This incredible ten-book orchestral excerpt collection for trumpet was compiled by Gabriel Bartold and Roger Voisin. This set is the benchmark against which all orchestral study books are measured because of the breadth of its scope, its completeness, and its usefulness for advanced degree study, auditioning, and amateur enthusiast use. Studying orchestral excerpts on the trumpet helps trumpet players develop technical prowess, musicality, ensemble skills, audition readiness, and a deeper appreciation for symphonic music. It is an essential part of a trumpet player’s training and prepares them for the challenges and opportunities of performing in orchestras and other ensemble settings.

Orchestral excerpts provide an opportunity to delve into the musical nuances and interpretation of symphonic repertoire. They expose trumpet players to a variety of musical styles, dynamics, phrasing, articulation, and stylistic elements specific to different composers and periods. This fosters a deeper understanding of musical expression and helps cultivate a sensitive and nuanced approach to playing.

By studying these excerpts, trumpet players become familiar with the repertoire frequently requested in auditions. They can refine their performance of these specific passages, develop a consistent and polished interpretation, and increase their chances of success in auditions for professional orchestras or educational institutions.

This set of ten books totals 600 pages and is unmatched anywhere else in the world. You can buy the titles individually, or as a complete set for half-price. Below I have listed every single excerpt in every volume so you can find specific things you are looking for. There are samples from each volume to the left, and you can click above for an immediate digital download.

Excerpt List: Volume 1

Albeniz, Triana (From “Iberia”)
Bach, J.S., Christmas Oratorio
Beethoven, Symphony No. 1
Beethoven, Symphony No. 2
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3
Beethoven, Overture “Leonore No. 2”
Beethoven, Overture “Leonore No. 3”
Brahms, Academic Festival Ov.
Chabrier, España
Debussy, Fêtes (From “Nocturnes”)
Handel, Samson
Mendelssohn, Overture “Fingal’s Cave’
Prokofieff, Peter And The Wolf
Rimsky-Korsakov, Le Coq D’or
Saint-Saëns. Symphony No. 3
Schubert, Symphony No. 7
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2
Stravinsky, Petrouchka
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4
Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien
Weber, Overture “Oberon”

Excerpt List: Volume 2

Bach, J. S., Mass In B Minor
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6
Borodin, Polovetzian Dances From The Op.”Prince Igor”
Brahms, Symphony No. 1
Brahms, Symphony No. 2
Brahms, Symphony No. 3
Brahms, Symphony No. 4
Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Dvorák, New World Symphony, No. 9
Franck, Symphony In D Minor
Handel, Messiah
Humperdinck, Prelude To The Op. “Hansel And Gretel”
Mahler, Symphony No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
Schumann, Symphony No. 1
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5
Smetana, Dance Of The Comedians From The Op. “The Bartered Bride”
Stravinsky, Firebird
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky, Francesca Da Rimini

Excerpt List: Volume 3

Albeniz, La Fête Dieu À Seville (From “Iberia”)
Bach, J. S., Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
Beethoven, Symphony No. 8
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique
Bruckner, Symphony No. 2
Chausson, Op. 20 Symphony In Bb Major
Handel, Judas Maccabaeus
D’indy, Symphony On A French Mountain Air
Mussorgsky, Night On The Bare Mountain
Rachmaninoff, Op. 27. Symphony No. 2 In E Minor
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol
.Rimsky-Korsakov Overture “Russian Easter”
Schumann, Symphony No. 2
Schumann, Symphony No. 3
Schumann, Symphony No. 4
Shostakovich, Concerto No. 1 For Piano And Orchestra
Skryabin, Poem Of Ecstasy
Stravinsky, Le Sacre Du Printemps
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite
Weber, Overture “Euryanthe”

