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Teachers' Choice Selected Piano Repertory & Studies (Grades 1-8)          
Edited and annotated by Josephine Koh


A refreshing new publication which comprises of popular and alternative works from the ABRSM Piano Exam syllabus. Alternative pieces are specially selected to provide students with a comprehensive and varied repertoire. Meticulously fingered and edited, Teachers' Choice offers teachers and students alike with added performance and teaching direction. Excerpts in Teachers' Choice are beautifully scored and arranged for excellent reading.  There are recommended studies after each grade to assist students in achieving the technical demands required of the exam pieces.


Teachers' Choice 2011-2012 Grades 1-3

List of pieces:
Grade 1
A5: Babiole (arr. Waterman and Harewood) by J. Naudot
B4: Longing: from I Begin to Play, Op. 20 by F. Rybicki
B5: The Trout (arr. Gritten) by Schubert
B6: Soldatenmarsch (Soldiers' March), No. 2 from Album für die Jugend    
        , Op. 68 by Schumann
C5: Allegretto, 1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 51 No. 1
      by Janina Garścia
C6: Grasshopper, No. 15 from 22 Little Piano Pieces by Lajos Papp

Grade 2
A4: Dialogue Taquin by J. Hummel
A5: Menuet [II] in G minor, BWV Anh. II 115 by C. Petzold
B4: Andantino, Op. 176 No. 15 by J.B. Duvernoy
B5: Gavotte in A minor by C. Gurlitt
B6: Waltz (from The Sleeping Beauty) by Tchaikovsky
C4: Men's Dance: from The Gift of Music by Elias Davidsson
C5: In the Train: from Miniatures for Piano, Op. 5 by Janina Garścia

Grade 3
A5: Bourree from Suite de clavecin by C. Petzold
A6: Allegretto in C (TWV 30:23/2) by G. Telemann
B4: Enigma Theme (arr. Gritton) by Elgar
B5: Silhouette, No. 12 from Miniatur-Bilder, Op. 39 by Hugo Reinhold
B6: Ecossaise by Weber
C6: Northern Lights by Karen Tanaka


Teachers' Choice 2011-2012 Grades 4-5

List of pieces:
Grade 4
A5: Vivace,2nd movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 55 No. 1 by Kuhlau
A6: Polonaise in D by Mozart
B6: Scherzo: No. 6 from Miniatur-Bilder, Op. 39 by Hugo Reinhold
C3: Blues from Melody and Rhythm by G. Hengeveld

Grade 5
A3: Menuet & Trio, 3rd movt from Sonata in Bb, Hob. XVI/2 by Haydn
A4: Allegro in E minor by J.C.F. Bach
B4: Marzuka in C minor by Glinka
B5: Weigenliedchen (Cradle Song) from Albumblatter, Op. 6 by 
      Schumann
B6: Polka, Op. 39 No. 14 by Tchaikovsky
C5: Pajaro triste (Sad Bird), No. 5 from Impresiones intimas by 
      Mompou


Teachers' Choice 2011-2012 Grades 6-7

List of pieces:
Grade 6
A3: Allegro, 2nd movt from Suite in G, HWV 441 by Handel
A4: Prelude in D, BWV 925 by J.S. Bach
B2: Allegretto moderato from Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 3 by Grieg
B6: The Witch (Baba Yaga) Op. 39 No. 2 by Tchaikovsky
C1: Soiree Polka by Stephen Foster
C6: Jazz Exercise No. 3 by Oscar Peterson

Grade 7
A5: Sinfonia No. 10 in G, BWV 796 by J.S. Bach
A6: Le coucou (The Cuckoo) from Premier livre de pieces de clavecin   
       by Daquin
B4: Viniendo de la funte (Coming from the Foutain) from Cuentos de la 
       juventud, Op. 1
B5: Romance in E minor (S. 169) by Liszt
C6: Le petit elephant: from L' Histoire de Babar (The Little Elephant 
       from The History of Babar) by Poulenc


Teachers' Choice 2011-2012 Grade 8

List of pieces:
A4: Prelude and Fugue in Bb, BWV 866 
      No. 21 from The Well Tempered Clavier, Part I by J.S. Bach
A7: Sonata in F# minor, Kp. 25 (L.481) by D. Scarlatti
A8: Sonata in B minor, Kp. 27 (L. 449) by D. Scarlatti
B3: Allegro, 1st movt from Sonata in D, K. 284/205b by Mozart
B4: Allegro, 4th movt from (Grand) Sonata in Ab, Op. 26 by Beethoven
B5: Allegro, 1st movt from Sonata in A by Clementi
B7: Allegretto moderato, 1st movt from Sonata in Eb, Hob. XVI/38 by 
      Haydn
C2: Valse romantique by Debussy
C10: Au lac de Wallenstadt, No. 2 from Annees de Pelerinage
C13: Melodie in E, No. 3 from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 by 
        Rachmaninov
C14: Abschied (Farewell), No. 9 from Waldscenen, Op. 82 by 
        Schumann
C15: Polka in E from Trois polka de salon, Op. 7 by Smetana