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 3
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
Anon., Corranto in G, Three Elizabethan Pieces, (Emerson) E169
Arlen, Over the Rainbow, All Jazzed Up for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 1302
Bart, As Long As He Needs Me, Great Winners for Oboe, (Brass Wind, oboe part, piano accompt, oboe, piano & CD) 0327
Bullard, Circus Rock or Acrobats, Circus Skills, (Spartan) SP730
Butterworth, Time Was, Easy Going, (Brass Wind) 1309
Chandler, Habanera or Valse Sentimentale or Magyar, Three Dance Studies, (Nova) NM298
Corelli, Prelude & Gavotta, Nine Short Pieces from Three Centuries, (OUP)
Farnaby, Tower Hill, Three Elizabethan Pieces, (Emerson) E169
Gershwin, I Got Rhythm, All Jazzed Up for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 1302
Gluck, Minuet in F from Orfeo, Airobics, (Simrock) EE4008
Gorb, Saturday Stroll, Up Front Album for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 0305
Gray, Steppe Dance, Oboe Music to Enjoy, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060103582
Gregson, Folk Song Echoes, Up Front Album for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 0305
Hanmer, Sadness, Two Contrasts, (Emerson) E15
Hinchliffe, Ayre or Anticipation, Forging Ahead on the Oboe, (Hinchliffe)
Jacob, No. 6 or no. 9, Ten Little Studies for Oboe and Piano, (OUP)
Kelly, Calypso, Ballads and Bagatelles, (Spartan) SP1276
Kelly, South American Dance, Trasimeno Suite, (Phylloscopus) PP388
Lawson, Arietta or Spiritual, Four Short Pieces for Oboe & Piano, (Emerson) E141
Locke, Sarabande, Nine Short Pieces from Three Centuries, (OUP)
Lyons, Soft Song or Dancing in the Rain, Compositions for Oboe vol. 1, (Useful) U126
Nott, Wallace and Gromit, Great Winners for Oboe, (Brass Wind, oboe part, piano accompt, oboe, piano & CD) 0327
Parker, Sunday Morning, All Jazzed Up for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 1302
Purcell, Rondeau, Second Book of Oboe Solos, (Faber)
Rae, In the Loop, In The Groove, (Reedimensions) RD 034
Sullivan, The Sun, whose Rays are all Ablaze, (Reedimensions) RD 041
Group B
Baermann, Study no. 12, 80 Graded Studies for Oboe book 1, (Faber)
Beekum, Study no. 45 in E minor, Piu Mosso, (Harmonia) HU3106
Chedeville, Tambourin, p. 45, Learn As You Play Oboe, (Boosey & Hawkes) M060124686
Gale, Blues for Sam or Down the Dale, Jazz FX for Oboe, (Brass Wind) 1341CD
Hinke, Study no. 1, p. 18, Elementary Method for Oboe, (Peters) EP2418
Lyons, Study no. 8 or Study no. 10, 24 Melodic Studies for Oboe, (Useful) U56
Mower, Le Piet Chien, no. 11 or Wistfully, no. 19, The Good Tempered Oboe, (Itchy Fingers) IFP058
Rae, Triple Jump, no. 8, Track and Field for Oboe, (Reedimensions) RD 063
Salter, Spring in the Air, p. 5, 35 Melodic Studies for Oboe, (Emerson) E413
Sparke, Shalom!, no. 14, Skilful Studies for Oboe, (Anglo) AMP 095-401
Sullivan, Never Mind the Why and Wherefore, Melodies for Pleasure, (Pan) PEM38
Watts, Study in Pink, Fresh Air, (Mayhew) 3611889
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