__Initial Grade__

Chwatal - Little Playmates
Trad. - What shall we do with the drunken sailor?, arr. Önaç
H. Wohlfahrt - Patterns (No. 10 from Kinder-Klavierschule), arr. Jones
Schonthal - A Waltz that's a Little Melancholy (No. 10 from Short Impressions for Very Young Piano Players, Vol. 1)
Waterman & Harewood - Swans and Ducks
Naomi Yandell - Secret Footpath
Peter Gritton - Haunted House

__Grade 1__

Diabelli - Allegretto in C (No. 3 from Die ersten 12 Lectionen, Op. 125)
M. Helyer - Dragonflies (from The Greenwood Tree)
A. Reinagle - Minuet in C (No. 10 from 24 Short and Easy Pieces, Op. 1)
Andrew Eales - Fresh Air
F. Price - A Morning Sunbeam (No. 3 from Three Sketches for Little Pianists)
Head - The Quiet Wood
Shruthi Rajasekar - Virginia Hall
Martha Mier - Sneaky Business (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 1)
Caroline Tyler - Little Whale Explores the Calm Sea

__Grade 2__

Beethoven - Écossaise in G, WoO 23, arr. Czerny
J. L. Dussek - Gavotte in F
Agnieszka Lasko - Tarantella (from Little Stories)
Stephen Duro - Forget-me-not Waltz
Stanford - Lullaby (No. 5 from Six Sketches)
Trad. Chinese - Kangding Love Song, arr. Yip
David Blackwell - Railroad Blues
Elissa Milne - Mozzie (from Easy Little Peppers)
Kristina Arakelyan – Daydream

__Grade 3__

Anon. - Minuet in G, BWV Anh. II 116
Clementi - Vivace (3rd movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1)
Miroslaw Gasieniec - Hansel and Gretel (from Album for Children)
Nancy Litten - The Sad Ghost
Loeschhorn - Study in F (No. 25 from 48 Etüden in fortschreitender Ordnung, Op. 65)
Nakada - The Song of Twilight (from Piano Pieces for Children)
Chua - T-Rex Hungry (from A Day in the Life of a T-Rex)
Gillock - The Spanish Guitar (from Accents Around the World)
Joplin - The Entertainer, arr. Önaç

__Grade 4__

Pescetti - Presto (3rd movt from Sonata No. 6 in C minor)
Farrenc - Mouvement de valse (No. 15 from 25 études faciles, Op. 50)
Handel - Allegro in F, HWV 488
Valerie Capers - Billie's Song (No. 7 from Portraits in Jazz)
Chaminade - Idylle (No. 1 from Album des enfants, deuxième série, Op. 126)
Tchaikovsky - La nouvelle poupée (No. 6 from Album pour enfants, Op. 39)
Bartók - Pentatonic Tune (No. 29 from For Children, Vol. 1)
Nevada - Ninette's Musette (No. 5 from Romantic Impressions)
F. Price - Ticklin' Toes

__Grade 5__

Cimarosa - Allegro (3rd movt from Sonata in C minor, C. 68)
Haydn - Minuet and Trio (2nd movt from Sonata in D, Hob. XVI:4)
Chee-Hwa Tan - Jester’s Jig (No. 7 from A Royal Birthday Celebration: Suite in Baroque Style)
H. Hofmann - Minnelied (No. 7 from Stimmungsbilder, Op. 88)
Bernadette Marmion - Wind in the Willows (from Allsorts)
Pilling - Philomela
Mike Cornick - In the Groove (from 20 Piano Studies)
Kabalevsky - Scherzo (No. 14 from 30 Children's Pieces, Op. 27)
David Önaç - A Distant Star in the Stillness

__Grade 6__

S. Heller - Prelude in C sharp minor (No. 10 from 24 Preludes, Op. 81)
Gambarini - Giga in D (from Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 2)
Kuhlau - Allegro (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1)
Dett - Honey (Humoresque) (3rd movt from In The Bottoms)
Granados - Vals poético (No. 6 from Valses poéticos)
Mendelssohn - Venetianisches Gondellied (No. 6 from Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19b)
R. R. Bennett - The Child that Is Born on the Sabbath Day (from A Week of Birthdays)
Elissa Milne - Indigo Moon (from Pepperbox Jazz, Book 2)
O. Peterson - Jazz Exercise No. 2 (from Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes and Pieces for Piano)

__Grade 7__

Haydn - Allegro moderato (1st movt from Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32)
Martinu - Allegretto (No. 4 from Ctvrtky a osminky, H. 257)
Martínez - Tempo di minuetto (3rd movt from Sonata in A)
Chopin - Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2
Jan Freidlin - At the Evening Window (No. 4 from Four Stories)
Moszkowski - Calme du soir (No. 2 from 10 petits morceaux, Op. 94)
Christopher Norton - New Kid (No. 9 from The Christopher Norton Jazz Preludes Collection)
Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee - Prelude: Twilight, Op. 69
Param Vir - White Light Chorale

__Grade 8__

J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in B flat, BWV 866
Mozart - Allegro (1st movt from Sonata in F, K. 332)
Schubert - Moment musical in C sharp minor (No. 4 from Moments musicaux, D. 780)
S. Coleridge-Taylor - Impromptu in B minor (No. 2 from Two Impromptus)
Farrenc - Étude in D flat, Op. 41 No. 5
Tchaikovsky - Juin: Barcarolle (No. 6 from Les saisons, Op. 37b)
Albéniz - Rumores de La Caleta (Malagueña) (No. 6 from Recuerdos de viaje, Op. 71)
Debussy - Arabesque No. 2 (from Deux arabesques, L. 66)
J. P. Johnson - Over the Bars

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