PRIVATE LESSONS

If I ask you what the last song you played was then I can properly rank your skill level
and assign the next appropriate repertoire.

LEVEL 1:

Open Strings Song
Hot Cross Buns
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Nursery Rhymes and Folk Tunes
- French Folk Song
- Lightly Row
- Allegro - S. Suzuki
- Rigadoon - H. Purcell
- Etude - S. Suzuki
- Happy Farmer - R. Schumann
- Minuet No. 2 - J.S. Bach

LEVEL 2:

Long, Long Ago - T.H. Bayly
- Minuet No. 3 - J.S. Bach
Musette (from English Suite No. 3) - J.S. Bach
- Theme from Witches' Dance - N. Paganini
Gavotte - F.J. Gossec
Bouree - G.F. Handel
Menuet - Exaudet

LEVEL 3:

Moon Over the Ruined Castle (3rd/4th Positions) - R. Taki
Minuet and Trio - L. Boccherini
- Scherzo - C. Webster
- Gavotte in C minor - J.S Bach
- La Cinquataine - G. Marie
- Chanson Triste Op. 40, No. 2 - P.I. Tchaikovsky
Sonata in E minor - II. Allegro (Op. 14, No. 5) - A. Vivaldi
Sonata in A minor - II. Allegro Energico (Op. 14 No. 3) - A. Vivald-i

LEVEL 4:

- Sonata in C major (Op. 40, No. 1) - J.B. Breval
Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 65 - G. Goltermann
Unaccompanied Cello Suites - J.S. Bach
40 Variations - O. Sevcik

LEVEL 5:

Slow Pieces:

- The Swan - C. Saint-Saens
- Ave Maria - J.S. Bach/ C. Gounod
- Vocalise - S. Rachmaninoff
- Arioso - Bach
- Elegie - G. Faure

Fast Pieces:

- Tarantella - Squire
- Humoresque - Dvorak
Concerto in D major (Op. 3, No. 9) - A. Vivaldi
- Allegro Appassionato - C. Saint-Saens
Sonata in E minor, Op. 38, No.1 - B. Romberg

LEVEL 6:

Concerto No. 2 in D major - J.B. Breval
- Tarantella - D. Popper
- Concerto in C minor - J.C. Bach
- At the Fountain - Davidoff
Concerto in Bb Major - L. Boccherini

CONCERTOS for Competitions:

- Concerto in C major - J. Haydn
- Concerto in A minor - C. Saint Saens
- Concertino in G minor, op. 132 - S. Prokofiev
Rocco Variations - Tchaikovsky
Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107 - D. Shostakovich
- Concerto in D major - J. Haydn
Cello Concerto in E minor op. 85 - E. Elgar
Cello Concerto No. 2 - A. Dvorak
Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129 - R. Schumann
Concertante in E minor, op. 125 - S. Prokofiev-

CAPRICES and ETUDES:

21 Etudes - J.L. Duport
6 Caprices, op. 11 - A.F. Servais
12 Caprices, op. 25 - A.C. Piatti
24 Caprices - N. Paganini

Full Comprehensive Cello Repertoire Levels
according to John Michel at CELLO.ORG