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Our offi cial collections of graded piano repertoire are almost here! Teachers will love these volumes of exam favourites, which students can explore between grades, or for fun.

Encore Your favourite ABRSM piano exam pieces

Listening to recordings can encourage students to develop a personal interpretation of the music, and help them choose their exam pieces. These CDs contain all pieces set on the Cello Syllabus from 2016, giving teachers and candidates easy access to recordings.

Accompaniment tracks are provided to build familiarity with the piano part, giving confi dence as the exam approaches.

Recordings of Cello Exam Pieces

Published: July 2015

Recordings of Cello Exam Pieces from 2016

Grade 1 978-1-84849-851-8Grade 2 978-1-84849-852-5 Grade 3 978-1-84849-853-2 Grade 4 978-1-84849-854-9Grade 5 978-1-84849-855-6Grade 6 978-1-84849-856-3Grade 7 978-1-84849-857-0Grade 8 978-1-84849-858-7

Drawing inspiration from the salons of 19th-century Europe, Principal Cello is a must-buy for cello teachers and players! It’s fantastic for discovering new repertoire because it includes many pieces that are not available in modern editions.

Works by Janáček and Grieg sit alongside a hidden gem from William Henry Squire, as well as cello arrangements of popular recital pieces like Borowski’s Adoration.

The diffi culty level ranges from Grade 6 to 8, and some pieces will be set on the B and C lists of the new Cello Syllabus, so it’s really useful for exams as well as general performance.

Principa l Cello

Published: July 2015

Principal Cello

978-1-84849-746-7

Following the retirement of Leslie East at the end of 2014, we welcome Michael Elliot to the post of Chief Executive this January.

Michael was Chief Executive of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra from 2011, and before that had responsibility for cultural policy, including music education, when Director, Culture, at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

New Chief Executive

Piano Practice Partner is a fun way for students to practise their exam pieces hands separately.

Students can play one hand at a time while the app plays the other, which makes playing exam repertoire more enjoyable and rewarding.

Described by BBC Music Magazine as ‘brilliantly easy to navigate and inviting to use’, this app is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and AndroidTM devices. It’s free to download and then requires in-app purchases.

Transforming piano practice

Encore for piano

Grades 1 & 2 978-1-84849-847-1Grades 3 & 4 978-1-84849-848-8Grades 5 & 6 978-1-84849-849-5Grades 7 & 8 978-1-84849-850-1

Following feedback from our 2014 retail survey, we’ll send you ABRSM news as often as possible. A new year brings new exam sessions and entry deadlines, so please visit www.abrsm.org/dates if you need this information for your customers. This table shows the syllabus updates we have planned in the next three years:

Exam sessions and syllabus updates

Updates announced Instrument Syllabus duration

July 2015

Valid from January 2016:ViolinViolaCello

4 yearsTBCTBC

July 2016

Valid from January 2017:PianoTrumpetCornetFlugelhornTrombone

2 yearsTBCTBCTBCTBC

July 2017Valid from January 2018:FluteClarinet

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ABRSM’s most popular exam pieces from the last two decades have been grouped into four collections which cover Grades 1 to 8. Encompassing a range of styles and periods, these versatile books are set to become an essential item in any piano teacher’s toolkit.

Published: April 2015

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This July ABRSM will publish a selection of Violin Exam Pieces to support the Violin Syllabus 2016–2019, which takes effect from January 2016.

These books are a convenient way for teachers and students to access a selection of syllabus repertoire.

These new books in the Time Pieces series chart six centuries of viola repertoire, taking players on a journey through different styles and periods of music.

Students will be able to use the books to take Grades 1 to 5 of the new Viola Syllabus, with additional repertoire to explore at the higher grades.

We recommend that teachers and students use these books in conjunction with the syllabus to ensure their choices are valid in exams.

Joining the Dots helps build confi dence and improve performance during the sight-reading element of ABRSM exams. The series engages students with creative, varied exercises and has now been extended to include Grades 6, 7 and 8.

