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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 6 to 8
Trinity Scales and Arpeggios Grades 1 to 8
OR
Orchestral or Bass Band Extracts (music may be used)
Candidates prepare all orchestral extracts or all brass band extracts.
Candidates choose one extract to play first. Examiners then select one of the remaining two prepared extracts to be performed.
Orchestral extracts:
1. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, 2. Aufzug Nr. 10 Arie des Sarastro (page 10, bars 1–24)
2. Strawinsky: Pulcinella, VII. Satz (page 19, entire extract, with repeat)
3. Wagner: Die Walküre, 3. Aufzug 1. Szene (Walkürenritt) (page 22, 1st trombone: entire extract)
Extracts from Orchester Probespiel (Peters) EP8665
Brass band extracts:
1. Fletcher: Epic Symphony, (no. 14, passages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 only)
2. Ball: Tournament for Brass, (no. 45, passages 1, 2 & 5 from after 15 bars rest)
3. Lloyd: Diversions on a Bass Theme, (no. 12, passages 1, 2 & 4)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 4 (Con Moto) CMT2004
Trombone and Bass Trombone Pieces for Grade 6
* Must be played with the piano accompaniment
Group A (accompanied)
J S Bach, Arioso from Piano Concerto in F minor, Solos for the Trombone Player [BC] (Schirmer) GS33009
J S Bach, Prelude in A♭ major, Bach for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2107TC/BC
Berlin, Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Let’s Face the Music for Trombone [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 2131TC/BC
Carmichael, Stardust, Jazzed Up Too for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1119TC/BC
Curnow, Fantasy for Trombone [complete] [TC/BC] (Winwood) 0136
Dello Joio, Russian Dancer, Across the Pond [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 2136TC/BC
Ellington, Caravan, Winning Matrix* [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind, piano accomp) 0145TC/BC
Garner, Misty, Paper Moon [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2152TC/BC
Gershwin, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Centre Stage for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2117TC/BC]
Gordon & Warren, Chattanooga Choo Choo, The Sunny Side of the Street [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2119TC/BC
Gottschalk , Tounament Galop, Undercover Hits for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1150TC/BC
Greenwood, The Acrobat [TC/BC] (Wright & Round) W0188/PA
Mitcham, Bluebone or The Groove's the Thing, Bluebone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2142TC/BC
Mowat, Bone Idyll, Slide Show for Trombone [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 0122TC/BC
Myers, Cavatina, Across the Pond [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef (or with CD)] (Brass Wind) 2136TC/BC
Parker, Dances with Bears, Jazzed Up Too for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1119TC/BC
Proctor, Slidewalk, On Your Metal [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2120TC/BC
Purcell , I Attempt from Love’s Sickness, Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1 [TC/BC] (Chester) CH55320
Rimsky-Korsakov, Concerto for Trombone in B♭, 2nd movt: Andante cantabile [TC/BC] (Brass Wind) 4111
Trad., Londonderry Air or Variations on The Ash Grove, Just Brass Trombone Solos vol. 1 [TC/BC] (Chester) CH55320
Group B (unaccompanied)
J S Bach, Suite no. 1, Gigue, J S Bach Suites for Cello [adapted for the tenor trombone] [Tenor] (Leduc) AL20326
Bourgeois, No. 4, Presto or no. 9, Allegro con fuoco, Bone of Contention [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6008TC/BC
Crees & Gane, Study no. 6.7, How Trombonists Do It [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6007TC/BC
Hering, No. 34, Moderato, 40 Progressive Etudes for Trombone [BC] (Fischer) 04441
Kopprasch, No. 11, Adagio, 60 Selected Studies for Trombone book 1 [BC] (Fischer) 02895
Langey, Melodic Study no. 14, Practical Tutor [Treble or Bass clef] (Boosey) M060036057/M060036064
Mowat, No. 20, Jauntily, Unlocking the Tenor Clef [Tenor] (Brass Wind) 6016
Nightingale, Joot Hoot, no. 24 or Five Brew, no. 28, Eazy Jazzy ‘Tudes [Treble (or with CD) or Bass clef] (Warwick) TB289/TB166
Nightingale, ‘E’ by Gum, no. 7, Tipping the Scales [[Treble or Bass clef] (Warwick) TB268/TB170
Bass Trombone
Orchestral extracts:
1. Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 9, 4. Satz (page 23, entire extract)
2. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, 4. Satz: Marche au Supplice (page 6, 3rd trombone: bars 114–135)
3. Rossini: Die diebische Elster (page 14, bars 276–291)
Extracts from Orchester Probespiel (Peters) EP8665
Brass band extracts:
1. Fletcher: Labour & Love (no. 23, all)
2. Vinter: John O’Gaunt (no. 20, passages 1 & 2)
3. Howarth: Fireworks (no. 13, passages 1 & 2)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 9 (Con Moto) CMT2009
Bass Trombone
Group A (accompanied)
Defaye, Danse Profane, Two Dances for Bass Trombone (Leduc) AL25465
Dossett, Scene I, Scenes for Bass Trombone & Piano (Warwick) TB690
Dossett, Sweet Lullaby (Warwick) TB928
Dukas, Theme from The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Power Bass (Brass Wind) 2130BC
Eaves, Introduction & Burlesque (Brand) 70028
Jacob, V.I.P., no. 1, Cameos (Emerson) E110
McCarty, Sonata for Bass Trombone, 1st movt (Ensemble) ENS014
Sachse, Concertino, 1st movt (EMR) 221
Telemann, Sonata in F minor, 1st movt: Andante (EMR) 288
Warburton, Almost Swing (Warwick) TB522
White, Sonatina for Bass Trombone & Piano, 1st movt: Andante con moto (Warwick) TB220
Woolfenden, Moving On (Warwick) TB717
Group B (unaccompanied) (unaccompanied)
Derrick, Pomp Piece, Bass Bone Bonanza (Warwick) TB494
Hall, Errant Waltz (Warwick) TB618
Naulais, Study no. 6, Etudes variées sur la virtuosité, le style et le rythme vol.1 (Billaudot) GB6555
Ostrander, Study no. 4, Allegretto, Melodious Etudes for Bass Trombone (Fischer) O4799
Pederson, Study no. 56, Elementary Etudes for Bass Trombone (Alfred) 0769225861
Vobaron, Study no. 3, Studies for Bass Trombone (EMR) 114
Warburton, Etude 1, Andantino, Back to Bassics (Warwick) TB210
Weissenborn, Allegretto, no. 2, 12 Studies for Bass Trombone (Neuschel) M050007005
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