This collection of orchestral solos has a wide application in general teaching, preparing students for orchestral playing in particular orchestral auditions as well as for use in Trinity College London Oboe exams at Grades 6-8 . The pieces have been chosen to provide the maximum variety of period and style to give the student a clear idea of the versatility of technique required by the orchestral player.
Vivaldi
J.S. Bach
Handel
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Rossini
Schubert
Berlioz
Mendelssohn
Schumann
Liszt
Wagner
Offenbach
Bruckner
Smetana
Johann Strauss
Brahms
Borodin
Bizet
Mussorgsky
Tchaikovsky
Dvorak
Sullivan
Greig
Rimsky-Korsakov
Mahler
Delius
Richard Strauss
Sibelius
Roussel
Ravel
Dohnanyi
Bartok
Stravinsky
Kodaly
Prokofieff
Shostakovich
Britten