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

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios – Grades Initial to 8

Trinity Sight reading Grades 1 to 8

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5

Cello Pieces for Initial Grade
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces, chosen from the list below. Only one duet may be chosen. Only one unaccompanied piece may be chosen. Pieces by at least two composers must be played. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece.

Anon., arr. Nelson, Sound for Us, Stringsongs for Cello, (Boosey & Hawkes, piano accomp) M060039331
K & D Blackwell, Beach Holiday or Hide and Seek, Cello Time Starters, (OUP piano accomp) 9780193365834
K & D Blackwell, City Lights or In the Groove (duet) or Listen to the Rhythm (duet ) or On the Prowl or Chopsticks for Two (duet ), Cello Time Joggers, (OUP, cello accomp, piano accomp) 9780193220874
Bull, Goodborn & Duckett, Daydreams, Team Strings, (Faber, book with CD, piano/score accomp) 0571528023
Cobb & Yandell, Bossy Boots or Clockwork Clown or On the Ranch or Sad Smile, Take Your Bow: Cello, (Trinity) TCL018069
K & H Colledge, Bell-ringers or Butterflies or Waterfall, Waggon Wheels, (Boosey & Hawkes, cello part only, with piano accomp) M060087486
Gregory, Footprints in the Snow or Walk on Mars!, Vamoosh Cello book 1, (Vamoosh, piano accomp) VAM21
Huws Jones, Back-Scratcher or Gone for Good or Ink-Spot, Ten O’Clock Rock, (Boosey & Hawkes, piano accomp) M060097935
Lumsden & Attwood, Casting a Spell or Hubble Bubble, Here Comes Trouble or Trick, Treat or Tango or Wilhelmina's Cocktail Shop, Witches’ Brew, (Peters) EP7677B
Nelson, Chicken-Feed or Over the Moon, Piece by Piece book 1, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060087912
Nelson, Three in a Bar, Right from the Start, (Boosey & Hawkes, duet or piano accomp ) M060065743
Simson, Halfway Down the Stairs, Abracadabra Cello book 1, (A & C Black, with 2 CDs, piano accomp) 9780713663129
Trad., French Folk Song or Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Suzuki Cello School vol. 1, (Summy-Birchard, piano accomp) 0479S
Trad., Little Bird, Abracadabra Cello book 1, (A & C Black, with 2 CDs, piano accomp) 9780713663129
Trad., Moravian Carol or Twinkle Duet (top line only or duet), The Essential String Method, Cello book 2, (Boosey & Hawkes piano accomp) M060105135
Trad., arr. Bull, Goodborn & Duckett, Who’s that Yonder♭, Team Strings, (Faber, book with CD, piano/score accomp) 0571528023
Trad., arr. Nelson, Au Claire de la lune (duet), Tunes You Know: Cello book 1, (Boosey & Hawkes, cello and piano, cello duet) M060085765
Wohlfahrt, arr. Nelson, Polka, Piece by Piece book 1, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060087912

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