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NZ Alternate Pieces for ABRSM
Piano works by New Zealand composers, which are accepted substitutions for theList C pieces in the current Royal Schools of Music piano examinations syllabus:
| Grade 1: | Hesitating, or Echoes from "On Your Own" | David Farquhar | ||
| Grade 2: | In Black and White from "On Your Own" | David Farquhar | ||
| Grade 3: | Christmas Pieces for L.B. 1949, No. 1 Andantino from "Occasional Pieces for Piano" | Douglas Lilburn | ||
| For Kate Edger from "Votes for Women" | Rosemary Miller Stott | |||
| Grade 4: | Andante from "Occasional Pieces for Piano" | Douglas Lilburn | ||
| Grade 5: | Lullaby for Matthew | Gillian Whitehead | ||
| Grade 6: | Sun and Shadow | David Farquhar | ||
| Nocturne in C major, or The Chase from "Pleasant Pieces for Piano, Book 1" | Edwin Carr | |||
| Pastorale, or The Darkening, or A Legend from "Pleasant Pieces for Piano, Book 2" | Edwin Carr | |||
| Grade 7: | The Taming, or Caprice from "Pleasant Pieces for Piano, Book 1" | Edwin Carr | ||
| Nocturne in A minor, or Poltergeist from "Pleasant Pieces for Piano, Book 2" | Edwin Carr | |||
| Grade 8: | Reflections from "Pleasant Pieces for Piano, Book 1" | Edwin Carr | ||
| Seashore from "Pleasant Pieces for Piano, Book 2" | Edwin Carr | |||
NZ Pieces for St. Cecilia Examinations
| Piano works by New Zealand composers, which appear in the St. Cecilia examinations syllabus: | ||||
| Beginner Grade: | Black and White Tag from "Sunrise" | Ross Carey | ||
| Junior Grade: | Fun Clusters from "Sunrise" | Michelle Scullion | ||
| Preliminary Grade: | Russian Bells, or Falling Petals, or Winter, or Lullaby from "Sunrise" | Gillian Bibby Ross Carey Elaine Sharman Ross Carey | ||
| Grade 1: | Rain, or Singers in the Islands from "Sunrise" | Elaine Sharman Anthony Ritchie | ||
| Grade 2: | The Microwave Won't Stop Bleeping ..., or The Friendly Imp, or Merry-Go-Rounds, or Whale Song, or Lazy Cat, or Moa and her Chick, or Blackbird in the Rain, or what's the taniwha's story? from "Sunrise" | Craig Utting Clive Aucott Lachlan McKenzie Kit Powell Craig Utting Craig Utting Gillian Bibby Gillian Whitehead | ||
| Fond Farewell from "Mood of the Moment" | Jillian Bray | |||
| Grade 3: | Making Mischief, or Little Romance from "Now is the Time" | Jillian Bray | ||
| Classical Rondo from "Four Characteristic Pieces" | Jillian Bray | |||
| Jolly Jazz from "Mood of the Moment" | Jillian Bray | |||
| Grade 4: | Lime and Soda from "Now is the Time" | Jillian Bray | ||
| Baroque Invention, or 20th Century/Four Square from "Four Characteristic Pieces" | Jillian Bray | |||
| Frisk from "Summer Suite" | Jillian Bray | |||
| Grade 5: | In the Hammock, or Sun Scorch, or Northwesterly Rondo, or Summer Wedding from "Summer Suite" | Jillian Bray | ||
| Grade 6: | Gnats and Spiders from "Insect Suite" | Jillian Bray | ||
| Grade 7: | Fireflies and Bugs from "Insect Suite" | Jillian Bray | ||
| Kapua (Clouds) from "Evocations" | Jillian Bray | |||
NZ Pieces for NZMEB Examinations
| Piano works by New Zealand composers, which appear in the New Zealand Music Examinations Board syllabuses: | ||||
| Preliminary Grade: | The Friendly Imp, or Work Chant or There is a Tui in my Garden or two of Simple Song, Sad Song, Black and White Tag from "Sunrise" | Clive Aucott | ||
| A Sad Song, or Sighing from "On Your Own" | David Farquhar | |||
| Japanese Winter from "All Keyed Up Level 1" | Sandra Lynch | |||
| Lost from "All Keyed Up Level 2" | Sandra Lynch | |||
| Grundling Boggies, or Thimblespring, or Tripping from "Bumblebee Stew" | John Wells | |||
| Grade 1: | Mousetrap, or Bird Looks in the Window, or Russian Bells, or Day's End and c.c. that!, or Odd Dodos Do Add and The Giant Awakes, or Day Dreaming, or Winter Rain, or Monster Story, or Ghosts, or Sad song on a rainy day from "Sunrise" | Jonathan Berkahn Gillian Bibby Gillian Bibby Ross Carey Ross Carey Ewan Clark Elaine Sharman Lionel Sharman Craig Utting Gillian Whitehead | ||
| Little Boy Lost from "A Book of Dreams" | Barry Anderson | |||
| Fierce Dog from "Seven Tingley Pieces for Children" | Helen Caskie | |||
| Spooky Story, or Witches on Broomsticks from "Halloween" | Helen Caskie | |||
