suite Modale

FLUTE REPERTOIRE - JUNIOR and SENIOR YEARS

Method Books: Begin Taffanel-Gaubert - 17 Daily Exercises

The Flute Solos from the Bach Cantatas . . .ed. by Julius Baker

Donjon - 8 Etudes de Salon

Karg-Elert - 30 Caprices

The Modern Flutist (etudes and orchestral excerpts)

Exercises: Continuation of tone development and daily studies (Taffanel-Gaubert)

Development of double, triple and flutter tonguing

Alternate fingerings and technical development

Solos: Bach - Sonatas

Mozart - Concertos in D and G

Poulenc - Sonata

Martinu - Sonata

Griffes - Poem

Ibert - Piece

Doppler - Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy

Hue - Fantaisie

Roussel – Joueurs de Flute; Andante et Scherzo

Faure - Fantasy (and other selections from Flute Music by French

Composers, ed. L. Moyse)

Hindemith – Sonata and Eight Solo Pieces

FLUTE REPERTOIRE - SENIOR and GRADUATE YEARS

Method Books: Continuation of Taffanel-Gaubert Method

M. Bitsch - Etudes

Paul Jean Jean - Etudes Modernes

Orchestral Extracts (Trinity College of London)

Selections from Orchestral Excerpts for the Flute, vols. 1-9 (Wummer)

Exercises: More development of tonal and breathing technique

Daily studies (Taffanel-Gaubert)

Technique development in all areas (rhythm, articulation, rapid note

passages, tonguing, legato, etc.)

Solos: Dutilleux - Sonatine

Nielsen- Concerto

Ibert - Concerto

Prokofiev - Sonata

Schubert - Introduction and Variations

Copland - Duo

R. Muczynski - Sonata

Jolivet - Chant de Linos

Martin – Ballade

Reinecke – Sonata “Undine”

Burton – Sonatina

Franck – Sonata in A Minor

PLACES TO ORDER MUSIC

Flute World Co. Derby Music Co.

(248) 855-0410 (813) 988-3065

www.fluteworld.com

Eble Music Co. Meridian Music Co.

Iowa City, IA Ann Arbor, MI

(319) 338-0313 1-800-695-8729

FLUTE EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS

J. L. Smith and Co. McFadyen Music Company (Amanda only!)

1816 East 7th St. 2340 S. 17^th Street

Charlotte, NC 28204 Wilmington, NC 28401

1-800-822-2157 392-1775

www.flutesmith.com

REFERENCE MATERIALS

The Modern Guide to Fingerings for the Flute by James J. Pellerite

The Other Flute by Robert Dick (20th Century techniques)

Flute World Co. (www.fluteworld.com) for online catalog of flute music, CDs, etc.

ORGANIZATIONS

The National Flute Association - quarterly magazine, competitions, annual conventions, etc.

Membership is recommended. Forms are online at www.nfaonline.org.

Raleigh Area Flute Association - flute choirs, masterclasses, etc.