Exam Materials,
New Piano Exam Materials
This week has seen the release of new piano publications for both ABRSM and Trinity College exams, with additional repertoire added to the Trinity exam syllabus, and two new piano collections for intermediate to advanced pianists by Isata Kanneh-Mason. Find out more below.
Isata Kanneh-Mason: Piano Inspiration
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason is in great demand in the UK and internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She offers eclectic and interesting repertoire and has performed at many of the world’s finest concert venues, including the Royal Albert Hall for her BBC Proms solo debut in 2023. As a Decca recording artist, she entered the UK classical charts at No. 1 with her 2019 album Romance, and has since released Summertime, featuring twentieth-century American repertoire; Muse, a duo album with her brother Sheku; and Childhood Tales, which showcases music inspired by a nostalgia for youth. Isata is recipient of the coveted Leonard Bernstein Award and the Opus Klassik Award for best young artist.
Alongside well-known classical masterpieces, Isata presents stunning pieces by Florence Price, Amy Beach and Eleanor Alberga, as well as a beautifully evocative new work by Natalie Klouda and her very own Waltz. Carefully edited and fingered, Piano Inspiration 1 is ideal both for recreational playing and those seeking own-choice repertoire for ABRSM Performance Grades (Grades 4 to 6).
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Alongside classical masterpieces such as Clara Schumann’s Notturno, players will find repertoire by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, George Gershwin and Alexander Desplat as well as a stunning new work by Errollyn Wallen. Carefully edited and fingered, Piano Inspiration 2 is ideal both for recreational playing and those seeking own-choice repertoire for ABRSM Performance Grades (Grades 7+).
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Trinity Piano Syllabus from 2023
Trinity’s Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023 contains newly selected pieces alongside informative performance notes to help students and teachers get the most out of the repertoire. Technical exercises have also been newly composed for the 2023 syllabus.
Encompassing a hugely expanded range of styles and genres these books feature the largest selection of repertoire yet from across the broadest range of styles and genres. Trinity College London have significantly increased the repertoire written by female composers and composers from historically underrepresented backgrounds, and their goal is to continue to increase diversity in all new publications. The extended editions include nine further pieces for students to enjoy, alongside scales and arpeggios for each grade, and downloadable demonstration audio for all twenty-one pieces.
Trinity’s Piano Exam Pieces syllabus books will no longer operate with an end date, and the pieces they contain will remain listed in the syllabus indefinitely. Trinity’s 2021 Piano books will be indefinitely valid alongside the new 2023 Piano books.
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial
12 Pieces for Trinity College London Exams from 2023
This book contains newly selected pieces for exams from 2023, carefully chosen, graded and edited by a panel of experts, along with informative performance notes to help students and teachers get the most out of the repertoire. It also includes the technical exercises required for the exam, which have been newly composed for the 2023 syllabus.
Available Format: Sheet Music
Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises from 2023: Initial: Extended Edition
21 Pieces for Trinity College London Exams from 2023
This Extended Edition includes technical exercises required for the exam, which have been newly composed for the 2023 syllabus, as well as the scales and arpeggios for the grade, and downloadable demonstration audio for all 21 pieces.
Find all extended editions here.
Available Format: Sheet Music/Online Audio Access
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