A Piece for exams and auditions for students playing saxophone for 2 years onwards.

" A Piece dedicated to my friend Gilles ARCENS, and to his famous blue hat. " - Jean-Michel MAURY

A Piece for auditions for students playing saxophone for 4 years onwards.

" A romantic composition dedicated to my Director Jacques Andrieu and to his wife Danièle (pianist). The seventh intervals (range rarely used), major, minor or diminished allowed me to create a tender and touching melody. " - Alain LOPEZ

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

" A romantic composition dedicated to my Director Jacques Andrieu and to his wife Danièle (pianist). The seventh intervals (range rarely used), major, minor or diminished allowed me to create a tender and touching melody. " - Alain LOPEZ

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

" A romantic composition dedicated to my Director Jacques Andrieu and to his wife Danièle (pianist). The seventh intervals (range rarely used), major, minor or diminished allowed me to create a tender and touching melody. " - Alain LOPEZ

A Piece for exams and auditions for students playing Tenor Saxophone for 4 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.

" 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 euphonium, baritone or tuba for 4 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 flute for 3 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 Violin for 3 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 Clarinet for 3 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 Saxophone for 3 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 Saxophone for 3 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 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 alto saxophone for 3 years onwards - Click on title for more details

" During the short ternary intro, the two themes are depicted and then immediatly developped in binary with a mix of Jazz and Jazz Rock styles. The "Twinning" is exploited to make the most of it: in the title, the metric, the major tone and its relative minor, the themes, the chords, the characters attribute and the repeated notes in the melody. Listen to it !  " - Alain LOPEZ

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

" Easy little Piece (from 2 or 3 years onwards) in duet with a Piano having a nice romantic melody and pleasant harmonies " - Patrick NEBBULA

" a rythmic composition in which the cells "two semiquavers / quaver" and "quaver / two semiquavers" 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 saxophone 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 Clarinet for 3 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 Tenor or Soprano saxophone for 3 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

" 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 Flute for 3 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 Violin for 3 years onwards

" During the short ternary intro, the two themes are depicted and then immediatly developped in binary with a mix of Jazz and Jazz Rock styles. The "Twinning" is exploited to make the most of it: in the title, the metric, the major tone and its relative minor, the themes, the chords, the characters attribute and the repeated notes in the melody. Listen to it !  " - Alain LOPEZ

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

" During the short ternary intro, the two themes are depicted and then immediatly developped in binary with a mix of Jazz and Jazz Rock styles. The "Twinning" is exploited to make the most of it: in the title, the metric, the major tone and its relative minor, the themes, the chords, the characters attribute and the repeated notes in the melody. Listen to it !  " - Alain LOPEZ

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

" A bit of mechanics, a lot of weightlessnes, complicity with the pianist : here are the necessary ingredients to move the audience during an outdoor party... at the begining of the summer  " - Jean-Michel MAURY

A Piece for exams and auditions for students playing clarinet for 7 years onwards

" During the short ternary intro, the two themes are depicted and then immediatly developped in binary with a mix of Jazz and Jazz Rock styles. The "Twinning" is exploited to make the most of it: in the title, the metric, the major tone and its relative minor, the themes, the chords, the characters attribute and the repeated notes in the melody. Listen to it !  " - Alain LOPEZ

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

" During the short ternary intro, the two themes are depicted and then immediatly developped in binary with a mix of Jazz and Jazz Rock styles. The "Twinning" is exploited to make the most of it: in the title, the metric, the major tone and its relative minor, the themes, the chords, the characters attribute and the repeated notes in the melody. Listen to it !  " - Alain LOPEZ

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

" During the short ternary intro, the two themes are depicted and then immediatly developped in binary with a mix of Jazz and Jazz Rock styles. The "Twinning" is exploited to make the most of it: in the title, the metric, the major tone and its relative minor, the themes, the chords, the characters attribute and the repeated notes in the melody. Listen to it !  " - Alain LOPEZ

A perfect Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Violin for 4 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 Tenor or Soprano saxophone for 3 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 Tenor or Soprano saxophone for 3 years onwards

" 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

" 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

" 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

An original Piece for exams or auditions - for students playing Clarinet for 6 years onwards

" 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