Grade 3 Examination Syllabus

Performed by Matt Gee, Nick Hudson, Liam Kirkman & Dávur Juul Magnussen. Accompanied by Emma Fowler, John Higginbottom & Erico Ishihara.

The syllabus from which these recordings have been selected is © 2016 by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

LIST A

Title Composer Details Links
Cold Blows the Wind Today Sweetheart or I Love My Love Anon. Cornish Pastiche, arr. Tanner (Spartan Press SP1215 or SP1213: Bass trombone/tuba edition or Bb Treble brass edition). Audio or Audio Buy
Für Elise Ludwig van Beethoven No. 32 from Tons of Tunes from the Classics for Bassoon/Trombone/Euphonium, arr. Adam & Hannickel (Curnow Music: Bass/Treble Clef editions;. Piano accompaniment published separately). Audio Buy
Rondeau Jean-Joseph Mouret No. 27 from Tons of Tunes from the Classics for Bassoon/Trombone/Euphonium, arr. Adam & Hannickel (Curnow Music: Bass/Treble Clef editions. Piano accompaniment published separately). Audio Buy
Rondo Olympia Tom Davoren Shining Brass, Book 1 (ABRSM: Bass/Treble Clef brass editions. Piano accompaniment published separately). Audio Buy
Rondino Joseph Haydn Slide Show for Trombone, arr. Mowat (Brass Wind: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio Buy
Sarabande (from: Six Solos for a Violin and Base) John Humphries Time Pieces for Trombone, Vol. 1, arr. Harris & Miller (ABRSM: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio Buy
To A Wild Rose (from: Woodland Sketches) Edward MacDowell Time Pieces for Trombone, Vol. 1, arr. Harris & Miller (ABRSM: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio Buy
Reverie Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Winner Scores All, arr. Lawrance (Brass Wind: Treble trombone edition or Bass brass edition. Piano accompaniment published separately). Audio Buy
Largo (from: Winter) Antonio Vivaldi No. 12 from Skilful Solos for Trombone, arr. Philip Sparke (Anglo Music AMP 193-400: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio Buy

LIST B

Title Composer Details Links
Bright Eyes Mike Batt A Little Light Music for Trombone, arr. Iveson (Brass Wind: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio Buy
Piano Roll Blues Cy Coben Winner Scores All, arr. Lawrance (Brass Wind: Bass trombone edition or Treble brass edition. Piano accompaniment published separately).
Audio Buy
Close Every Door to Me (from: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) Andrew Lloyd Webber Winner Scores All, arr. Lawrance (Brass Wind: Bass trombone edition or Treble brass edition. Piano accompaniment published separately). Audio Buy
Broken Dreams John Frith Shining Brass, Book 1 (ABRSM: Bass/Treble Clef brass editions. Piano accompaniment published separately). Audio Buy
Purple Shade Peter Meechan Shining Brass, Book 1 (ABRSM: Bass/Treble Clef brass editions. Piano accompaniment published separately) Audio Buy
New York (grace note optional) or Vienna Peter Graham No. 5 or No. 6 from Cityscapes for Bb Instrument (Gramercy Music: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio or Audio Buy
The Parson's Nose Christopher Mowat Slide Show for Trombone, arr. Mowat (Brass Wind: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio Buy
Could You Repeat That? Philip Sparke No. 9 from Skilful Solos for Trombone, arr. Sparke (Anglo Music AMP 193-400: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio Buy
Springtime in Feunen Edward Watson No. 3 from Nordic Sketchbook for Trombone (Warwick Music: Treble Clef edition). Audio Buy

LIST C

Title Composer Details Links
Moderato Con Moto Derek Bourgeois No. 13 from Splinters of Bone, Op. 130 (Brass Wind: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio Buy
Rico Town or Spy P.I. Dave Gale from JazzFX for Trombone (Brass Wind: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio or Audio Buy
Funk Jock McKemzie No. 29 from Dance to the Beat of the World (Con Moto: Bass/Treble Clef brass editions). Audio Buy
Summer Sound Peter Meechan Shining Brass, Book 1 (ABRSM: Bass/Treble Clef brass editions). Audio Buy
The Software Stroll or J-Peg Cake-Walk Mark Nightingale No. 3 or No. 6 from Jazz@Etudes for Trombone (Warwick Music: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio or Audio Buy
Rondino Philip Sparke No. 22 from Skilful Studies for Trombone (Anglo Music AMP 100-401: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio Buy
The Boxing Match or A Longer March for Longer Arms Adrian Taylor No. 18 or No. 20 from Simple Studies on Trombone Technique (Warwick Music: Bass/Treble Clef editions). Audio or Audio Buy