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Dr. Robert David Billington, flutist
Performer and Teacher
Flute Lessons
Concert Flute, Baroque Flute, Piccolo
For info regarding Dr. Billington's Doctoral Essay,
"A Description and Application of Robert Aitken's Concept of the Physical Flute,"
please visit http://www.rdbflute.com/RDBDE.html.
I have openings for dedicated flute students of all ages and abilities
who wish to develop both technically and musically.
I travel to students' locations throughout the South Florida area.
(Miami, Miami Beach, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Delray, Palm Beach, the Florida Keys).
The lesson fee is $40/hr for Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, $50/hr (+) for Palm Beach County and the Upper Keys.
Please contact me by e-mail at rdbflute@lgem.com
or by phone at 305-669-1754.
Robert D. Billington Performance and Teaching Repertoire
Click here for printable .pdf version.
If your local sheet music store does not have these selections,
they are available from Flute World.
http://www.fluteworld.com.
248-855-0410
Daily Exercises
| Composer |
Title |
Publisher |
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| Marquarre | Daily Exercises | Schirmer | |||||
| Moyse, Marcel | Daily Exercises | Leduc | |||||
| De la Sonorite | Leduc | ||||||
| Low Tones, Slurs , Mechanism | Leduc | ||||||
| Taffanel-Gaubert | Daily Exercises | Leduc | |||||
| Wye | Complete Daily Exercises | Novello | |||||
Etudes
| Anderson | 24 Etudes, .op 15 (L. Moyse) | Schirmer | |||||
| 24 Etudes, op. 30 (Peck) | Progress Press | ||||||
| 24 Etudes, op. 33 (Peck) | Progress Press | ||||||
| 24 Etudes, op. 60 | Southern | ||||||
| Bach, J. S. | 24 Flute Concert Studies (Mols) | Southern | |||||
| Berbiguier | 18 Studies | Schirmer | |||||
| Bozza | 14 Studies - Arabesques | Schirmer | |||||
| Briccialdi | 6 Grand Studies, op. 31 | Ricordi | |||||
| Dick | The Other Flute, vol. 1 | Robert Dick Pub. | |||||
| Hughes | 40 New Studies for Flute | Ricordi | |||||
| Jeanjean | Etudes Modernes | Leduc | |||||
| Karg-Elert | 30 Caprices | Cundy Bettoney | |||||
| Kohler | Romantic Etudes | Southern | |||||
| Moyse | Tone Development through Interpretation | McGuiness and Marx | |||||
Orchestral Excerpts
| Bach, J. S. | The Flute Solos (Baker) | Schirmer | |||||
| Baxtresser | Orchestral Excerpts for Flute | Theodore Presser | |||||
| Clarke | Orchestral Extracts | Trinity College | |||||
| Krell | 20th Century Orchestral Studies | Schirmer | |||||
| Smith | Orchestral Studies, vol. I & II | Schirmer | |||||
| Wellbaum | Orchestral Extracts for Piccolo | Theodore Presser | |||||
Concerti
| Doppler | Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise | Boosey & Hawkes | |||||
| Foote | A Night Piece | Southern | |||||
| Griffes | Poem | Schirmer | |||||
| Hanson | Serenade | Carl Fischer | |||||
| Ibert | Concerto | Leduc | |||||
| Kennan | Night Soliloquy | Carl Fischer | |||||
| Martin | Ballade | Universal | |||||
| Mozart | Andante in C, K. 315 | Henle | |||||
| Concerto in C, flute and harp, K. 299 | Henle | ||||||
| Concerto in D, K. 314 | Henle | ||||||
| Concerto in G, K. 315 | Henle | ||||||
| Nielsen | Concerto | Samfundet | |||||
| Reinecke | Concerto | Breitkopf | |||||
| Stamitz | Concerto in G, op. 29 | International | |||||
Flute Alone
| Bach, C. P. E. | Sonata in a minor | Ricordi | |||||
| Bach, J. S. | Partita in a minor | Bahrenreiter | |||||
| Berio | Sequenza | ESZ | |||||
| Boismortier | Six Suites, op. 35 | Schott | |||||
| Bozza | Image | Leduc | |||||
| Dahl | Variations on a Swedish Folktune | Theodore Presser | |||||
| Debussy | Syrinx | Henle | |||||
| Ferroud | Trois Pieces | Salabert | |||||
| Flothuis | Aubade | Broekman | |||||
| Fukushima | Mei | ESZ | |||||
| Shun-san | Muramatsu | ||||||
| Genzmer | Sonata | Peters | |||||
| Hindemith | Acht Stucke | Schott | |||||
| Honegger | Danse de la Chevre | Salabert | |||||
| Hoover | Kokopeli | Papagena Press | |||||
| Winter Spirits | Papagena Press | ||||||
| Hovhaness | Sonata, op. 118 | Peters | |||||
| Ibert | Piece | Leduc | |||||
| Jolivet | Cinq Incantations | Boosey and Hawkes | |||||
| Karg-Elert | Sonata (Appassionata), op. 140 | Zimmermann | |||||
| Koechlin | Les Chants de Nectaire | Billaudot | |||||
| Kuhlau | 3 Fantasias | Universal | |||||
| Marais | Les Folies d'Espagne | Barenreiter | |||||
