MTB Grade 8 Percussion

General Info

Candidates taking a Percussion (Combined) exam are required to:

• play one piece for each of Snare Drum, Timpani and Keyboard Percussion
• play the technical requirements for either Snare Drum, Timpani or Keyboard Percussion at their choice

Snare Drum Song List

Item	Works	Composer	Publications	Publisher
1	Bedstone	Will Sivier	MTB Grade 8 Percussion Book	MTB Bookshop
2	Victoria	Will Sivier	MTB Grade 8 Percussion Book	MTB Bookshop
3	The Cathedral	Will Sivier	MTB Grade 8 Percussion Book	MTB Bookshop
4	Remembering Arnold	Will Sivier	MTB Grade 8 Percussion Book	MTB Bookshop
5	Graduation	Morris Goldenberg	12 Progressive Solos for Snare Drum	Hal Leonard
6	Etude #3	Nebojša Jovan Živković	10 Etudes for Snare Drum	Studio 4 Music
7	Gold	Brian Wilshere	Percussion World: Snare Drum	Trinity College London Press

Timpani Song List

Item	Works	Composer	Publication	Publisher
1	Dello's Way	Will Sivier	MTB Grade 8 Percussion Book	MTB Bookshop
2	Storm's A Comin'	Will Sivier	MTB Grade 8 Percussion Book	MTB Bookshop
3	This One's For Jack	Will Sivier	MTB Grade 8 Percussion Book	MTB Bookshop
4	Arnold Remembered	Will Sivier	MTB Grade 8 Percussion Book	MTB Bookshop
5	Eightnology	Gert Bomhof	Solo Pieces for Timpani	De Haske
6	Changing Meter #3	Gert Bomhof	Solo Pieces for Timpani	De Haske
7	Performing Timpani	Gert Bomhof	Solo Pieces for Timpani	De Haske
8	Study #22	Nick Woud	Symphonic Studies for Timpani	De Haske
9	Study #25	Nick Woud	Symphonic Studies for Timpani	De Haske
10	Movement #1	Daniel Jones	Sonata for Timpani (Jones)	Peters Edition

Keyboard Percussion Song List

Item	Works	Composer	Publication	Publisher
1	Csárdás for Marimba and Glockenspiel	Vittorio Monti	Csárdás for Marimba and Glockenspiel	Tomplay
2	Log Cabin Blues	George Hamilton Green	Log Cabin Blues	Keyboard Percussion Publications

Technical Exercises

One of the following options, chosen by the candidate

Instrument	List	Publications	Memory	Notes