36th Biennial Music Festival (2026) - Test Pieces
JR-A1 Boy’s Vocal Solo (7 – 10 years): Over the Hills and Far Away
JR-A2 Boy’s Vocal Solo (11 – 12 years): Food (from Ev’ryday Things)
JR-A3 Boy’s Vocal Solo (13 – 15 years): Windy Nights
JR-A4 Boy’s Vocal Solo (16 – 19 years) (select one):
(a) Over the Mountains
(b) From A Railway Carriage
JR-A5 Girls’ Vocal Solo (7 – 10 years): Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
JR-A6 Girl’s Vocal Solo (11 – 12 years): Chocolate (from Just Desserts)
JR-A7 Girl’s Vocal Solo (13 – 15 years): Earth Folk
JR-A8 Girl’s Vocal Solo (16 – 19 years) (select one):
(a) A Soft Day
(b) Irish Blessing
JR-C1 Primary School Choirs (Upper Voices – 13 years and under): If You Should Meet a Crocodile
JR-C3 Junior Choirs (Boys’ Voices – 15 years and under): Seems Like a Miracle
JR-C3 Junior Choirs (Girls’ Voices – 15 years and under): Down in My Soul
JR-C4 Secondary School Choirs (Upper Voices – 19 years and under): Laudate Pueri
JR-C5 Secondary School Choirs (Mixed Voices – 19 years and under): Viking Song
JR-C6 Secondary School Choirs (Lower Voices – 19 years and under): Ching A-Ring Chaw
JR-D1 Piano Solo (12 years and under) (select one):
(a) Study (Etude)
(b) Sonatina in C major, Op. 36, No. 1
JR-D2 Piano Solo (15 years and under) (select one):
(a) Waltz in A minor, Op. posth
(b) At the Brook
JR-D3 Piano Solo (19 years and under) (select one):
(a) Dance of the Elves, Op. 21
(b) Bossa Nova
(c) Odeon
JR-D8 Recorder Solo (12 years and under) (select one):
(a) Descant: Caribbean
(b) Descant: Briar-Rose
JR-D9 Recorder Solo (15 years and under) (select one):
(a) Descant: Zu Hause
(b) Treble: Andantino from Three Airs
JR-D10 Recorder Solo (19 years and under) (select one):
(a) Descant: Coffee & Croissants
(b) Treble: Study #10
(c) Tenor: Plaint
JR-D15 Steel Pan Solo (Tenor, Double Tenor/Seconds or Cellos) (12 years and under) (select one):
(a) Tenor: My Dog Has Fleas | Full Score
(b) Double Tenor/Seconds: Calypso Commess | Full Score
(c) Cello: The Elephant | Full Score
JR-D16 Steel Pan Solo (Tenor, Double Tenor/Seconds or Cellos) (15 years and under) (select one):
(a) Tenor: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba | Full Score
(b) Double Tenor/Seconds: Grand Anse | Full Score
(c) Cello: Prelude from Cello Suite #1
JR-D17 Steel Pan Solo (Tenor, Double Tenor/Seconds or Cellos) (19 years and under) (select one):
(a) Tenor: Under the Cottonwood Tree | Full Score
(b) Double Tenor/Seconds: Gitche Gumme Rag | Full Score
(c) Cello: Hello Cello | Full Score
JR-E1 Piano Duet (12 years and under): All Together Now
JR-E2 Piano Duet (16 years and under): Valses-Caprise
JR-E3 Piano Duet (19 years and under): La Chaise À Porteurs