| Moyse, L. | Hommage a Krishna | Schirmer | |||||
| Pastorale | Costallat | ||||||
| Peruzzi | Tessiture | ESZ | |||||
| Reynolds | Ambages | Peters | |||||
| Stamitz | 8 Capricen | Peters | |||||
| Telemann | 12 Fantasias | Barenreiter | |||||
| Tomasi | Les Cyclads | Leduc | |||||
| Sonatina | Leduc | ||||||
| Varese | Density 21.5 | Kerby | |||||
Flute and Keyboard
| Bach, C.P.E. | Sonata in G (Hamburg), Wq. 133 | Schott | |||||||
| Bach, J.S. | 4 Sonatas, e, E, b, a (Urtext) | Bahrenreiter | |||||||
| 3 Sonatas, C, Eb, g (Urtext) | Bahrenreiter | ||||||||
| Boehm | Var. on Nel Cor Piu, op. 4 | Billaudot | |||||||
| Bartok (Arma) | Suite Paysanne Hongroise | Boosey & Hawkes | |||||||
| Bloch | Suite Modale | Broude | |||||||
| Chopin | Variations on a Theme by Rossini | PWM | |||||||
| Copland | Duo | Boosey & Hawkes | |||||||
| Demersseman | Sixieme Solo de Concert | Leduc | |||||||
| Dutilleux | Sonatine | Leduc | |||||||
| Fukushima | Three Pieces from "Chu-u" | Peters | |||||||
| Genzmer | Sonata no. 2 | Schott | |||||||
| Handel | 11 Sonatas (Urtext) | Bahrenreiter | |||||||
| Haydn | Sonata in G | Peters | |||||||
| Hindemith | Sonata | Schott | |||||||
| Hue | Fantasie | Billaudot | |||||||
| Hummel | Sonata in D, op. 50 | Doblinger | |||||||
| Ibert | Jeux, Sonatine | Leduc | |||||||
| Karg-Elert | Suite Pointillistique, op. 135 | Zimmermann | |||||||
| Kuhlau | Variations sur le Romance d'Euryanthe | Bahrenreiter | |||||||
| Martinu | First Sonata | AMP | |||||||
| Messiaen | Le Merle Noir | Leduc | |||||||
| Milhaud | Sonatine | Durand | |||||||
| Muczynski | Sonata | Schirmer | |||||||
| Pierne | Sonata | Durand | |||||||
| Platti | Sonata, op. 3, no. 6 | Schott | |||||||
| Poulenc | Sonata | Chester | |||||||
| Prokofiev | Sonata | MCA | |||||||
| Reinecke | Sonata "Undine" | International | |||||||
| Schubert | Introduction and Variations, op. 160 | Bahrenreiter | |||||||
| Schumann | Three Romances | International | |||||||
| Telemann | 12 Methodical Sonatas | Bahrenreiter | |||||||
| Vivaldi | 6 Sonatas, "Il Pastor Fido," op. 13 | Bahrenreiter | |||||||
Flute and Keyboard Collections
| Cavally | 24 Short Concert Pieces | Southern | |||||
| Moyse, L. | Flute Music by French Composers | Schirmer | |||||
| Flute Music of the Baroque | Schirmer | ||||||
| Moyse, M. | The Golden Age of the Flutists, vol. I-II | Zen-on | |||||
| Peck | Solos for Flute | Fischer | |||||
FBA Information
2006-2007 FBA All-State Band Audition Information
Here are links to the audition requirements for flute and piccolo for
Piccolo - Chromatic scale for 2 octaves - Eb-Eb
Rubank Advanced Method (flute) - vol. 1
Exercise: pg. 51 #14, all, dotted quarter=60.
All Piccolo students MUST also audition on Flute. Their Flute audition will
determine membership in the band and the Piccolo double will be determined by the
Piccolo audition. The Piccolo audition will contain the chromatic scale and the
above exercise – no other scales and no sight-reading.
plus
MS Flute Scales
Flute - Middle School Flute Chromatic Scale must be three octaves - C-C
Rubank Advanced Method (flute) - vol. 1
Lyrical Exercise: pg. 28 #9, all, top line, no repeats, quarter=70.
Technical Exercise: pg. 56 #29, all, quarter=100.
Piccolo - Chromatic scale for 2 1/2 octaves - Eb-Bb
Exercise: pg. 32 #11, all, top line, quarter=76.
NEW! Rubank Advanced Method Volume II
plus
HS Flute Scales
Flute - NEW! - Rubank Advanced Method Volume II
Lyrical Exercise: pg. 31 #10, all, top line, no repeats, quarter=66.
Technical Exercise: pg. 37 #17, all, top line, no repeats, dotted quarter=100.
.
Piccolo - Chromatic scale for 2 1/2 octaves - Eb-Bb
Cavally - Melodious and Progressive Studies, vol. 1
Exercise: pg. 27 #9, meas. 1-34 plus one note.
plus
HS Flute Scales
NEW! Rubank Advanced Method Volume I
Lyrical Exercise: pg. 67, The Swan.
Flute - Cavally - Melodious and Progressive Studies, vol. 1
Technical Exercise: pg. 29 #11, meas. 1-35 plus one note.
Student will determine tempi.
Free Downloads!! The required scales for Middle School and High School flute auditions.
2003 FBA Solo and Ensemble Music List
"The following directions and exceptions accompany the
FBA Solo and Ensembles Music List:
Piccolo: Piccolos may select music from the flute list.
Keep in mind the selection will also be evaluated on its suitability."
Florida Bandmasters Association Home Page
Sir James Galway Flute Network
Copyright 2004-2007 by Robert D. Billington