Violin Exam Pieces 2016–2019 More Time Pieces for ViolaJoining the Dots Piano, Grades 6–8

New this year New this year Just published

Violin Exam Pieces• To give customers maximum fl exibility, this is available in

three formats: part only; Score & part; and Score, part & CD

• For the fi rst time we’re offering Violin Exam Pieces for Grade 8

Recordings• Included in the Score, part & CD format, or to download

• Available for all syllabus repertoire, with playalong tracks which help build confi dence during practice

• Recorded by a range of performers such as Junior RCM and RAM students, and leading concert artist and former ABRSM scholar Benjamin Baker

Published: July 2015

Violin Exam Pieces

Part only

Grade 1 978-1-84849-689-7 Grade 2 978-1-84849-692-7 Grade 3 978-1-84849-695-8Grade 4 978-1-84849-698-9Grade 5 978-1-84849-701-6

Score & part

Grade 1 978-1-84849-690-3Grade 2 978-1-84849-693-4Grade 3 978-1-84849-696-5Grade 4 978-1-84849-699-6Grade 5 978-1-84849-702-3Grade 6 978-1-84849-704-7Grade 7 978-1-84849-706-1Grade 8 978-1-84849-708-5

Score, part & CD

Grade 1 978-1-84849-691-0Grade 2 978-1-84849-694-1Grade 3 978-1-84849-697-2Grade 4 978-1-84849-700-9Grade 5 978-1-84849-703-0Grade 6 978-1-84849-705-4Grade 7 978-1-84849-707-8Grade 8 978-1-84849-709-2

Essentials for violin Violin Scales and Arpeggios

Grade 1 978-1-84849-338-4Grade 2 978-1-84849-339-1Grade 3 978-1-84849-340-7Grade 4 978-1-84849-341-4Grade 5 978-1-84849-342-1Grade 6 978-1-84849-343-8Grade 7 978-1-84849-344-5Grade 8 978-1-84849-345-2

Specimen Sight-Reading Tests for Violin

Grades 1 to 5 978-1-84849-346-9Grades 6 to 8 978-1-84849-347-6

Joining the Dots for Violin

Grade 1 978-1-84849-584-5Grade 2 978-1-84849-585-2Grade 3 978-1-84849-586-9Grade 4 978-1-84849-587-6Grade 5 978-1-84849-588-3All available now

More Time Pieces for Viola

Book 1 978-1-84849-744-3Book 2 978-1-84849-745-0

Published: July 2015

The requirements for Bowed Strings scales, arpeggios and sight-reading were updated in 2012, and we will not be changing them when the new syllabuses are released in 2015.

The covers for Scales and Arpeggios and Specimen Sight-Reading Tests for Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass will be updated throughout 2015. The content will stay the same, so the current books will all still be valid.

Cover changes: Bowed Strings titles

Just published

Esteemed solo trumpeter John Wallace has compiled this new addition to our Spectrum series, which is packed full of works commissioned from leading contemporary composers like MacMillan and Maxwell Davies.

No two pieces are similar, and playing through this diverse collection will take the performer through many modern compositional styles and moods. This is the perfect collection for any trumpeter looking to explore tonality, rhythm and technique through cutting-edge contemporary repertoire.

Spectrum for Trumpet

Available now

Available now

Joining the Dots for Piano

Grade 1 978-1-86096-976-8Grade 2 978-1-86096-977-5Grade 3 978-1-86096-978-2Grade 4 978-1-86096-979-9 Grade 5 978-1-86096-980-5 Grade 6 NEW 978-1-84849-574-6 Grade 7 NEW 978-1-84849-575-3Grade 8 NEW 978-1-84849-576-0

Each graded collection of Music Theory Past Papers contains four papers from the 2014 exams, while the corresponding answer booklet provides a set of model answers. The publications help increase students’ familiarity with the exam format and provide essential practice material for all ABRSM Music Theory candidates.

Music Theory Past Papers and Model Answers 2014

Available now

Music Theory Past Papers 2014

Grade 1 978-1-84849-720-7 Grade 2 978-1-84849-721-4 Grade 3 978-1-84849-722-1 Grade 4 978-1-84849-723-8 Grade 5 978-1-84849-724-5 Grade 6 978-1-84849-725-2 Grade 7 978-1-84849-726-9Grade 8 978-1-84849-727-6

Music Theory Past Papers 2014 Model Answers

Grade 1 978-1-84849-712-2 Grade 2 978-1-84849-713-9 Grade 3 978-1-84849-714-6 Grade 4 978-1-84849-715-3 Grade 5 978-1-84849-716-0 Grade 6 978-1-84849-717-7 Grade 7 978-1-84849-718-4 Grade 8 978-1-84849-719-1

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Compiled by John Wallace

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Music Theory

Past Papers

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Music Theory Past Papers 2014

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A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading

