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. Prokofjew: Romeo und Julia, Nr. 11, 13, 44, 47 (pages 19–20, from Nr. 11 Fig. 62 to Nr. 47 Fig. 330)
2. Strawinsky: Petruschka (page 34, both extracts)
3. Wagner: Die Walküre, 3. Aufzug (pages 53–54, 1. Szene, beginning to Fig. 9 and 3. Szene)
Extracts from Orchester Probespiel (Peter) EP8666

E♭ bass:
1. Ireland: Comedy Overture (no. 7, passages 1, 2, 3 & 4)
2. Howarth: Fireworks (no. 16, passages 1, 2 & 3)
3. Lloyd: Diversions on a Bass Theme (no. 12, passages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 7 (Con Moto) CMT2007

B♭ bass:
1. Ireland: Comedy Overture (no. 8, passages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)
2. Howarth: Fireworks (no. 19, passages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)
3. Lloyd: Diversions on a Bass Theme (no. 13, passages 1, 2, 3 & 4)
Extracts from Our Heritage vol. 10 (Con Moto) CMT2010

Tuba, E♭ bass or B♭ bass 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. Bb bass players may also choose pieces from the Grade 8 euphonium lists. An own composition may be played instead of one listed piece.

Books marked ♭ may be unavailable in the U.K. Please contact us by email for more information

Group A (accompanied)
Adkins, Three Rituals, 1st movt: Moderato or 3rd movt: Allegro scherzando [BC] (Warwick) TU039
Bourgeois, Sonata for Tuba and Piano, op. 204, 3rd movt: Prestissimo [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 3120TC/BC
Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 5, Classics for Tuba [TC/BC] (Studio) M050045458
Broughton, Sonata (Concerto), any one movt [BC] (Ludwig) M1587
Carr, For Knulp, 2nd movt: Old Friends [BC] (Warwick) TU037
Ellerby, Tuba Concerto, from letter N to the end [BC] (Maecenas) MC0001PR
Gluck, Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Classics for Tuba [TC/BC] (Studio) M050045458
Gregson, Tuba Concerto, 1st movt: Allegro deciso or 3rd movt: Allegro giocoso [with cadenza] [BC] (Novello) NOV120484
Hindemith, Sonata for Bass Tuba and Piano, 3rd movt: Variationen [BC] (Schott) ED4636
Jacob, Galop, no. 8 [with cadenza], Tuba Suite [BC] (Boosey) M060034008
Johns, Blue Bombazine [BC], (Superbrass)
Joseph, Sonatina, 1st and 2nd movts or 3rd and 4th movts [BC] (Warwick) TU040
Koetsier, Sonatina op. 57, 2nd movt: Tempo di minuetto and 3rd movt: Allegro moderato [BC], (EMR) 239
Lebedev, Concerto no. 1 [complete] [BC] (Hofmeister) FH2317
Monti, Czardas [BC], (EMR) 272
Newton, Cappriccio [TC/BC], (Winwood) 0100P
Sparke, Tuba Concerto, 2nd movt: Allegro [TC/BC] (Anglo) AMP187-401
Vaughan Williams, Concerto for Bass Tuba, any one movt [with cadenzas] [BC] (OUP) 9780193386761
Whitener, A Shenandoah Fantasy [BC], (Resonata) RM60002

Group B (unaccompanied)
Arnold, Fantasy for Tuba op. 102 [BC], (Faber) 0571503241
J S Bach, Suite no. 5, Gigue in C minor, J S Bach Suites for Cello adapted for the bass trombone [BC] (Leduc) AL25953
J S Bach, Vivace from a Cello Suite, The Thomas Wyss Tuba Collection [TC] (Kirklees)
Bourgeois, No. 6, Allegro moderato or no. 8, Moderato pesante, Fantasy Pieces for Tuba [Treble or Bass clef] (Brass Wind) 3106TC/BC
Duncan, Brahms Too…, 15 Advanced Studies for Tuba Based on Orchestral Excerpts [BC] (Music Company)
Ellerby, El Patricko Latino, Performance Studies [TC/BC] (De Haske) DHP1043738-400
Elvin, Mr P Comes to Town or Reel Groovy, Journeys by Tuba [BC] (Superbrass)
Kopprasch, Study no. 56, Larghetto, 60 Selected Studies for B♭ Tuba [BC] (King) AL28601
Morris, Confliction [BC], (Warwick) TU021
Persichetti, Intrada, no. 1 and Capriccio, no. 4, Serenade no. 12 for Solo Tuba, op. 88 [BC] (Elkan-Vogel) 164-00062
Snedecor, No. XVIII, Prokofiev's Symphony no. 5, Low Etudes for Tuba [BC] (PAS Music) ♭
Vizzutti, Fast and Rhythmic, Performance Studies [TC/BC] (De Haske) DHP1043738-400

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