ABRSM Exam music finder
Board: ABRSM
Syllabus: Viola 2020-2023
Grade: 2
Candidates may perform some or all of their pieces with a string accompaniment. Pieces that are published as duets are marked (DUET) in the syllabus list. Pieces that are published with piano and string accompaniment options are marked (PF/VA) in the syllabus list, and may be performed with either accompaniment in the exam.
Important information:
Please note that the information listed below does not contain complete syllabus details. Therefore, when planning an exam entry, it is important to refer to the current syllabus and the Exam Information & Regulations.
Pieces (for Practical Grades – select one from each list; for Performance Grades – select one from each list, plus an own-choice piece)
List AAvailable In
1. Rondeau: from Orchestral Suite in B minor, BWV 1067
J. S. Bach
Available In
-
$13.25
2. Minuet No. 3
J. S. Bach
Available In
-
Suzuki Viola School Vol. A Piano Accompaniment (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$15.78 -
Suzuki Viola School, Vol. 1 (Alfred Summy-Birchard)$11.30
3. Ballet
Besard
Available In
-
Early music for Viola - viola & piano (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$10.73
4. Prelude: from Te Deum (PF/VA)
M.-A. Charpentier
Please email us for availability
7. Gavotte
G. B. Martini
Available In
-
First Repertoire for Viola, Book II (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.87
8. Waltz
Weber
Available In
-
First Repertoire for Viola, Book II (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.87
9. Hornpipe
Trad.
Available In
-
Winners Galore - Viola (Brass Wind)$12.56 -
Winners Galore Violin/Viola Piano Accompaniments (Brass Wind)$9.47
10. Red-Haired Boy (PF/VA)
Trad. Irish
Available In
-
The Fiddler Playalong Viola Collection (Bk & CD) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.23
List BAvailable In
1. Habañera
Felipe Bajo
Available In
-
First Repertoire for Viola, Book II (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$13.87
2. Farewell to Skye (PF/VA)
Kathy and David Blackwell
Available In
-
Viola Time Sprinters - Piano accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$11.68 -
Viola Time Sprinters - Viola accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$10.03 -
Viola Time Sprinters (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$13.57
3. Dark-Haired Marie: No. 2 from Four Love Songs
A. Clarke
Available In
-
Four Love Songs (SJ Music)$12.56
4. The Misty Isle: No. 7 from Shooting Stars
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
Please email us for availability
5. Andantino: No. 4 from Very Easy Melodious Exercises in the First Position, Op. 22
Elgar
Available In
-
Six Very Easy Pieces Op. 22 for viola (Bosworth)$12.61
6. Glwysen (PF/VA)
Edward Jones
Available In
-
The Fiddler Playalong Viola Collection (Bk & CD) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$25.23
7. Primula veris: No. 2 from Zehn kleine stücke, Op. 213
Reinecke
Available In
-
$19.56
9. Old French Song: No. 16 from Album pour enfants, Op. 39
Tchaikovsky
Available In
-
Starters for Viola (ABRSM)$11.99
10. Simple Gifts
Trad. North American
Available In
-
O Shenandoah! (Viola & Piano) (Faber Music)$10.73
List CAvailable In
1. We're off to see the wizard: from The Wizard of Oz (PF/VA)
Arlen & Harburg
Available In
-
Abracadabra Viola (Pupil's book):Third edition (Harper Collins )$11.35
2. Play Song: No. 9 from 44 Duos (DUET)
Bartók
Available In
-
44 Duets for Two Violas (Editio Musica Budapest Zenemukiadó)$22.71
3. Jacob's Dance (PF/VA)
Kathy and David Blackwell
Available In
-
Viola Time Sprinters - Piano accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$11.68
-
Viola Time Sprinters - Viola accompaniment (Oxford University Press)$10.03
-
Viola Time Sprinters (Book & CD) (Oxford University Press)$13.57
4. Morris Dancers: No. 3 from Shooting Stars
Katherine and Hugh Colledge
Please email us for availability
8. Shrove-Tide Fair Themes: from Petrushka
Stravinsky
Available In
-
$13.25
9. Mango Walk
Trad.
Available In
-
Piece by Piece 2 (viola and piano) (Boosey & Hawkes (London))$16.40
Also RecommendedAvailable In
2. Sight Reading Tests
Available In
-
$10.73
3. Preparation for the Aural Tests
Available In
-
$25.18 -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1–3 (ABRSM)$10.73 -
$20.13