Joining the DotsAlan Bullard

Joining the DotsBook 6Joining the DotsBook 6

A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading

Joining the Dots

Joining the DotsBook 7

Joining the DotsBook 7

ABRSM Grade 1

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Grade

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ABRSM Grades 1–5

SpecimenSight-ReadingTests

Violin

from 2012

Violin Specimen Sight-Reading Tests

Grades

1–5

Spectrum for Trumpet

978-1-84849-711-5

Music Theory Past Papers 2014 Model Answers

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Music Theory Past Papers 2014Model AnswersABRSM Grade 1

1

the Dotsthe Dots

A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading

Joining the DotsAlan Bullard

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Violin Exam Pieces 2016–2019

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Grades More Time Pieces for Viola, Volume 1

VOLUME 1

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Time Pieces for ViolaMusic through the Ages

Volume 1 Grades 1–3Volume 2 Grades 4 & 5

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Take a journey through time with Time Pieces for Viola. These two volumes contain well-crafted arrangements, presented in chronological order, to take you from the fourteenth century right up to the present day.

• pieces that regularly feature on the ABRSM Viola syllabus

• invaluable source of recital repertoire

• contrasting styles, from Susato to Joplin and from Mozart to Mancini

• arrangements that practise the note ranges and keys of the grades

Paul Harris was Head of Wind and Brass at Stowe School for many years, and is a freelance composer, arranger and editor, as well as an ABRSM examiner. Philip Bass studied at the Royal Academy of Music and is a peripatetic upper-strings teacher for Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Service. A professional violinist, Philip has composed and arranged extensively for the instrument.

Other viola publications from ABRSM

Scales & ArpeggiosGrades 1–5, 6–8

Specimen Sight-Reading TestsGrades 1–5, 6–8

Five Irish Folk TunesHoward FergusonGrades 5 & 6

SeascapesAlan RidoutGrades 2 & 3

ABRSM24 Portland PlaceLondon W1B 1LUUnited Kingdom

www.abrsm.org

SeaScapeSAlan Ridout

Six easy pieces, with piano accompaniment for

Viola or CelloViola or Cello

from the Petrie collection of Ancient Irish Music

freely adapted with piano accompaniment for

VIOLA or CELLO

Howard Ferguson

Viola Specimen Sight-Reading TestsGrades

ABRSM Grades 1–5

SpecimenSight-ReadingTests

Viola

from 2012

1–5

ABRSM Grades 1–5

Scales &Arpeggios

Viola

from 2012

Viola Scales & ArpeggiosGrades

1–5

Grades

VOLUME 2

4–7More Time Pieces for Viola, Volume 2

More Time Pieces for Viola

Music through the Ages

Time Pieces for ViolaMusic through the AgesVolume 1 Grades 1–3Volume 2 Grades 4 & 5

VO

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Take a journey through time with Time Pieces for Viola. These two volumes

contain well-crafted arrangements, presented in chronological order, to take

you from the fourteenth century right up to the present day.• pieces that regularly feature on the ABRSM Viola syllabus• invaluable source of recital repertoire• contrasting styles, from Susato to Joplin and from Mozart to Mancini

• arrangements that practise the note ranges and keys of the gradesPaul Harris was Head of Wind and Brass at Stowe School for many years,

and is a freelance composer, arranger and editor, as well as an ABRSM

examiner. Philip Bass studied at the Royal Academy of Music and is a peripatetic

upper-strings teacher for Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts

Service. A professional violinist, Philip has composed and arranged extensively

for the instrument.

Other viola publications from ABRSM

Scales & ArpeggiosGrades 1–5, 6–8Specimen Sight-Reading TestsGrades 1–5, 6–8

Five Irish Folk TunesHoward FergusonGrades 5 & 6

SeascapesAlan RidoutGrades 2 & 3

ABRSM24 Portland PlaceLondon W1B 1LUUnited Kingdom

www.abrsm.org

SeaScapeS

Alan Ridout

Six easy pieces, with piano accompaniment forViola or CelloViola or Cello

from the Petrie collection of Ancient Irish Musicfreely adapted with piano accompaniment forVIOLA or CELLO

Howard Ferguson

Viola Specimen Sight-Reading Tests

Grades

ABRSM Grades 1–5

SpecimenSight-ReadingTests

Viola

from 2012

1–5

ABRSM Grades 1–5

Scales &Arpeggios

Viola

from 2012

Viola Scales & Arpeggios

Grades

1–5

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