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
Or
Orchestral or Brass Band Extracts (music may be used)
Candidates prepare all extracts for tuba, E♭ bass or B♭ bass. Candidates choose one extract to play first. Examiners then select one of the remaining two prepared extracts to be performed.

Tuba:
1. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Dies irae (page 3, bars 127–176)
2. Bruckner: Sinfonie Nr. 4, 1. Satz (page 7, bars 51–67)
3. Mahler: Sinfonie Nr. 1, 3. Satz (page 15, entire extract)
Extracts from Orchester Probespiel (Peter) EP8666

E♭ bass:
1. Brahms, arr. Wright: Academic Festival Overture (no. 1, passages 2 & 6)
2. Boëllmann, arr. Ball: Suite Gothique (no. 43, passage 1 (lower octave), passage 3 (lower octave))
3. Gregson: The Plantagenets (no. 37, passages 1 and 2)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 7 (Con Moto) CMT2007

B♭ bass:
1. Brahms, arr. Wright: Academic Festival Overture (no. 1, passages 2 & 3)
2. Boëllmann, arr. Ball: Suite Gothique (no. 44, passage 1)
3. Gregson: The Plantagenets (no. 38, passages 2 (lower part) & 3)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 10 (Con Moto) CMT2010

Tuba, E♭ bass or B♭ bass Pieces for Grade 6
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three pieces: two accompanied pieces from group A and one unaccompanied piece from group B. B♭ bass players may also choose pieces from the Grade 6 euphonium lists. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece.

Group A (accompanied)
Bizet, Chanson du Toréador, Savoir Faire [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2145TC/BC
Capuzzi, Andante from Andante and Rondo (from Concerto for Double Bass) (Hinrichsen) H1474
Clarke, Fighting Windmills, Sketches from Don Quixote [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2111TC/BC
Duncan, A Cat and Mouse Chase Down Haworth Main Street!, no. 4, A Haworth Suite [TC/BC] (Music Company)
Evans, Duke Orsino – ‘If Music Be the Food of Love…', no. 1, Comedie [BC] (Warwick) TU047
Frackenpohl, Concertino, 3rd movt: Allegro [BC] (King) RK814
Handel , Sonata in C minor, 1st movt: Adagio [TC/BC], (Warwick) TU023
Harbach & Kern, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Lets Face the Music for Tuba/E♭ Bass [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2134TC/BC
Jacob, Hornpipe, no. 2 or Saraband, no. 3, Tuba Suite [BC] (Boosey) M060034008
McGrath & Phillips , Theme from Strictly Come Dancing, Stranger on the A Train for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2149E/2149T
Mozart, Horn Concerto no. 4, Rondo or Romanza, Classics for Tuba [TC/BC] (Studio) M050045458
Proctor, Circle Line Dance, Take the Tube [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2129TC/BC
Proctor, Swing That Yam, Tuber Music [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2126TC/BC
Saint-Saëns, The Swan, Savoir Faire [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2145TC/BC
Strayhorn , Take the A Train, Stranger on the A Train for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2149E/2149T
Vivaldi, Allegro from Sonata no. 3 [BC] (Belwin) BW100473
Waller, Ain’t Misbehavin', Big Chillers for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1151TC/BC
Wilder, Effie Goes Folk Dancing, no. 5, Suite no. 1 (Effie Suite) [BC] (Margun) HL35022124
Wilson-Dickson, Monoceros, Creatures of the Deep [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 2151TC/BC

Group B (unaccompanied)
Bordogni, No. 12, 43 Bel Canto Studies (King) AL28604
Bourgeois, Carefree or Convivial, Per Tuba Ad Astra [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 1122TC/BC
Duncan, Napoleon, Blown Apart, 15 Advanced Studies for Tuba Based on Orchestral Excerpts [BC] (Music Company)
Elvin, Pushed to the Limit or Stealthy Approach, Journeys by Tuba [BC] (Superbrass)
Hartley, Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba, any two movts [BC] (Elkan-Vogel) 164-00061
Jackson, Skittishly, no. 19 or Daringly, no. 20, Adverbial Etudes (Onyx, E♭ Tuba, BC & TC, Bass Clef Tubas (F, C and B♭) ) TJ-AE-TCE/TJ-AE-FCB
Kopprasch, Study no. 26, Allegro moderato, 60 Selected Studies for B♭ Tuba [BC] (King) AL28601
McKenzie, Czardas or Jota, Rhythms of Life [Treble or Bass clef] (Con Moto) CMT1007/CMT1009
Muczynski, Allegro moderato, no. 3, Impromptus for Solo Tuba, op. 32 [BC] (Schirmer) GS29162
Sparke, Party Piece, no. 40, Skilful Studies [E♭/B♭ bass [TC] or BC tuba edition] (Anglo) AMP102-401/AMP103-401
Swerts, Tuba Rag, Performance Studies [TC/BC] (De Haske) DHP1043738-400

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