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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
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Orchestral or Brass Band Extracts (music may be used)
Candidates prepare all extracts for trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn.
Candidates choose one extract to play first. Examiners then select one of the remaining two prepared extracts to be performed.
Trumpet extracts must be played on a B♭ trumpet. Candidates must perform from the publication rather than a transposed version.
Trumpet
1. Bizet: Carmen, 1. Akt Allegro (page 11, trumpet in A: entire extract)
2. Bizet: Carmen, 2. Akt Nr. 16 Duett (page 12, part 1 in B♭: from Fig. 77 to Fig. 79)
3. Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro, 1. Akt Nr. 10 Arie des Figaro (pages 28–29, trumpet I in C: entire extract)
Extracts from Orchester Probespiel (Peters) EP8664
B♭ cornet
1. Ball: Devon Fantasy (no. 11, passages 2 & 4)
2. Vinter: Entertainments (no. 17, passages 1 & 3)
3. Lloyd: Diversions on a Bass Theme (no. 14, passage 1)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 1 (Con Moto) CMT2001
Flugelhorn
1. Fletcher: Epic Symphony (no. 13, passages 2 & 3)
2. Horovitz: Ballet for Band (no. 1, passage 2)
3. Gregson: Of Men & Mountains (no. 30, passages 1, 2 & 3)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 5 (Con Moto) CMT2005
Trumpet, Flugel Horn and Cornet 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.
Pieces marked ♭ can be found in the Grade 8 Exam Book (Trinity) TCL 018946
Group A (accompanied)
Abreu, Tico Tico [incl cadenza] (Brass Wind) 4110
Albinoni, Concerto in G minor, 2nd movt: Allegro and 4th movt: Allegro (EMR) 626
Baker, Satchmo (MfB)
Barat, Fantasie in E♭ (Leduc) AL21923
Bellstedt, Napoli, Shepherd’s Song (Winwood) 0084
Bernstein, Red, White and Blues, Contemporary Music for Trumpet (Boosey) M060065385
Bourgeois, Sonata for Trumpet & Piano, op. 193, 3rd movt: Allegro vivace (Brass Wind) 3117
Busser, Andante and Scherzo [complete] (Leduc) AL 21327
Code, Zelda (Boosey) M060016141
Copland, Quiet City, Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn Exam Pieces 2019–2022 Grade 8 ♭
Donato, Prelude and Allegro [complete] (Leduc) AL21878
Eccles, Sonata in D major [must be played on D trumpet or piccolo trumpet] [no repeats], Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn Exam Pieces 2019–2022 Grade 8 ♭
Ellerby, Still Waters and The Defence of Poesy, Mercurial Dances (Brass Wind) 2113
Evans, Caprice, Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn Exam Pieces 2019–2022 Grade 8 ♭
Glazunov, Albumblatt (Belaieff) BEL508
Goedicke, Konzert-Etude, op. 49 (EMR) 6032
Graham, Whirlwind, Gramercy Solo Album B♭ (Gramercy) GM59007
Haydn, Trumpet Concerto, 1st movt: Allegro [with cadenza] (Boosey) M060032097
Hummel, Trumpet Concerto, 1st movt: Allegro con spirit (Boosey) M060033612
W Lloyd Webber, Suite in F major, 1st & 2nd movts or 3rd & 4th movts (Stainer) H394
Neruda, Concerto for Trumpet & Strings, 1st movt: Allegro [with cadenza](Musica Rara) MR1817
Newsome, Concorde, Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn Exam Pieces 2019–2022 Grade 8 ♭
Peeters, Sonata for Trumpet & Piano op. 51, 1st movt: Allegro or 3rd movt: Toccata (Peters) EP 6240
Piazzolla, Street Tango, Vuelvo al Sur (Boosey) 9790060119682
Purcell, Sonata in D (Roger Voisin concert version) [complete; must be played in D] (IMC) 2089
Ridout, Concertino for Trumpet [complete] (Emerson) E88
Rosa & Child, Livin' la Vida Loca, Let's Face the Music (Brass Wind) 2128
Sparke, Song and Dance (R Smith) 70045
Tchaikovsky, Ballet Suite, Russian Roulette (Brass Wind) 3110
Thomé, Fantaisie (Leduc) AL22754
Group B (unaccompanied)
Arban, Study no. 6 or Study no. 9, 14 Studies for Cornet (Boosey) M060010378
Balay, Study no. 7 or Study no. 11, 15 Etudes (Leduc) AL14960
Barnard, Intervals (no. 58 from Trumpet Hanon), Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn Exam Pieces 2019–2022 Grade 8 ♭
Bourgeois, No. 8, Allegro, Fantasy Pieces for Trumpet (Brass Wind) 3102
Bulla, Etude Fantasy, Advanced Concert Studies for Trumpet (Curnow) 9789043126496
Howarth, No. 11, The Elgar Howarth Way (Brass Wind) 6031
Lawrence, No. 61 and no. 63, Graded Exercises and Studies for Trumpet (Faber) 0571537278
Sieber, No. 18, Vocalises (De Haske) DHP1125058-400
Vizzutti, Polka, 20 Dances for Trumpet (De Haske) DH991786
Vizzutti, Study no. 5 (from Advanced Etudes), Trumpet, Cornet & Flugelhorn Exam Pieces 2019–2022 Grade 8 ♭
Vizzutti, Study no. 7 of Advanced Etudes, p. 66, Trumpet Method book 3: Melodic Studies (Alfred) 3393
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