Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Soprano Tenor Saxophone Grade 5 2022 Syllabus:

Grade 5 Scales and Sight-Reading

ABRSM Saxophone Scales & Arpeggios and Sight-Reading, Grades 1-5

Grade 5 Aural

Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book only)
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)
Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)

Grade 5 Pieces

One piece must be chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. Please note that the first three pieces in each list are found in the ABRSM Soprano Tenor Saxophone Grade 5 2022 books:

Soprano Tenor Saxophone Grade 5 2022 Pack (Sax & Piano Parts, Audio Downloads, Scales & Sight-Reading)
Soprano Tenor Saxophone Grade 5 2022Pieces (Sax & Piano Parts with Audio Downloads)

List A

1 C. Baermann Tarantella (No. 41 from Vollständige ClarinettSchule, Part 1, Op. 63), arr. Bullard
2 Glinka Danse (from La vie pour le Tsar), arr. Ivanov
3 Paul Harris Saxsequential
4 Bizet Farandole (from L’arlésienne, Suite No. 2), arr. Lanning Classic Experience Collection for Tenor Saxophone (Cramer)
5 Blémant Petit jeu (from Quatre récréations faciles) First Repertoire Pieces for Tenor Saxophone (Boosey & Hawkes)
6 Bouillon Valse-Fantaisie First Repertoire Pieces for Tenor Saxophone (Boosey & Hawkes)
7 Ferling Study in A, No. 46 from 80 Graded Studies for Saxophone, Book 1 (Faber)
8 Lutosławski March (from Three Youthful Pieces), arr. Denley Time Pieces for B♭ Saxophone, Vol. 2 (ABRSM)
9 Mike Mower Bucolic Bounce, No. 17 from The Good Tempered Saxophone (Itchy Fingers Publications)
10 Rossini Aria (from Il barbiere di Siviglia), arr. Lewin, 22 Unaccompanied Pieces for Saxophone (ABRSM)

List B

1 Keri Degg Celtic V (No. 5 from Celtic Collage)
2 Chevalier de Saint-Georges Andante (1st movt from Sonata for the Harp with obbligato Flute), arr. Talbot-Howard
3 Karen Street All Because of You
4 Anon. Spanish Love Song, arr. Harris & Calland, Selected Solos for Soprano/Tenor Saxophone, Grades 4–6 (Faber)
5 Fauré Après un rêve (No. 1 from Trois mélodies, Op. 7), arr. Blackwell, Fauré: Après un rêve for Saxophone (ABRSM Download only)🎹
6 Dave Heath Gentle Dreams, from Gentle Dreams and Shiraz for Soprano Saxophone (Camden Music)
7 Musorgsky Larme, arr. Ivanov, Six pièces russes, Vol. 2, for Tenor or Soprano Saxophone (Lemoine)
8 Tomasi Chant Corse,  for Tenor Saxophone (Leduc)
9 Jeffery Wilson Tango in D,  for Soprano Saxophone (Camden Music)
10 Nigel Wood Silver Chalice.  for Saxophone (Saxtet Publications)

List C

1 Joplin The Ragtime Dance, arr. Blackwell heel stamp optional
2 Cassie Kinoshi Through the Trees
3 Alan Bullard Festival Sax (No. 35 from Sixty for Sax),
4 Keiron Anderson Chillax,  from Cool Pieces, for Tenor Saxophone (Forton Music)
5 Ned Bennett An Urge to Splurge, The Jazz Sax Collection for Tenor or Soprano Saxophone (Faber)
6 Gershwin But Not for Me, arr. Bennett The Jazz Sax Collection for Tenor or Soprano Saxophone (Faber)
7 Rob Buckland Scaredy Cat, Solo Saxophone, Book 1 (Astute Music)
8 Richard Kershaw Tango Till You Drop! from Latin Nights for Tenor Saxophone  (Hunt Edition)
9 Ros Stephen Transylvanian Stick Dance, No. 12 from B♭ Saxophone Globetrotters (OUP)🎹
10 Karen Street Paradise Ballroom, from Streetworks, for Solo Saxophone (Gumbles Publications)

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ABRSM Soprano Tenor Saxophone Grade 5 from 2022 Additional Resources & information

Theory of Music

ABRSM Music Theory Exam Materials
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Syllabus amendments

The ABRSM will post updates to the syllabus – e.g. changes to publication details or other minor corrections or clarifications – at www.abrsm.org/syllabuscorrections.

Syllabus revision

The ABRSM has not scheduled the next revision of the Woodwind Syllabus. The ABRSM will post advance notice of planned changes to the Woodwind Syllabus (including syllabus overlap information) at www.abrsm.org/syllabusupdates.

Photocopies & downloads
Candidates should not perform from unauthorised photocopies (or other kinds of copies) or illegal downloads of copyright music in examinations. There are limited circumstances where can copies be used in an examination the UK. The MPA’s Code of Fair Practice gives further guidance. Before making a copy an application should be made to the copyright holder and evidence of permission should be brought to the exam. Candidates and Applicants must act within the law with regard to copyright.