| Echoes, or In Black and White from "On Your Own" | David Farquhar | |||
| Jack Frost, or Summer Afternoon from "Stepping Up" | Vivienne Sands | |||
| Prelude I from "21 Piano Pieces" | Michael Smither | |||
| Walking from "Moving Along" | John Wells | |||
| No. 1 (Fast) from "Simple Simon's Piano Pieces" | Gary Wilby | |||
| Grade 2: | Hurunui Gorge, or Blackbird in the Rain, or Dangerous Mission, or Evening: Passacaglia, or Prelude: The Sun has Risen, or Tui in the Flax Bush and Bird Hopping, or Tui, or Whale Song, or Singers in the Islands, or Hora, or The Microwave won't stop Beeping..., or My Cat is Dancing on the Piano, or what's the taniwha's story? from "Sunrise" | Chris Adams Gillian Bibby Gillian Bibby Gillian Bibby Gillian Bibby Gillian Bibby John Elmsly Kit Powell Anthony Ritchie Lionel Sharman Craig Utting Craig Utting Gillian Whitehead | ||
| Fish, or Icicles, or The Farm at Night, or Kokako from "Take Flight" | Elaine Sharman Elaine Sharman Graham Parsons Susan Beresford | |||
| Hunt from "Cat's World" | Helen Caskie | |||
| Black and White Rag from "Off-Beat" | David Farquhar | |||
| Grasshopper from "Six Legs or More" | David Griffiths | |||
| Autumn, or Chat-a-box, or Discovery from "All Keyed Up Level 3" | Sandra Lynch | |||
| Running on the Beach from "Caroline Bay Suite" | Anthony Ritchie | |||
| Paper Darts from "Stepping Up" | Vivienne Sands | |||
| A Droll for Tony, or Prelude 2 from "21 Piano Pieces" | Michael Smither | |||
| Sorry, Can't Stop from "Five Bagatelles for Piano" | Gary Wilby | |||
| Grade 3: | Dreaming, or Lazy Cat, or Moa and her Chick, or My Nightmare is a Train, or Pukeko from "Sunrise" | Jeroen Speak Craig Utting Craig Utting Craig Utting Gillian Whitehead | ||
| Mysterious, or Jurassic Pond, or Spring Breezes, or Waikato Fog, or Morning Milking, or At the Water's Edge from "Take Flight" | Chris Adams Chris Cree Brown David Hamilton David Hamilton Graham Parsons John Elmsly | |||
| Classical Rondo from "Four Characteristic Pieces" | Jillian Bray | |||
| Frog Dance from "A Book of Dreams" | Barry Anderson | |||
| Space Dance from "Of Things Intangible" | Helen Caskie | |||
| Musette from "Off-Beat" | David Farquhar | |||
| Centipede from "Six Legs or More" | David Griffiths | |||
| No. 2 Moderato, from Two Christmas Pieces for L.B. from "Occasional Pieces for Piano" | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| Children Playing from "Caroline Bay Suite" | Anthony Ritchie | |||
| Waterboy's Lullaby from "Stepping Up" | Vivienne Sands | |||
| Coming Out Tune from "21 Piano Pieces" | Michael Smither | |||
| Drums and Trumpets, or Ghosts, or Sleigh Ride from "Eight Children's Pieces for Piano" | Ronald Tremain | |||
| Festival from "Five Bagatelles for Piano" | Gary Wilby | |||
| Grade 4: | Dawn Chorus from "Sunrise" | Gillian Bibby | ||
| Medievo Cacciatore, or Paper Dragonfly, or Clouds over Aoraki, or Deep Water, or Grey Warbler in the Shadows, or Landscape with quail, or Down, or Bells, or Dodge 'em from "Take Flight" | Charles Wilson Claire Cowan David Hamilton Elaine Sharman Gillian Bibby Gillian Whitehead Jeroen Speak Ross Carey Alexander Sneyd & Craig Utting | |||
| Baroque Invention, or Romantic Nocturne, or 20th Century/Four Square from "Four Characteristic Pieces" | Jillian Bray | |||
| Any two of Stroll, Blues, or Boogie from "Five Little Pieces" | John Charles | |||
| Clouds from "Black, White & Coloured" | David Farquhar | |||
| Steps from "Sixes for Piano" | David Farquhar | |||
| Spider from "Six Legs or More" | David Griffiths | |||
| Prelude 1 & 2 or 3 & 4 (Four Preludes 1942-4) from "Occasional Pieces for Piano" | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| For Kate Shepherd from "Votes for Women" | Rosemary Miller Stott | |||
| Attack and Run Away, or For Brass from "21 Piano Pieces" | Michael Smither | |||
| Mist Over Waitemata | John Wells | |||
| Grade 5: | Mad Hair Day, or Kaimanawa Wild Horses, or Outlines Through Rising Mist, or Let's Boogie, or This Old Man, He Played Jazz, or Very Strange Clocks, or Cat Chasing Flax from "Take Flight" | Craig Utting David Hamilton Gillian Whitehead Helen Caskie Jeroen Speak John Elmsly Vivienne Sands | ||
