" 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

" A nice blue shark in calm waters for exams or auditions of young instrumentalists... " - Pascal PROUST

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing euphonium for 1 or 2 years onwards

An original and tonic piece from 4 years of instrument practice

" 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 Tuba or Euphonium or Baritone for 6 years onwards.

" 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 Trumpet for 3 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 Trumpet for 1 year 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 Trumpet for 2 years onwards

I strongly encourage the thorough study of the work of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN, among which his famous Twelve Celebrated Fantasies and Air Varies. These 12 tunes, among which this piece, include all difficulties faced by a trumpet player to control his instrument. I had, together with Mireille CAPET MERAUD, lot of fun doing the recording of these Airs Varies, and I wish you a lot of joy and fun to re-discover them in this brand new version... - Franck PULCINI

I strongly encourage the thorough study of the work of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN, among which his famous Twelve Celebrated Fantasies and Air Varies. These 12 tunes, among which this piece, include all difficulties faced by a trumpet player to control his instrument. I had, together with Mireille CAPET MERAUD, lot of fun doing the recording of these Airs Varies, and I wish you a lot of joy and fun to re-discover them in this brand new version... - Franck PULCINI

" 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

" 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

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing violin for 4 years onwards - Click on title for more details

" 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 Trumpet for 6 years onwards

" 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

" 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 8 years of instrument practice

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

" 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

" 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

I strongly encourage the thorough study of the work of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN, among which his famous Twelve Celebrated Fantasies and Air Varies. These 12 tunes, among which this piece, include all difficulties faced by a trumpet player to control his instrument. I had, together with Mireille CAPET MERAUD, lot of fun doing the recording of these Airs Varies, and I wish you a lot of joy and fun to re-discover them in this brand new version... - Franck PULCINI

A musical journey to propose to young instrumentalists with 4 years of musical experience.

" 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 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.

" I had fun to mix three musical styles remotely related. My idea was to take a classical musical phrase then to reharmonize it to give it jazz or pop colors. Here is for the 'short story'.  " - Alain LOPEZ

A Piece for exams and auditions for students playing Trumpet for 3 years onwards.

" A musical evasion with a legendary captain... " - Pascal PROUST
A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Euphonium or Saxhorn for 5 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 Trumpet from between 1 and 4 years

" A minimum number of notes for maximum enjoyment for Euphonium/Saxhorn players from 2 years of instrument practice... " - Pascal PROUST

" This bluesy ballad proposes an easy approach of doted quaver followed by semiquaver and helps going one step further since this solemn rhythm is always followed by 2 quavers! " - Alain LOPEZ

" 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

" 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

I strongly encourage the thorough study of the work of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN, among which his famous Twelve Celebrated Fantasies and Air Varies. These 12 tunes, among which this piece, include all difficulties faced by a trumpet player to control his instrument. I had, together with Mireille CAPET MERAUD, lot of fun doing the recording of these Airs Varies, and I wish you a lot of joy and fun to re-discover them in this brand new version... - Franck PULCINI

A piece for instrumentalists with 6 years of musical experience.

" 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

" 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 trumpet for 5 years onwards.

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Euphonium for 3 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 minimum number of notes for maximum enjoyment for Tuba players from 2 years of instrument practice... " - Pascal PROUST

I strongly encourage the thorough study of the work of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN, among which his famous Twelve Celebrated Fantasies and Air Varies. These 12 tunes, among which this piece, include all difficulties faced by a trumpet player to control his instrument. I had, together with Mireille CAPET MERAUD, lot of fun doing the recording of these Airs Varies, and I wish you a lot of joy and fun to re-discover them in this brand new version... - Franck PULCINI

I strongly encourage the thorough study of the work of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN, among which his famous Twelve Celebrated Fantasies and Air Varies. These 12 tunes, among which this piece, include all difficulties faced by a trumpet player to control his instrument. I had, together with Mireille CAPET MERAUD, lot of fun doing the recording of these Airs Varies, and I wish you a lot of joy and fun to re-discover them in this brand new version... - Franck PULCINI

" 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 Trumpet for 6 years onwards

" 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 Trumpet from 3 years onwards

A composition with a nice melody, from 6 years of instrument practice

" 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

A Canon between piano and euphonium, from the 1st year of practice.

" What else can be better than a Samba to tackle the Syncopation with fun! In the second part, the player will have to articulate the syncopation to become a credible Samba player! one could also add the sounds of a "reco-reco" or a "pandeiro" (small Brasilian drums) to make this Samba even more captivating! " - Alain LOPEZ

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

" 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 Euphonium or Saxhorn 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

" Here is the drawing of a theme built as an arch on the pillars of the piano left hand, declined in three rhythmic forms (linear, swing and with cadence) to address flexibly some technical issues to be acquired over the 4 first years of practice... " - Pascal SAINT-LEGER

I strongly encourage the thorough study of the work of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN, among which his famous Twelve Celebrated Fantasies and Air Varies. These 12 tunes, among which this piece, include all difficulties faced by a trumpet player to control his instrument. I had, together with Mireille CAPET MERAUD, lot of fun doing the recording of these Airs Varies, and I wish you a lot of joy and fun to re-discover them in this brand new version... - Franck PULCINI

" 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

" 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 Tuba or Euphonium or Saxhorn for 6 years onwards

" As the title suggests, this piece focuses primarily on the octave leaps and chromatism. The arpeggio sequences serve as a leitmotif throughout the piece. " - Alain LOPEZ

A Piece for students from 7 years of instrument practice

I strongly encourage the thorough study of the work of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN, among which his famous Twelve Celebrated Fantasies and Air Varies. These 12 tunes, among which this piece, include all difficulties faced by a trumpet player to control his instrument. I had, together with Mireille CAPET MERAUD, lot of fun doing the recording of these Airs Varies, and I wish you a lot of joy and fun to re-discover them in this brand new version... - Franck PULCINI

I strongly encourage the thorough study of the work of Jean-Baptiste ARBAN, among which his famous Twelve Celebrated Fantasies and Air Varies. These 12 tunes, among which this piece, include all difficulties faced by a trumpet player to control his instrument. I had, together with Mireille CAPET MERAUD, lot of fun doing the recording of these Airs Varies, and I wish you a lot of joy and fun to re-discover them in this brand new version... - Franck PULCINI

This simple Piece can be used for example for a trumpet sight-reading exam.

" 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 trumpet 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 Euphonium for 3 years 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

" 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 Tuba or Euphonium for 5 years onwards

" A short piece where the young player will find what he must have acquired during the first months of learning, while being in a legendary setting...  " - Pascal PROUSTA perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Euphonium or Saxhorn for 1 or 2 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 Trumpet for 4 years onwards

" As the title suggests, this piece focuses primarily on the octave leaps and chromatism. The arpeggio sequences serve as a leitmotif throughout the piece. " - Alain LOPEZ

A Piece for students from 7 years of instrument practice

" A short story, a short dance... as if we were in the villages in the past. For concerts or exams of young instrumentalists (1 or 2 years of practice). " - Pascal PROUST

" 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 trumpet for 5 years onwards.

A Piece for exams and auditions for students playing euphonium or saxhorn for 4 years onwards.

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Trombone for 10 years 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 Trumpet for 2 years onwards

" Here is the drawing of a theme built as an arch on the pillars of the piano left hand, declined in three rhythmic forms (linear, swing and with cadence) to address flexibly some technical issues to be acquired over the 4 first years of practice... " - Pascal SAINT-LEGER

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.