Practicing orchestral excerpts on the trumpet is a vital component of a trombone player’s development. It enhances their technical proficiency, musicality, ensemble skills, and prepares them for auditions and performances, ultimately shaping them into well-rounded and capable musicians.

From audition preparation to repertoire familiarity, listening skills, artistic expression, and overall musicianship, being well versed and trained in standard (and not so standard) orchestral excerpts is key to becoming a professional trombone player.

The Standard Repertoire Library is a 14-book set that covers 600 pages of orchestral excerpts across all areas of the orchestral literature. Where appropriate, the excerpts include the entire section for a more thorough practicing opportunity and the instrument keys and editorial markings are expertly engraved.

Each volume of this series is focused on a specific area of the repertoire, and even though the sheer number of excerpts included is absolutely massive, I am going to put the full list from each volume in the samples to the left.

Whether you are just getting started in your journey, or you are a seasoned professional, there is something here for everyone. From audition prep to juries to personal practice, everything you could ever want is right here in this set. And the best part? Get the full set discounted 60% OFF from day one.

Samples to the left, TOC below. Click above for an immediate digital download.

Volume 1: Wagner Operas

1. Rienzi.
2. Der fliegende Holländer – The Flying Dutchman – Le Vaisseau fantôme
3. Tannhäuser
4. Lohengrin ..
5. Tristan und Isolde – Tristan and Isolda – Tristan et Isolde
6. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. Les Maîtres Chanteurs de Nuremberg
7. Das Rheingold – The Rhinegold – L’Or du Rhin
8. Die Walküre – The Valkyrie – La Walkyrie
9. Siegfried ..
10. Götterdämmerung – The Twilight of the Gods – Le Crépuscule des Dieux
11. Parsifal
12. Rule Britannia. Ouverture
13. Eine Faust – Ouvertüre – A Faust – Overture – Une Ouverture de Faust …
14. Das Liebesmahl der Apostel – The Holy Supper of the Apostles La Sainte Cëne des Apôtres.
15. Huldigungsmarsch – March of Homage – Marche d’Hommage
16. Kaisermarsch – Imperial March – Marche Impériale

Volume 2: Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

1.  Vorabend: Das Rheingold
2. Erster Tag: Die Walküre.

Volume 3: Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

1. Zweiter Tag: Siegfried
2. Dritter Tag: Götterdämmerung.

Volume 4

1. BEETHOVEN: Missa solemnis in D Major, Opus 123
2. LORTZING: Undine
3. NESSLER: The Trumpeter of Sakkingen.
4. ROSSINI: William Tell
5. CHERUBINI: The Water Carrier Overture
6. ROSSINI: La Gazza Ladra Overture
7. SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Opus 61
8. SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 in E Major, Opus 67
9. SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Opus 120
10. LORTZING: Romance & Lied (from Undine)

Volume 5

1. WEBER: Euryanthe
2. MOZART: Don Giovanni
3. WAGNER: Lohengrin
4. NESSLER: Pied Piper of Hamlin
5. WEBER: Huon’s Prayer & Finale (from Oberon)
6. MOZART: Standchen (from Don Giovanni)
7. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Opus 125
8. WEBER: Trio & Chorus – Act 1 (from Der Freischutz)
9. WEBER: Finale (from Der Freischutz)
10. WEBER: Romance (from Euryanthe)

Volume 6

1. MOZART: The Magic Flute
2. SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished)
3. NICOLAI: Merry Wives of Windsor
4. AUBER: Fra Diavolo
5. MARSCHNER: Templer und Judin
6. SPOHR: Jessonda
7. LORTZING: Zar and Zimmermann
8. MOZART: Tuba mirum from the Requiem
9. SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in Bb Major, Opus 38
10. DONIZETTI: Belisario

Volume 7

1. HAYDN: The Creation
2. KREUTZER: Das Nachtlager von Granada
3. SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 7 in C Major

Volume 8

1. WAGNER: Rienzi
2. WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman
3. WAGNER: Tannhauser
4. WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde
5. WAGNER: Die Meistersinger
6. WAGNER: Parsifal

Volume 9

1. WAGNER: Das Rheingold.
2. WAGNER: Die Walkure

Volume 10

1. WAGNER: Siegfried
2. WAGNER: Gotterdammerung

Volume 11

1. VERDI: IL Trovatore
2. VERDI: Rigoletto
3. VERDI: Aida
4. VERDI: Romance from Aida
5. VERDI: La Traviata

Volume 12

1. VERDI: Othello
2. VERDI: Un Ballo in Maschera
3. BRAHMS: German Requiem
4. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Opus 68
5. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 73
6. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Opus 90.
7. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Opus 98

Volume 13

1. PFITZNER: Der arme Heinrich
2. PFITZNER: Die Rose vom Liebesgarten

Volume 14

1. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Opus 36
2. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Opus 64
3. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Opus 74 (Pathetique)