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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
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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. Berlioz: Ungarischer Marsch (page 7, bars 94–110)
2. Mozart: Requiem, Tuba mirum (page 11, entire extract)
3. Wagner: Lohengrin, 3. Akt (page 20, entire extract)
Extracts from Orchester Probespiel (Peters) EP8665
Brass band extracts:
1. Bliss: Kenilworth (no. 23, all)
2. Lalo, arr. Wright: Le Roi d’Ys (no. 36, passages 3 & 4)
3. Bourgeois: Blitz (no. 4, passages 1, 2 & 4)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 4 (Con Moto) CMT2004Trombone Pieces for Grade 8
Group A (accompanied)
Bassman & Washington, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (EMR) 206
Castérède, Sonatine, 1st movt: Allegro vivo or 3rd movt: Allegro [BC] (Leduc) AL21930
Churcher, Klavji [incl cadenza], The Brett Baker Trombone Collection vol. 2 [TC/BC] (Kirklees)
Cliff, Four Sketches for Trombone, any two movts (Studio) M050034568
Cook, Bolivar (Boosey) M060830037
David, Concertino for Trombone, 1st movt: Allegro maestoso [Tenor/BC] (Brass Wind) 3124
Galliard, Sonata no. 5 in D minor [complete] [BC] (Hinrichsen) H752E
Gröndahl, Concerto, 1st movt: Moderato assai ma molto maestoso [BC] (Samfundet) A0124
Guilmant, Morceau Symphonique, op. 88 [Tenor/BC] (Schott) ED10484
Haydn, Larghetto for Trombone (Winwood) 0152
Holst, Concertante for Trombone & Piano [Tenor Clef] (Warwick) TB101
Jacob, Concerto, 1st and 2nd movts or 2nd and 3rd movts [BC] (Stainer) 2630
Keeley, Trombone Sonata, 3rd movt: Allegro con brio (Resonata) RM10027
Mahler, Trombone Solo from Symphony no. 3 [complete] [TC/BC] (Brass Wind) 3113
Pergolesi, Adagio from Sinfonia (Tenor/BC) (EMR) 328
Proctor, Trombone Concerto no. 2½ (Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 4115
Saint-Saëns, Cavatine, op. 144 TC/BC] (Brass Wind) 3114
Schumann, Any one Romance from Three Romances, op. 94 [BC] (IMC) 2959
Serocki, Sonatina, 2nd movt and 3rd movt (PWM) 5241
Šulek, Sonata (Vox Gabrieli) [complete] [BC] (EMR) 294
Thorne, Shades of Indigo, 3rd movt: Quick swing [BC] (Warwick) TB1016
Weber, Romance for Tenor Trombone & Piano (Brass Wind) 3121
Group B (unaccompanied)
Aplvor, No. 22 in B♭ minor, 24 Exercises [Treble or Bass clef] (Warwick) TB457/TB001
J S Bach, Allemande from Suite no. 4 or Courante from Suite no. 2, J S Bach Suites for Cello (adapted for the tenor trombone) [Tenor] (Leduc) AL20326
Bourgeois, No. 2, Andante cantabile, Fantasy Pieces for Trombone [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 3104TC/BC
Crees & Gane, Study no. 9.7, How Trombonists Do It [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 6007TC/BC
Gane, Study no. 5, Circuit Training [BC] (Warwick) TB063
Kopprasch, No. 46, Moderato, 60 Selected Studies for Trombone book 2 [BC] (Fischer) 02615
Langey, Melodic Study no. 16, Practical Tutor [Treble or Bass clef] (Boosey) M060036057/M060036064
Nightingale, No. 5 or no. 10, 20 Jazz Etudes [Treble or Bass clef] (Warwick) TB775/TB164
Bass Trombone
Orchestral extracts:
1. Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Nr. 26 Chorus (page 25, entire extract)
2. Kodály: Hary Janos-Suite, 4. Satz (page 25, beginning to Fig. 2 and 13 bars before Fig. 6 to end of extract)
3. Wagner: Die Walküre, 3. Aufzug 1. Szene (Walkürenritt) (page 22, 3rd trombone: entire extract)
Extracts from Orchester Probespiel (Peters) EP8665
Brass band extracts:
1. Fletcher: An Epic Symphony (no. 12, all)
2. Bourgeois: Diversions for Brass Band (no. 9, all)
3. Lloyd: English Heritage (no. 11, all)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 9 (Con Moto) CMT2009
Bass trombone pieces for Grade 8
Group A (accompanied)
Bozza, Allegro et Finale [complete] (Leduc) AL21260
Bozza, New Orleans (Leduc) AL23234
Bruch, Theme from Kol Nidrei, Power Bass (Brass Wind) 2130BC
David, Concertino for Trombone op. 4, 1st movt: Allegro maestoso [bass trombone edition] (Zimmermann) ZM23960
Dodgson, Concerto for Bass Trombone, 4th movt: Alla polacca (Neuschel) M050005261
Dossett, Furiant (Warwick) TB714
Dossett, Gaillarde [including cadenza], Trilogy for Bass Trombone (Warwick) TB728
East, Sonatina for Bass Trombone [complete] (Ricordi) LD858
Guilmant, Morceau Symphonique (EMR) 2007
Koetsier, Allegro Maestoso, op. 58 no. 2 (EMR) 216
Lebedev, Concerto no. 1 [complete] (Hofmeister) FH2317
Lieb, Concertino Basso (Fischer) W2450
McCarty, Sonata for Bass Trombone, 2nd movt and 3rd movt (Ensemble) ENS014
Petit, Fantaisie (Leduc) AL21310
Saint-Saëns, Allegro appassionato, Power Bass (Brass Wind) 2130BC
Weber, Romance for Bass Trombone (Brass Wind) 3122
Group B (unaccompanied)
C P E Bach , Sonata in C minor, Wq132 [complete], Trombone Essentials (Schirmer) GS83390
Eversden, Study no. 17, 50 Studies for Bass Trombone (Warwick) TB509
Mast, Study no. 6, 8 Concert Studies (Warwick) TB124
Naulais, Study no. 17, Etudes variées sur la virtuosité, le style et le rythme vol.1 (Billaudot) GB6555
Premru, Prelude and Dance for Solo Bass Trombone (Williams) W1006
Stearn, McCrorie’s Glory (Warwick) TB239
Vobaron, Study no. 12, 24 Studies for Bass Trombone (EMR) 114
Weissenborn, Allegro vivace, no. 12, 12 Studies for Bass Trombone (Neuschel) M050007005
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