AMEB Recorder Exams
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List A – Descant
Collette: 12 Melodious Exercises
List A – Treble
Linde: Modern Exercises for Treble
List B – Descant
Van Eyck: Bravade
♪ Saskia Coolen ♪ Giorgio Matteoli
List B – Treble
Linde: Paul’s Steeple
♪ Aldo Bova ♪ Hanneke van Proosdij
List C – Descant
Telemann: Partita No. 4
♪ Phyllis Chan
List C – Treble
Handel: Recorder Sonata in Gm
♪ Frans Brüggen ♪ David Antich
Telemann: Sonata in F
♪ Frans Brüggen ♪ Eric Bosgraaf
List D – Descant
General reference
Duschenes: Method for Recorder, Book 2 (Treble)
Grade 6
List A – Descant
Collette: 12 Melodious Exercises
List A – Treble
Linde: Modern Exercises for Treble
List B – Descant
Van Eyck: English Nightingale
♪ Saskia Coolen ♪ Frans Brüggen
List C – Treble
Handel: Recorder Sonata in Gm
♪ Frans Brüggen ♪ David Antich
Sammartini: Sonata in Gm
♪ Hidehiro Nakamura
List D – Descant & Treble
Shanahan: Cathy’s Song
♪ Ian Shanahan
General reference
Duschenes: Method for Recorder, Book 2 (Treble)
Grade 7
List A – Descant
Collette: 12 Melodious Exercises
List A – Treble
(1) Collette: 8 Melodious Studies
(2) Linde: Modern Exercises for Treble
(3) Linde: The Virtuoso Recorder
List B – Descant
Van Eyck: Fantasia & Echo
♪ Genevieve Lacey
List C – Treble
(1) Sonata in F
♪ Jean-Pierre Nicolas ♪ Frans Brüggen
(2) Sonata in Am
♪
Marco Scorticati
(3) Sonata in C
♪ Birgit Pircher
List D – Treble
(1) Glanville-Hicks: Sonatina
♪ Daniele Salvatore
(2) Murrill: Sonata
♪ Hidehiro Nakamura ♪ Dan Laurin
List D – Tenor
Ball: Pagan Piper
♪ Paul Arden-Taylor
General reference
Davis: Treble Recorder Technique
Duschenes: Method for Recorder, Book 2 (Treble)
Bloodworth: The Bass Recorder Handbook
Grade 8
List A – Treble
(1) Collette: 8 Melodious Studies
(2) Linde: The Virtuoso Recorder
List B – Descant
(1) Van Eyck: Pavane Lachrymae
♪ Dan Laurin ♪ Jasperina Verheij
(2) Castello: Sonata Prima
♪ Alžběta Chlubnová
List C – Treble
(1) Bach: Partita in Dm, BWV 1004 - also ATCL
♪ Itzhak Perlman ♪ António Carrilho
(2) Telemann: Sonata in Fm
Book of 4 sonatas - OR - Single sonata (free)
♪ Frans Brüggen ♪ Eric Bosgraaf
List D – Treble
(1) Gross: Marching to Nowhere
(2) Arnold: Sonatina
♪ John Turner ♪ Tohru Kihara
♪ Jill Kemp
General reference
Duschenes: Method for Recorder, Book 2 (Treble)
Bova: 24 Exercises on a Circle of Fifths
Associate
Four different composers required.
List A—Early Baroque
Fontana: Sonata Terza
♪ Minori Deguchi
♪ Gonzalo Díaz
♪ Stephanie Noori
♪ Sarah Meloni
♪ Sophie Botté
List B—Baroque
(1) Bach: Flute Sonata in F, BWV 1035
♪ Michala Petri
(2) Sammartini: Concerto in F
♪ Michala Petri
♪ Andreas Prittwitz
(3) Telemann: Recorder Sonata in Dm - AMusA only
♪ Hans Linde ♪ Eric Bosgraaf
List C—Unaccompanied
(1) Telemann: Fantasias 5, 6, 9, & 11
♪ Barthold Kuijken ♪ Saskia Coolen (11)
(2) Staeps: Kleine Tagmusik - AMusA only
List D—20th Century Sonata
(1) Berkeley: Sonatina - ATCL & LMusA
♪ Sang-Un Song
(2) Bowen: Sonata - ATCL only
♪ Jill Kemp
(3) Linde: Sonatine Francaise - AMusA only
(4) Staeps: Sonata in E-flat
♪ Leora Vinik
Additional Repertoire
(1) Lane: Suite Ancienne
♪ Hidehiro Nakamura
(2) Gregson: Three Matisse Impressions
♪ I II III Hidehiro Nakamura