Twelve Trios for Woodwinds

Classic, Baroque, Romantic and Contemporary

By Don Schaeffer

these pieces are good for young players with a few of years experience. A bit easy for highschoolers, IMO. Well-written, good arrangements with some flexible instrumentation. Good for recitals or solo/ensemble.

This music is perfect for what I purchased it for. We are having a CoffeeHouse at our school in April to give the students opportunity for smaller group, solo, and duet performance, as well as to raise some money for scholarships for music students. The music allows for a quartet...

as well as a trio. We replaced one of the flute parts with a violin, and it sounds great! So the quartet consists of one flute, one oboe, one clarinet, and one violin. The group consists of talented high school students, so the difficulty is just right. I think they choose two pieces from this book, and one from the 10 Trios book by the same arranger to play. I'm looking forward to hearing the results at the coffeehouse.

A good option for beginner players to try out trio ensemble pieces. Pieces are scored for 1st flute, 2nd flute/oboe, and 3rd flute/clarinet. All pieces are in either G, C, or F (with one exception in Ab) and the rhythms are not difficult.