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Performance Grade booking
The next booking period for remotely-assessed Performance Grade and ARSM exams opens in February. For details, see our dates and fees page.
Music Theory exams – March 2021
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Face-to-face practical exams, session 1 - USA
Due to current COVID restrictions, we will not be opening our normal booking period in January for face-to-face practical exams in April-June. We hope to provide a practical session later in the year, but need to keep all dates under review as we can only accept bookings if COVID travel and government restrictions are lifted. We will provide an update nearer to the next booking period.
Candidates for Grade 6, 7 or 8 exams must already have passed ABRSM Grade 5 (or above) in Music Theory, Practical Musicianship or a solo Jazz instrument. For full details including a list of accepted alternatives, see Regulation 1d.
Practical Flute Grade 6 exams consist of three pieces, chosen by the candidate from the appropriate lists in the current syllabus, scales and broken chords, sight-reading and aural tests.
Total marks in all individual Practical exams are 150. 100 marks are required to achieve Pass, 120 marks to pass with Merit and 130 marks to pass with Distinction.
Find out about our Performance Grades and alternative route to a graded music exam.
Three pieces: one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C - 30 marks each
| No. | Composer | Piece information | Publication(s) |
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| 1 | attrib. Gossec |  Tambourin
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| 2 | Locatelli | Allegro 2nd movt from Sonata in G minor, Op. 2 No. 6 |
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| 3 | Quantz | Adagio And Allegro 1st movt And 2nd movt from Sonata in D, QV 1:49 |
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| 4 | J. S. Bach | Polonaise and Double 5th movt from Suite in B minor, BWV 1067 |
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| 5 | Drouet | Allegro moderato 1st movt from Sonata No. 2 in A minor |
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| 6 | Handel | Allegro 2nd movt from Sonata in G, HWV 363b, Op. 1 No. 5 |
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| 7 | Rabboni (and Vignoles) | Sonata No. 8 in C | |
| 8 | Stanley | Adagio And Gigg: Vivace 1st movt And 3rd movt from Solo in B minor, Op. 4 No. 4 |
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| 9 | Telemann arr. Salter |
Air à l'Italien 3rd movt from Suite in A minor, TWV 55:a2 (omitting DC) |
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| 10 | Vivaldi | Allegro 1st movt from Concerto in D, RV 783 (flute to play in tuttis) |
| No. | Composer | Piece information | Publication(s) |
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| 1 | J. Andersen | Scherzino Op. 55 No. 6 |
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| 2 | Chopin arr. Blackwell |
Nocturne in E♭ Op. 9 No. 2 |
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| 3 | Paul Hart | City Life 2 No. 2 from City Life |
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| 4 | John Frith | Arabesque (observing cadenza) |
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| 5 | Gaubert | Madrigal | |
| 6 | Grovlez trans. Tanner |
La sarabande No. 3 from L'Almanach aux images |
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| 7 | Harbach and Kern arr. Iveson |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes from Roberta |
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| 8 | Bryan Kelly | Prélude français (observing repeat) |
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| 9 | Paul Lewis | Lullaby for Laura No. 1 from Pictures of Childhood |
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| 10 | Andy Scott | And Everything is Still... |
| No. | Composer | Piece information | Publication(s) |
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| 1 | E. Köhler | Hand In Hand No. 12 from 25 romantische Etuden, Op. 66 |
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| 2 | Richard Michael | Twisted Tango
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| 3 | A. Stamitz | Rondeau from Caprice de flûte en forme de sonate |
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| 4 | Bizet, arr. Hunt | Entr'acte from Fantasia on Carmen |
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| 5 | Alan Bullard | Blue Flute Or Comical Flute No. 32 Or No. 35 from Fifty for Flute, Book 2 |
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| 6 | Cavallini | Theme and Variation | |
| 7 | Oliver Ledbury | Imaginings from Flute Salad |
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| 8 | James Rae | Breakaway Or One-part Invention No. 29 Or No. 30 from 42 More Modern Studies for Solo Flute |
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| 9 | Telemann | Adagio–Vivace 2nd movt from Fantasia No. 11 in G, TWV 40:12 (starting from Vivace) |
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| 10 | Allen Vizzutti | Tango from Dynamic Dances for Flute |
Candidates for a Grade 6, 7 or 8 exam must already have passed ABRSM Grade 5 (or above) in Music Theory, Practical Musicianship or a solo Jazz subject; for full details, including a list of accepted alternatives, see Regulation 1d.
Download recordings of pieces from our Grade 6 syllabus.
A selection of pieces from the new 2018-2021 Flute syllabus.
Practice material for students preparing for Flute exams.
New editions offering support to teachers preparing students for Practical exams.