Excerpt List: Volume 4

Bach, J. S., Phoebus And Pan
Beethoven, Missa Solemnis
Berlioz, Overture “Roman Carnival”
Berlioz, Overture “Beatrice And Benedict
Bizet, L’arlesienne. Suite Ii
Brahms, Tragic Overture
Bruckner, Symphony No. 4
Charpentier, Impressions Of Italy
Debussy, La Mer
Elgar, Enigma Variations
Enesco, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
De Falla, The Three-Cornered Hat
Handel, Israel In Egypt
Ibert, Escales
D’indy, Istar
Kabalevsky, The Comedians
Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole
Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Lyadov, 8 Russian Folk Songs
Mahler, Symphony No. 2
Mendelssohn, Wedding March From “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5 (“Reformation”)
Ponchielli, Dance Of The Hours From “La Gioconda”
Prokofieff, Lieutenant Kije
Prokofieff, Romeo And Juliet. Suite I
Rachmaninoff, Isle Of The Dead
Ravel, La Valse
Ravel, Alborada Del Gracioso
Ravel, Piano Concerto
Ravel, Daphnis Et Chloe. Suite Il
Rimsky-Korsakov, Suite From “Czar Saltan”
Rossini, Overture “Semiramide”
Roussel, Symphony No. 3
Sibelius, Symphony No. 4
Sibelius, Violin Concerto
Skryabin, The Poem Of Ecstasy
Stravinsky, Fireworks.
Suppe, Overture “Poet And Peasant”
Tchaikovsky, Marche Slave
Thomas, Overture “Mignon”
Verdi, Requiem
Wagner, Faust-Overture

Excerpt List: Volume 5

Beethoven, Overture “Egmont”
Beethoven, Overture “Coriolan”
Berlioz, Harold In Italy
Bizet, Carmen
Borodin, Symphony No.2
Brahms, Requiem
Bruckner, Symphony No.7
Chabrier, Marche Joyeuse.
Debussy, Iberia
Dvorák, Symphony No. 4
Falla, El Amor Brujo
Franck, Le Chasseur Maudit
Glazunov, Violin Concerto
Handel, Saul
Ibert, Divertissement
Ippolitov-Ivanov, Caucasian Sketches
Kabalevsky, Overture “Colas Breugnon”
Kalinnikoff, Symphony No. 1
Lalo, Overture “Le Roi D’ys”
Liszt, Les Preludes
Liszt, Tasso
Mahler, Symphony No. 4
Mendelssohn, Overture “Ruy Blas”
Prokofieff, Symphony No. 5
Prokofieff, Romeo And Juliet. Suite II
Prokofieff, Violin Concerto No. 2
Ravel, Rapsodie Espagnole
Ravel, Le Tombeau De Couperin
Ravel, Tzigane
Ravel, Bolero
Rimsky-Korsakov, Doubinoushka (Russian Folk Song)
Rossini, Overture ” William Tell”
Sibelius, Symphony No. 1
Sibelius, Finlandia
Smetana, Moldau
Stravinsky, L’histoire Du Soldat
Suppe, Overture “The Light Cavalry”
Tchaikovsky, Manfred-Symphony
Tchaikovsky, Overture “1812”
Wagner, Siegfried Idyll
Wagner, Forest Murmurs

Excerpt List: Volume 6

Bach, J.S., Cantata No. 51
Bach, J.S., Magnificat
Bach, J.S., Suite No. 3
Berlioz, Hungarian March From “The Damnation Of Faust”
Berlioz, Overture “Judges Of The Secret Court”
Berlioz, Requiem
Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner, Symphony No. 1
Dvorák, Carnival Overture
Dvorák, Op. 70. Symphony No. 2
Handel, Music For The Royal Fireworks
Handel, The Water Music
Hindemith, Kammermusik No. 1
Hindemith, Sinfonietta In E
Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 2
Milhaud, The Creation Of The World
Nicolai, Overture “Merry Wives Of Windsor”
Orff, Carmina Burana
Prokofieff, Scythian Suite (Ala And Lolly)
Sibelius, En Saga
Sibelius, Symphony No. 5
Strauss, Salome’s Dance
Stravinsky, Song Of The Nightingale
Stravinsky, Symphony In C
Tchaikovsky, Romeo And Juliet
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2
Vaughan-Williams, A London Symphony

