Cello Exam Pack from 2024, ABRSM Initial Grade (Cello Part, Piano acc. & Audio)

This book brings together in one place selected exam pieces, scales and sight-reading to support ABRSM’s Initial Grade Cello syllabus from 2024 – ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces, three from each of Lists A, B and C, have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer.

The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information.

Audio recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks, are included via the download code in the book.

Content:

LIST A
Anon. - 16th century La Bergamasca, arr. K. & D. Blackwell
Trad. Czech. - Stamping Dance, arr. K. & D. Blackwell
Trad. English - The Old Woman and the Pedlar, arr. Bullard

LIST B
Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind, arr. Iles
Jemima Oosthuizen - Ladybird Laze: from Bees in the Belfry
Althea Talbot-Howard - The Knights’ Pavane

LIST C
Alan Bullard - Square Dance: from Party Time!
Nancy Litten - Crunch Time
Trad. German - Kuckuck, Kuckuck, ruft’s aus dem Wald, arr. Blackwell