Trinity Strings exams no longer operate with an end date. The current syllabus remains valid indefinitely, and planned updates will be announced at least 12 months in advance.

Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the Trinity Violin Grade 2 syllabus from 2025:

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios Grades Initial to 8

Trinity Sight reading Grades 1 to 3

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 1 to 5

Violin Pieces for Grade 2
Requirements for selection of pieces can be found on the Trinity website.

The pieces below can be found in Violin Exam Pieces 2025: Grade 2

1. Anderson-Lopez & Lopez, arr. Walshaw, Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (from Frozen)

3. Arens, Westminster Abbey in the Rain

4. Bacewicz, Scherzino (from Easy Pieces in 1st Position for Violin and Piano)

9. Cobb & Yandell, Cool Beans (duet) (from Cool Beans)

13. Ferraretto, Clissold Park

14. Finger, Air

15. Handel, arr. Cohen, Bourrée (4th movt from Flute Sonata no. 3) (with first repeat)

18. Iwan, Naughty Kitten (from First Steps for 1-3 Violins and Piano)

19. Koeppen, Swingin' Strings

21. Menken, arr. Wyatt, Colors of the Wind (from Pocahontas)

23. Norton, In the Quiet House

24. Petzold, arr. Cornick, Menuet (adapted from Clavierbüchlein der Anna Magdalena Bach , BWV Anh. 114)

26. Puente, arr. Ferrari, Mandela

27. Schenk, arr. Vigh, Bourrée (duet)

28. Shaw, arr. Phillips, Coleg y Brifysgol Abertawe (University College Swansea) (unaccomp)

29. Stephen, Dublin Time

32. Trad., arr. Huws Jones, The Leaving of Liverpool (duet)

34. Trad., arr. Wilson, Jeanie’s Blue E’en

35. Trad., arr. Wilson & Wood, Auvergne Polka

36. Trad., arr. Wood, Argizagi Ederra (Que ta lumière, ô belle lune)

38. Wilson, At Work

Click the links for the pieces below

2. Arens, Doric Dance, Twelve Pieces (Trinity)

5. Bach, J S, arr. Vigh, Aria, BWV 515/a (duet), Violin Duos for Beginners (EMB)

6. Baklanova, arr. de Keyser, Romance, The Young Violinist's Repertoire book 2 (Faber)

7. Carroll, Singhalese Dancer, The Enchanted Isle (Forsyth)

8. Carse, At Dusk, The Fiddler's Nursery (Stainer)

10. Cohen, Allegro (unaccomp) or Waltz (unaccomp), Bags of Style (Faber)

11. Colledge, K & H, Head-in-the-clouds, Shooting Stars (Boosey)

12. Colledge, K & H, The Ceilidh, Fast Forward (Boosey, violin only, violin & piano accomp)

16. Handel, arr. Cohen, Chorus (from Judas Maccabaeus), Raise the Bar Violin: Initial - Grade 2 (Trinity)

17. Haydn, arr. Trory, German Dance (duet), Violin Playing book 2 (Waveney)

20. Lumsden & Attwood, Grab the Slippery Toad! or Search for the Magical, Mystery Maze, Wizard's Potion (Peters)

22. Mozart, arr. de Keyser, Mailied (May Song), The Young Violinist's Repertoire Book 1 (Faber)

25. Pleyel, arr. Wright, Rondo in D (from Duo , op. 8 no. 5), Raise the Bar Violin: Initial - Grade 2 (Trinity)

30. Subramaniam, Mahati Song, no. 20, (unaccomp) Pieces, Studies, Ragas (Trinity)

31. Trad., arr. Huws Jones, In the Evening (piano accomp), The French Fiddler (Boosey, violin only, violin & piano accomp)

33. Trad., arr. Huws Jones, The Mason's Apron, Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes (Boosey)

37. Wilkinson, Leo, Constellations Set 1 (Trinity)

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