Excerpt List: Volume 7

Bach, J.S., Cantata No. 11
Bach, J.S., Cantata No. 31
Bach, J.S., Cantata No. 34
Berg, Violin Concerto
Berlioz, Romeo And Juliet
Bruckner, Symphony No. S
Bruckner, Symphony No. 6
Dvorák, Scherzo Capriccioso
Glière, Symphony No. 3 “Ilya Murometz”
Grieg, Piano Concerto
Hindemith, Konzertmusik For Brass & Strings
Kodaly, Hary Janos-Suite
Mahler, Symphony No. 3
Prokofieff, Symphony No. 6
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7
Sibelius, Symphony No. 7
Verdi, Overture “La Forza Del Destino”

Excerpt List: Volume 8

Bach, Cantata No. 19
Bach, Cantata No. 20
Bach, Cantata No. 21
Bach, Suite No. 4
Berg, Kammerkonvert
Berlioz, Overture “Benvenuto Cellini”
Chabrier, Overture “Gwendoline”
Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphoses On Themes By Weber
Mahler, Symphony No. 5
Mahler, Symphony No. 7
Mahler, Symphony No. 8
Mozart, Serenade No. 9 (“Posthorn”‘)
Poulenc, Suite Française
Ravel, Daphnis Ct Chloc, Suite I
Ravel, L’enfant Et Les Sortileges
Rossini, Overture “La Garra Ladra”
Schoenberg, Variations, Op. 31
Strauss, Le Bourgcois Gentilhomme
Tchaikovsky, Suite No. 3
Verdi, Don Carlo
Weber-Berlioz, Invitation To The Dance
Webern, Six Pieces

Excerpt List: Volume 9

Bach, Cantata No. 76
Bach, Cantata No. 80
Bach, Cantata No. 137
Berg, Wozzeck
Berlioz, Damnation Of Faust
Bizet, Jeux D’enfants
Brahms, Violin Concerto
Bruckner, Symphony No. 8
Debussy, Fanfare To “Le Martyre De St. Sebastien”
Debussy, Le Martyre De St. Sebastien
Debussy, Nocturnes (No. 3. Sirènes)
Debussy, Printemps
Dukas, Fanfare To “La Péri”
Dukas, La Péri
Hindemith, Harmonie Der Welt
Hindemith, Cello Concerto
Hindemith, Nobilissima Visione
Janacek, Sinfonietta
Mahler, Symphony No. 6 .
Mahler, Symphony No. 9 .
Prokofieff, Violin Concerto No. 1
Roussel, Symphony No. 4
Schubert, Symphony No. 8
Schumann, Overture “Manfred”
Smetana, From Bohemia’s Meadows
Stravinsky, Symphony In 3 Movements
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite.
Verdi, Overture “Nabucco”

Excerpt List: Volume 10

Bach, J. S., Cantata No. 75
Berlioz, Royal Hunt And Storm
Bizet, Carmen
Bruckner, Symphony No. 9
Dvorák, Cello Concerto
Franck, Symphonic Variations
Gounod, Faust
Handel, La Resurrezione
Hindemith, Mathis Der Maler
Kodaly, Galanta Dances
Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1
Mahler, Das Lied Von Der Erde
Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana
Puccini, La Bohema
Puccini, Madame Butterfly
Puccini, Tosca
Reznicek, Overture “Donna Diana”
Ravel, Concerto For The Left Hand
Roussel, Le Festin De L’araignee
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 9
Strauss, Salome
Stravinsky, Jeu De Cartes
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky, Pique Dame
Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty
Vaughan-Williams, Symphony No. 4
Verdi, Aida
Verdi, Falstaff
Verdi, La Forza Del Destino
Verdi, Rigoletto
Verdi, Othello
Verdi, La Traviata