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

Prequisite for Entry: ABRSM Grade 5 (or above) in Music Theory, Practical Musicianship or any solo Jazz instrument.
Candidates must choose one piece from each of the three Lists, Snare Drum, Timpani and Tuned Percussion

Pieces marked ?? are with piano accompaniment

Snare Drum
Ted Atkatz, For Fripp, No.14 from Tributes for Snare Drum (Row�Loff Productions)
Colgrass, Allegro con spirito, No. l from Unaccompanied Solos for Snare Drum (Alfred) or P. 4 from Solos for the Percussion Player (G. Schirmer)
John O�Reilly, Fireworks (MULTI 2 tom-toms, cymbal, bass drum with pedal), Solos for the Percussion Player (G. Schirmer)
Brett William Dietz, Abduction (MULTI cowbell & high tom-tom), No. 5 from Reflex (C. Alan Publications)
Murray Houllif, Tribalism (MULTI Small, medium, large tom & cowbell), No. 7 from Multiplicities (Kendor Music)
Jill Jarman, New Orleans Sunrise, Principal Percussion (ABRSM) ??
Keith Larson, Study No. 25, from Artistic Studies for Snare Drum, (C. Alan Publications)
David Mancini, Celebration (MULTI 4 concert tom-toms, no snare drum), (Per-Mus Publications)
Wolfgang Sonntag, The Crazy Snare Drum (with repeats at bb. 4 & 28), No.19 from Magic Sticks (Zimmermann)
Garwood Whaley, Essay for Snare Drum (Hal Leonard)

Timpani
Gert Bomhof, Changing Meters II (3D), No. 12 from Solo Pieces for Timpani (De Haske)
Bill Cahn, Canzone (3D PED RETUNE), from Six Concert Pieces for Solo Timpani (Hal Leonard)
S. Fink, Rockin� Timpani (4D), No. 8 from Solobook for Timpani, Vol. 1 (Simrock)
George Frock, Opening Toccata (4D), No. l from Seven Solo Dances for the Advanced Timpanist (Southern Music)
Murray Houllif, March Triumphant (with repeats, 4D, PED, RETUNE) (Kendor Music)
A. Ridout, Movement I (4D), from Sonatina for Timpani (Boosey & Hawkes)
Cameron Sinclair, Kontretanz (3D PED RETUNE), from 3 Tanzen (Scottish Music Centre)
Brian Slawson, Paukenstein (3D PED RETUNE) from Dynamic Solos for Timpani (Alfred)
Nick Woud, First Call (3D RETUNE), Principal Percussion (ABRSM)
Nick Woud, Study No. 20 (4D PED RETUNE), from Symphonic Studies for Timpani (De Haske)

Tuned Percussion
J. S. Bach, Prelude (g?�e‒ MAR/XYL), from Partita No. 3 for Violin Solo arr. Sewrey, Hans & Schneller, Modern School for Mallet-Keyboard Instruments (Hal Leonard)
J. S. Bach, Prelude (C�g' MAR 4M), from Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1007), trans. Stevens, J. S. Bach: Six Suites for Marimba (Keyboard Percussion Publications)
Chris Baron, Mucho Gusto (b�e'”, MAR), Principal Percussion (ABRSM) ??
G.H. Green, Jovial Jasper (g?�e�”, XYL), George Hamilton Green�s Xylophone Rags (Hal Leonard) ??
Arthur C. Lipner, Carib� Vibe (Abridged Version) (f-f�', VIB 4M), from Places to Visit (Southern Percussion) ??
Miyoshi, Tender Talk (with repeats, c'�b', MAR 4M), No.1 from Conversation: Suite for Marimba, Modern Japanese Marimba Pieces 2 (Ongaku)
Ney Rosauro, My Dear Friend (f?�e', VIB 4M), from Vibes Etudes and Songs (2nd edition) (Pro Percussao)
Ney Rosauro, Preludio No. 1 Mi menor (A- g”‘, MAR 4M, with repeats, without D.S. (go to 5th bar of coda), from Three Preludes for Solo Marimba (Pro Percussao)
Cameron Sinclair, Tarantella (d�d♭�', MAR/XYL)(Scottish Music Centre) ??
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovi�, Johnny�s Shuffle (G-b�, MAR 4M), from Funny Marimba, Book 2 (Gretel Verlag)
Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovi�, Macedonia (f-b♭�, MAR, with repeats) (Studio 4 Music) ??

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