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, Vera Gray and others.

Carefully selected by Iain Farrington, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 1 pianist 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 and improvisation activities
newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks



Full performance demonstrations and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available to stream or download.


Iain Farrington has an exceptionally busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. He has performed across the world, notably at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, and has worked with many leading musicians, including Bryn Terfel and Sir Paul McCartney. As a composer, Iain’s music has been performed, recorded and broadcast worldwide, and his wide-ranging catalogue of arrangements receives regular international performances.

Christopher Norton: Walking together

Dmitri Kabalevsky: My stubborn little brother

Johannes Brahms : Wiegenlied

Hywel Davies : Air

Traditional : Sur le pont d’Avignon

Jessie Blake: The little white cloud

Alex Joannides: Sea breeze [Duet]

Traditional: Amazing grace

Béla Bartók: Quasi Adagio (from ‘For Children (volume 1)’)

Iain Farrington: From the north

Dmitri Shostakovich: March (from ‘Six Children’s Pieces’)

August Eberhard Müller: Siciliano

Traditional: Susy, little Susy

Paul Hughes: Questions

Anon: A Toye

Traditional: the north wind doth blow [Duet]

Rodgers & Hammerstein: DO-RE-MI (from ‘The Sound of Music’)

Traditional: English country garden

Aural Awareness

Improvise!

Scale Spot

C Major& A Minor

G Major

Sight Reading