| Barcarolle or Story from "Off-Beat" | David Farquhar | |||
| Silver-grey: Moonlight from "Black, White & Coloured" | David Farquhar | |||
| Sing No. 4 from "Sixes for Piano" | David Farquhar | |||
| Andante and Poco Lento from "Occasional Pieces for Piano" | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| For Kate Edger and The White Ribboners, or Petitions for Parliament and Jubilation from "Votes for Women" | Rosemary Miller Stott | |||
| Wasp Strike 1 from "Stepping Up" | Vivienne Sands | |||
| Grade 6: | Oystercatchers at Mangemangeroa Inlet, or The Final Chapter, or Diablo Dances with a Demented Cuckoo, or Flight of Bells, or Jack Jigs with the Ghost of Gershwin, or Hoar Frost with Fire Siren, or Mysterious Whirly Square Dance, or Silent (and relaxing) Night, or Homage to Chopin, or Homage to Ravel from "Take Flight" | Anthony Young Craig Utting Gillian Bibby Gillian Bibby Gillian Bibby Gillian Whitehead Jenny McLeod Jereon Speak Kenneth Young Kenneth Young | ||
| Gnats and Fireflies from "Insect Suite" | Jillian Bray | |||
| No's 1, 2 & 3 from "Nine Short Pieces" | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| No. 1 from "Three Sea Changes" | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| Out of Petrol on the Motorway, or Wasp Strike 2 from "Stepping Up" | Vivienne Sands | |||
| Grade 7: | Lachrymae from "Sarajevo" | Jack Body | ||
| Spiders and Bugs from "Insect Suite" | Jillian Bray | |||
| A Birthday Prelude and Quiet Dreams from "Five Miniatures for Solo Piano" | John Elmsly | |||
| Homage to Chopin, or Homage to G.G., or Homage Mahler & Schubert from "Black, White & Coloured" | David Farquhar | |||
| River Talk, or Loss, or Fantail from "Take Flight" | Gillian Whitehead Jenny McLeod Susan Beresford | |||
| Sonatina No. 1 (2nd movement), or Sonatina No. 2 (1st movement??) from "Two Sonatinas" | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| Bagatelle No. 1, or Bagatelle No. 2 from "Two Bagatelles" | Ronald Tremain | |||
| Lullaby for Matthew | Gillian Whitehead | |||
| Grade 8: | All' Inglese from "Ten Concert Studies for Piano" | Edwin Carr | ||
| No. 3 from "Three Inventions" | Ronald Tremain | |||
Silver Thread Among the Gold from "Adventures " | Jack Body | |||
| Marimba Dance from "Black, White & Coloured" | David Farquhar | |||
| No's 4, 6 & 9 from "Nine Short Pieces" | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| Sonatina No. 1 (1st or 3rd movements) from "Two Sonatinas" | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| Red Descending | Mike Nock | |||
| Birds and a Steam Train in the Catlins | Anthony Ritchie | |||
| Spirits of the Kaimanawas from "Stepping Up" | Vivienne Sands | |||
| Diploma AMUSNZ: | No. 2 from "Three Inventions" | Ronald Tremain | ||
| Torrent, or Ritual from "Firestarters 2" | Penelope Axtens Anthony Ritchie | |||
| Ten Concert Studies for Piano (any two contrasting) | Edwin Carr | |||
| Fifths-a-pealing from "Five Miniatures for Solo Piano" | John Elmsly | |||
| The Chinese Terracotta Soldiers | Dorothy Freed | |||
| Five Piano Pieces | Ross Harris | |||
| Sonatina No. 1 from "Two Sonatinas" | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| Three Sea Changes | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| Looking for a Lost Guinea-Pig at Daybreak from "Collected Edition Volume 1" | Larry Pruden | |||
| For the Kokako | John Rimmer | |||
| No. 15 from "24 Preludes" | Anthony Ritchie | |||
| Mini-suite for Piano (any three or more) from "Adventures" | Jack Speirs | |||
| Two Bagatelles | Ronald Tremain | |||
| Diploma LMUSNZ: | Two Score & Two from "Ancient Journeys" | Christopher Blake | ||
| Totentanz from "Sarajevo" | Jack Body | |||
| Ten Concert Studies for Piano (any two contrasting) | Edwin Carr | |||
| Sepulah Jari | Gareth Farr | |||
| Study in Blue and Green (Paekakariki) | Ross Harris | |||
| Sonata 1949 | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| Sonata 1956 | Douglas Lilburn | |||
| Tone Clock Pieces No's 5-11 (any two contrasting) | Jenny McLeod | |||
| Jettatura | John Psathas | |||
| Waiting for the Aeroplane from "Firestarters 2" | John Psathas | |||
| Arapatiki from "Landscape Preludes" | Gillian Whitehead | |||