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 8 syllabus from 2025:

Trinity Scales and Arpeggios Grades Initial to 8

Trinity Sight Reading Grades 4 to 8

Trinity Aural Test books Grades 6 to 8

Violin Pieces for Grade 8
Requirements for selection of pieces can be found on the Trinity website.

Group A Pieces

The pieces below can be found in Violin Exam Pieces 2025: Grade 8

1. Bach, J S, Allegro (4th movt from Sonata no. 4 , BWV 1017)

6. Copland, Hoe-Down (from Rodeo) (with repeats)

8. Granados, Rondalla aragonesa (no. 6 from Danzas españolas)

10. Haydn, Presto (3rd movt from Violin Concerto in C , Hob VIIa:1)

13. Rivera, arr. Wyatt, Methuen Home for Children 1957 and Main Theme (from The Queen's Gambit)

14. Rouse, arr. Wilson, Orange Blossom Special

15. Smart, Marrocai (with repeat)

16. Trad., arr. Wilson & Wood, Dark Eyes (Ochi Chyorniye)

17. Vivaldi, Danza Pastorale, Allegro (3rd movt from Concerto in E, ‘La primavera (Spring)' , op. 8 no. 1, RV 269)

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2. Bach, J S, Allegro assai (3rd movt from Concerto in E , BWV 1042), Concerto in E, BWV 1042 (Peters)

3. Bach, J S, Giga (from Partita no. 2 in D minor , BWV 1004) (unaccomp), Three Sonatas and Three Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006 (Bärenreiter)

4. Baltzar, Divisions on a Ground (John Come Kiss Me Now) (unaccomp), Raise the Bar Violin: Grades 6-8 (Trinity)

5. Beethoven, Rondo (3rd movt from Sonata no. 1 in D, op. 12 no. 1), Violin Sonatas Vol. 1 (Peters)

7. Finzi, ed. Little, Hornpipe Rondo (from Violin Concerto), The Boosey & Hawkes Violin Anthology (Boosey)

9. Haydn, Allegro moderato (1st movt from Concerto no. 2 in G , Hob VIIa/4) (without cadenza), Concerto no. 2 in G, Hob VIIa/4 (Peters)

11. Kabalevsky, Allegro molto e con brio (1st movt from Violin Concerto in C , op. 48), Violin Concerto in C, op. 48 (Peters)

12. Mozart, Allegro vivace (1st movt from Sonata in C , K 296), Violin Sonatas Vol. 2 (Wiener)

Group B Pieces

The pieces below can be found in Violin Exam Pieces 2025: Grade 8

1. Alwyn, Allegro e grazioso (1st movt from Sonatina)

2. Chaminade, Romanza (no. 2 from Trois morceaux, op. 31)

8. Sutton, Eulogy

9. Vella Gregory, Dance (Żifna) (1st movt from Violin Sonata)

10. Wieniawski, Romanze (2nd movt from Violin Concerto no. 2 , op. 22)

11. Williams, Remembrances (from Schindler’s List)

12. Wilson, Elegy for Solo Violin (unaccomp)

13. Wilson, Will Ye No Come Back Again

14. Wood, Rendez-vous à Paris

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3. de Falla (arr.), Danza rituel del fuego (The Ritual Fire Dance) (from El amor brujo), Danza rituel del fuego (Chester)

4. Elgar, Bizarrerie, Raise the Bar Violin: Grades 6-8 (Trinity)

5. Grieg, Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza (2nd movt from Sonata no. 3 in C minor , op. 45), Sonata no. 3 in C minor, op. 45 (Peters)

6. Kodály, Adagio, Adagio (EMB)

7. Suk, Un poco triste, Four Pieces, op. 17 vol. 2 (Simrock)

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