Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus:

Candidates must choose one piece from each of the three Lists, Snare Drum, Timpani and Tuned Percussion
Pieces marked ?? can be found in Percussion Exam Pieces & Studies from 2020, Grade 5 (ABRSM)
Pieces marked ?? are with piano accompaniment

Snare Drum
Ian Bradley, On-Off-On (MULTI high bongo & low bongo) ??
Peter R. Birkby, Into a Vortex ??
Rachel Gledhill, On a Mission ?? ??
Alex Neal, Stamping Ground ??
Cameron Sinclair, Vaya Puente (MULTI cowbell) ??
Ted Atkatz, For Maurice, No. 18 from Tributes for Snare Drum (Row-Loff Productions)
Gert Bomhof, Raggedy Rhythm, from 21 Solos for Snare Drum (De Haske)
William Kraft, Allemande, No. 1 from French Suite For Percussion Solo (MULTI high & low snare, field & tenor drum) (Presser)
John O�Reilly, Introduction and Rondo, Solos for the Percussion Player (G. Schirmer)
John Pollard, Oh Well!, from Shazam! (MULTI muted tom, cymbal & cowbell)(Row-Loff Productions)

Timpani
Alan Bullard, Rising from the Deep (3D RETUNE) ?? ??
William Edwards, Conflict (3D) ??
Rachel Gledhill, A Storm in a Teacup (3D PED RETUNE) ??
Dani Howard, R E VS (3D) ??
Ian Wright, Russian Galop (RETUNE) ??
Berlioz arr. Matthew Hardy, Simply Fantastique (with repeat 3D RETUNE) Concert and Audition Pieces for the Young Percussionist (Southern Percussion)
Knauer, Exercise No. 20 in F (RETUNE or 3D) from 85 Exercises for Timpani P. 19, (Hofmeister)
Muczynski, Allegro moderato (3D PED RETUNE), No.1 from Three Designs for Three Timpani, Op.11 No. 2 (G. Schirmer) or Solos for the Percussion Player (G. Schirmer)
Garwood Whaley, Statement for Timpani (3D) (Meredith Music)
Nick Woud, Study No. 5, from Symphonic Studies for Timpani (De Haske)

Tuned Percussion
Damien Harron, Leap-Frog Funk (a♭�e♭��) ??
Bernard Hughes, Habanera (a-e��) ??
Jill Jarman, Carnival (g�f�') ??
Zara Nunn, Afternoon Sorcery (a♭-c'”)?? ??
Ney Rosauro, Brazilian Dance (g�e� 4M )?? ??
J. S. Bach, Gigue, from Partita No. 3 arr. Whaley (a-b�), Recital Pieces for Mallets (Hal Leonard)
Breuer (and Anderson & Spivack), Rag Doll Rag, from Harry Breuer�s Ragtime Solos (f?�f�', with grace notes) Harry Breuer�s Ragtime Solos (Hal Leonard) ??
Humperdinck, Evening Prayer, arr. Pimental & Moore (c�a”‘, 4M), The Solo Marimbist, Vol. 2 (Per�Mus Publications)
Arthur C. Lipner, Second Wind (Abridged Version), from Places to Visit (f�d�')(Southern Percussion) ♭
Pitfield, Reel, 3rd movt from Sonata for Xylophone Solo (g�e”, 4M) (Peters)
Chris Stock, �Jasmine� on the Breeze, from Cross Sticks (f?-f�', 4M) (Woodsmoor Press)

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