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

Trinity Sight reading Grades 1 to 8
Trinity Aural Test books Grades 6 to8

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios – Grades 1 to 8
Or
Brass Band Extracts (music may be used)

Candidates prepare all euphonium extracts or all baritone extracts.
Candidates choose one extract to play first. Examiners then select one of the remaining two prepared extracts to be performed.

Euphonium:
1. Goffin: Rhapsody in Brass (no. 35, passages 2, 3 & 4)
2. Ball: Tournament for Brass (no. 44, passages 1, 2 & 3)
3. Gregson: The Plantagenets (no. 34, passages 1, 3, 4 & 5)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 2 (Con Moto) CMT2002

Baritone:
1. Fletcher: An Epic Symphony (no. 13, passages 1, 2 & 4)
2. Vinter: Entertainments (no. 12, all)
3. Gregson: The Plantagenets (no. 34, passages 2, 3 & 4)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 8 (Con Moto) CMT2008

Euphonium/Baritone Pieces for Grade 8
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces: two accompanied pieces from group A and one unaccompanied piece from group B. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece. Only one duet may be chosen.

Group A (accompanied)
Barry, Concerto for Baritone, 3rd movt: Scherzando (Studio) M050079347
Bellstedt, Napoli, Shepherd’s Song [TC] (Winwood) 0084
Butterworth, Partita, op. 89, 3rd movt: Sarabande and 5th movt: Scherzo [TC/BC](Comus) 010
Graham, Whirlwind, Gramercy Solo Album B♭ [TC/BC] (Gramercy) GM59007
Green, Euphoria [including cadenza] [TC/BC](Brass Wind) 3127
Horovitz, Euphonium Concerto, 1st movt: Moderato or 2nd movt: Lento or 3rd movt: Con moto [TC/BC](Novello) NOV120387
Hummel, Fantasy [beginning at bar 93, Allegro non troppo] [TC/BC] (Winwood) 0206
Jenkins, Euphonium Concerto, 2nd movt: Romanza [TC/BC](Boosey) M060123153
Marshall, Ransomed, no. 7, The Salvation Army Instrumental Album no. 21 [TC] (Salvationist) SPS99991
Mealor, Baritone Concerto, 1st movt (Con Moto) CMT0204
Mealor, Sonatina for Euphonium, 3rd movt: Scherzo [TC/BC](Con Moto) CMT0202
Monti , Czardas, Monti’s Czardas [TC/BC] (Winwood) 0078
Mozart, Adagio and Rondo, [Rondo only] [TC/BC] (Winwood) 0208
Newton, Sonata Brevis (Prima Vista)
Price, Divertimento (Prima Vista)
Rachmaninov , Vocalise [TC/BC](Studio) M050005742
Roper, Sonata for Euphonium, 1st movt [TC/BC](Studio) M050003908
Sparke, Euphonium Concerto, 1st movt: Moderato e energico [TC/BC] (Studio) M050031192
Sparke, Fantasy for Euphonium & Brass Band [TC/BC](Brand) 70024
Sparke, Rhapsody for B♭ Baritone [TC](Studio) M050034759
Trad., Over the Stone (Tros y Garreg), arr. Small (extended version)(Prima Vista)
Wilby, Concert Galop [TC](Winwood) 0184

Group B (unaccompanied)
Arban, Study no. 6 or Study no. 9, 14 Studies for Cornet [TC] (Boosey) M060010378
J S Bach , Study no. 6 in D minor or Study no. 7 in E♭, The Well Tempered Player [TC] (Winwood) 0015
Bourgeois, No. 8, Allegro energico, Fantasy Pieces for Euphonium [TC or BC] (Brass Wind, treble clef, bass clef) 3126TC/BC
Hadermann, Escapade, New Concert Studies for Euphonium vol. 2 [TC or BC] (De Haske, book only or with CD) DHP1033404-400/DHP1033405-400
McKenzie, Rock or Krivo Horo, Rhythms of Life [TC or BC] (Con Moto, treble clef, bass clef) CMT1007/CMT1008
Meechan, Parallel Realities (Prima Vista)
Vizzutti, Polka, 20 Dances for Euphonium [TC or BC] (De Haske, book only or with CD) DHP1002381-400/DHP1002382-400
Wiggins, Soliloquy IX(Neuschel) M050006152

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