Grade by Grade – Cello Grade 2

Description

Grade by Grade – Cello Grade 2 – part of the Grade by Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others.

Carefully selected by Miriam Lowbury, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 2 cellist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.

Each volume contains:

• a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip
• grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises
• brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities
• newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks
• a piano accompaniment booklet

Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online.

Grade by Grade – Cello Grade 2 contents:

• Colin Kirkpatrick: Gotcha!
• Katherine & Hugh College: Coconuts and Mangoes
• Scott Joplin: Paragon Rag
• Serge Prokofieff: Troika (from Lieutenant Kijé)
• Rodgers & Hammerstein: Climb ev’ry Mountain (from The Sound of Music)
• Traditional Scottish melody: Lock Lomond
• William Byrd: Wolsey’s Wilde
• Ailbhe McDonagh: Pasta Dance
• Traditional American melody: St James’ Infirmary
• Traditional Israeli melody: Mayim, Mayim
• Gerald Howard & John York: Balmy Days
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Allegro
• Jean-Philippe Rameau: Sarabande
• Béla Bartók: Ploughing (from For Children)
•  Franz Schubert: Two German Dances
• Johann Strauss II: Russian March