A piece for instrumentalists with 6 years of musical experience.

" Original composition using the famous habanera rhythmic cell (dotted quarter/dotted quarter/quarter), without which there would not be any tango... " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 6 years onwards

" A piece where students can show their expertise in legato as well as articulated rhythms. " - Jean-Michel MAURY

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for musicians with 4 years of instrument practice

We play this music with images of a fun little movie in our head... For a hearing or an exam from 6 years of practice.

" A nice piece in a jazz / piano bar style for trombone and piano, from 6-7 years of instrument practice. " - Arnaud MEIER

" Bright and colorful composition, with melodic lines based on a set of syncopes and provided with a cadence. It is intended for interpreters with technical and musical levels already confirmed. " - Alain LOPEZ

A Piece for students from 7 years of instrument practice

" The artistic  skills and sensitivity of the musician are highlighted here, in order to recreate, thanks to varied metronomic movements, rhythms and nuances, ten atmospheres described throughout the Piece. " - Alain LOPEZ

An original Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Clarinet for 7 years onwards

" Orange was the popular color of tango dancers at tango's height during the twenties. The melody is as bright as the color, pleasant and is not bereft of ardour. " - Alain LOPEZ

" As its title suggests, this "tournerie", the first of the series, must be interpreted with emphasis on the regularity of tempo as well as with a vigorous pulse. Trombonists should play without adding jazzy nor lyrical effects. Priority given to "groove", a bit like in Piazzolla's tangos. " - Denis LELOUP

" As its title suggests, this "tournerie", the second of the series, must be interpreted with emphasis on the regularity of tempo as well as with a vigorous pulse. Trombonists should play without adding jazzy nor lyrical effects. Priority given to "groove", a bit like in Piazzolla's tangos. " - Denis LELOUP

" As its title suggests, this "tournerie", the third of the series, must be interpreted with emphasis on the regularity of tempo as well as with a vigorous pulse. Trombonists should play without adding jazzy nor lyrical effects. Priority given to "groove", a bit like in Piazzolla's tangos. " - Denis LELOUP

" Easy variations on a famous popular theme. For an auditon or exam on folk songs, and with a piano accompaniement adapted to the young musicians " - Pascal PROUST
A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 4 years onwards

" Melodic composition targeted to "young" students where rhythms of half note, quarter note, eighth note, on beat, are exclusively used. " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 1 year onwards

" A rhythmically simple composition that I wanted to be very melodic to encourage students to become familiar with repeated notes. " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 2 years onwards

" Blues with simple rhythmic cells and small ascending and descending chromatic movements. This piece will allow you to familiarize yourself with 'swing', supported by the piano accompaniment, imitating the horse's trot. " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 2 years onwards

" Latin music divided into three parts of 32 mes. each: the first is for students with 1-2 years of experience (only long values and small chromatisms are used), the second is for those who have 2 or 3 (add dotted quarter / eighth notes and intervals of fourths), the third is for those at the end of the first cycle (flow from eighth in addition). This piece can "follow" the students for three years and / or allow 3 students with different levels to play together. " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone from between 1 and 4 years

" How to make a good music recipe with few ingredients? Take some quavers, long values and swing the harmonies... " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone from 3 years onwards

" This composition was created for young musicians (mostly teenagers), and will be played as a pop song. Indeed, its texture (silky and polished) is related to the use of triplets and harmonic series built on the principle of 'verse / chorus'. Its tempo (close to the human body beat) and duration (3 minutes) will make it the hit of the summer! " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 4 years onwards

" AABA form of Latin music which gives meaning to the work of opposed nuances. On the pedagogical side, some unusual rhythms at this level are proposed. " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 4 years onwards

" The purpose of this composition is to familiarize yourself with the unusual 5/4 metric, often associated to the famous jazz standard by Paul Desmond, Take Five. Rhythms and articulation are varied but without major difficulty. This piece is dedicated to the saxophonist "Michel Itier". " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 5 years onwards

" A rythmic composition in which the cells "quaver / two semiquaver" and " two semiquaver / quaver " are like a leitmotiv until the end of the Piece. The numerous triplets are a wink of "Rhapsody in Blues" from George Gershwin. My goal was to facilitate the listening, the exchange and the mimicry betwenn the two associated players: no tandem ("Temps d'M") without that! " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 8 years onwards

" The title of this Piece is a pun on Cubans rhythms. The opposition between the tone and used homonymous tone, as well as the rhythmic formula chosen on theme "B" are a typical feature of South America music. Concerning the melody, it is a stylistics composition on quarter note triplets!  " - Alain LOPEZ

A Piece for exams and auditions for students playing trombone for 4 years onwards.

" As the light whose reflection in the water is sometimes broken by the waves, I used ascending and descending movement in the melody. The pervasive use of syncopation also enabled me to exacerbate the impact felt by the ebb and flow.  " - Alain LOPEZ

A Piece for exams and auditions for students playing trombone for 5 years onwards.

" The chassé-croisé of quarter notes and eight notes triplets together with Piano incite to dance and remind us of cabarets' ambiance of the 1920s. This piece, coupled with a faster one is an ideal combination to propose for end of first cycle exam. " - Alain LOPEZ

" a Jazz waltz (dedicated to my uncle who was so benevolent during my early stages!) that may remind Erik Satie's Gymnopédies or the famous "Bluesette" from Toots Thielemans " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Tenor or Soprano saxophone for 3 years onwards

" For those who are nostalgic of village dance. Delicate piece to work on intervals.  " - Jean-Michel MAURY

A Piece for exams and auditions for students playing trombone for 5 years onwards.

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 10 years onwards

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 10 years onwards

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 10 years onwards

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 10 years onwards

" This Piece is a transcription for Trombone of a Baroque piece. It must be played using the subtle phrasing and moderate sound intensity of instruments used during this epoch, such as Sackbut. The main difficulty of this Piece reside in its interpretation. In order to help you, I propose articulations and nuances that will allow you playing in the spirit of the first half of the eighteenth century, while giving you the freedom to choose the ornamentation that you prefer. " - Olivier LACHURIE

" This concerto is a major Piece of Baroque repertoire for Trombone. A particular attention must be given to the respect of nuances and articulations that I placed in this score, to guide you towards playing in the spirit of the first half of the eighteenth century, while giving you the freedom to ornament as you like. " - Olivier LACHURIE

" Composed during the nineteenth century, this piece is one of the "standards" of Trombone repertoire. It is also often played in national and international competitions. Felix Alexandre Guilmant managed here at the same time to reveal many musical aspects of Trombone and to offer a great freedom of interpretation to the player. Enjoy!  " - Olivier LACHURIE

" This Piece is one of the real Must-Haves for Tenor Trombone. Composed in 1915, it has often be chosen for exams and competitions, since it allows highlighting the musicality, instrumental techniques (triple tonguing, rapid slide movements) as well as the wide and warm sound of the instrumentalist. This Cavatine is an ideal and pleasant piece for concert. Several famous Trombonists have recorded it, and continue to play it all around the World. " - Olivier LACHURIE