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

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios – Grades 1 to 8

Trinity Sight reading Grades 1 to 8

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5

Oboe Pieces for Grade 1
Three pieces are to be played, two pieces from group A and one piece from group B, to form a balanced programme. Instead of one piece, candidates may offer an own composition.

Group A
J S Bach, Von Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her, First Book of Oboe Solos, (Faber, oboe part only, oboe & piano)
Barratt, Modal Lament, Bravo for Oboe, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060114601
Gluck, Chorus from Paris and Helen, p. 23, Learn As You Play Oboe, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060124686
Gray, Evening Song or Pendulum or Jackboots, Oboe Music to Enjoy, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060103582
Hinchliffe, Holiday Trot or Spring Song or Elizabethan Lament, The Really Easy Oboe Book, (Faber)
Jenkins, Cantilena from Adiemus, Grade by Grade Oboe Grade 1, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060124822
Lyons, Natasha’s Hedgehog or Rock Steady or Storybook Waltz or Spring Carol or Cradle Song, Compositions for Oboe vol. 1, (Useful) U126
Morley, Go From My Window, Go, First Book of Oboe Solos, (Faber, oboe part only, oboe & piano)
Purcell, Rigadoon or Song Tune, First Book of Oboe Solos, (Faber, oboe part only, oboe & piano)
Rae, Sundown, In The Groove, (Reedimensions) RD 034
Richardson, A Melancholy Tale or March, First Book of Oboe Solos, (Faber, oboe part only, oboe & piano)
Trad., All Through the Night or The Oak and the Ash, Twenty Two Traditional Tunes for Beginner Oboists, (Fentone) F485A
Trad. Brazilian, Mama Paquita, Grade by Grade Oboe Grade 1, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060124822
Wedgwood, Crystal Spring or Hot Chilli, Really Easy Jazzin’ About for Oboe, (Faber)

Group B
Anon., Castle on The Hill, no. 70, Abracadabra Oboe, (A & C Black, book only or with CD)
Beekum, Study no. 5 in C, Piu Mosso, (Harmonia) HU3106
Gale, The Ending's Well (no CD accomp.), Jazz FX for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 1341CD
Loane & Duckett, Sleigh Ride, Team Woodwind, (Faber, book & CD, piano accompt.)
Lyons, Study no. 2, 24 Melodic Studies for Oboe, (Useful) U56
Mower, Sirens, no. 1, The Good Tempered Oboe, (Itchy Fingers) IFP058
Purcell, Rigaudon, Learn As You Play Oboe, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060124686
Rae, Relay, no. 3, Track and Field for Oboe, (Reedimensions) RD 063
Salter, Gossip, p. 4, 35 Melodic Studies for Oboe, (Emerson) E413
Sparke, Ticker Tape Parade, no. 5, Skilful Studies for Oboe, (Anglo) AMP 095-401
Trad. Welsh, Ffigysbren, Learn As You Play Oboe or Grade by Grade Oboe Grade 1, (Boosey & Hawkes, M060124686 / M060124822)
Watts, Study in Green, Fresh Air, (Mayhew) 3611889

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