Test Pieces By Section

This page shows test pieces that have been used as the set work for contests in particular sections in the last thirty years. You can also see the full list of testpieces that have been used at contests on this site.

Set Test and Own Choice numbers here are limited to nationally graded contests at the section specified.

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Name	Set Test	Own Choice
Les Francs Juges	6	0
Oceans	1	0
Aspects of Praise	1	0
Vienna Nights	3	1
Lorenzo	4	0
The Beacons	8	0
Dances and Alleluias	1	1
Ballet for Band	15	1
Paganini Variations	9	7
Rococo Variations (Gregson)	1	3
Variations on the Shining River	12	0
Isaiah 40	13	1
St. Magnus	3	2
Four Dances from Checkmate	4	0
Variations on an Enigma	9	2
Malcolm Arnold Variations	1	0
Earthquake	1	0
Theme and Eight Variations from Enigma	1	0
The Year of the Dragon	4	4
Variety of Skills	1	0
Salute to Youth	22	0
Three Figures	3	0
Fantasy for Brass Band (Arnold)	2	2
Variations for Brass Band	11	1
The Night to Sing	2	0
Volcano	2	0
Display	1	0
Entertainments	2	0
Odin	2	0
Blitz	11	3
Coventry Variations	1	1
Seascapes	2	0
Sounds	9	0
Music for Battle Creek	2	5
James Cook, Circumnavigator	3	1
A Lowry Sketchbook	8	2
Ginnungagap - ...seeming emptiness	1	2
Un vie de Matelot	1	0
Circles	1	0
Variations on a Theme by Haydn	8	0
Diversions on a Bass Theme	9	3
Montage	11	3
Titan's Progress	2	1
Festive City	1	0
Songs for BL	1	0
Masquerade (Wilby)	4	1
Blackfriars	3	0
Eden	3	1
The Accursed Huntsman	3	0
Freedom	4	0
Variations on a Ninth	12	1
High Peak	3	0
Winter Music	1	0
Breath of Souls	1	0
An Epic Symphony	7	0
Partita (Gregson)	1	0
The Forest of Dean	2	0
A London Overture	1	1
Diversions for Brass Band	3	0
Concerto for Band No 1	1	1
Kings Messenger	2	0
Energy	1	0
Le Roi d'Ys	7	0
Partita (Sparke)	9	4
Prisms	9	0
On the Shoulders of Giants	2	1
Refrains and Cadenzas	1	0
On Alderley Edge	2	4
The Plantagenets	12	0
Images	7	0
Tallis Variations	2	2
Symphony of Marches	12	0
Concerto Grosso	1	2
The Land of the Long White Cloud - Aotearoa	1	1
Journey to the Centre of the Earth	8	5
Introduction, Elegy and Caprice	1	0
Les Preludes (Gay)	2	1
The King of Elfland's Daughter	1	0
Tristan Encounters	9	4
Diadem of Gold	9	0
Harmony Music	2	4
Terra Australis	1	0
Lac Leman	1	0
Voyage of Discovery	1	1
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	11	1
A Kensington Concerto	4	0
Benvenuto Cellini (arr. Wright)	1	1
Theme and Cooperation	1	0
A Tale as yet Untold	1	1
Dances and Arias	2	5
Life Divine	6	1
Northern Lights	2	0
Sketches from Nowhere	1	0
Comedy Overture	4	0
Cloudcatcher Fells	4	1
Dove Descending	1	4
Masters of Space and Time	1	0
Waverley	7	0
Drieluik voor brassband	1	0
Albion	3	1
Chivalry	2	2
Trittico	2	0
Le Carnaval Romain	6	0
Overture to Rienzi (arr. Lorriman, 2005)	8	0
The Essence of Time	3	2
Harrison's Dream	3	2
Journey into Freedom	20	3
Whitsun Wakes	10	0
Un Vie de Matelot	11	0
Flashlight	1	0
Sinfonietta for Brass Band (Langford)	2	0
A Downland Suite	5	0
Connotations	2	7
Cambridge Variations	2	4
Passacaglia on a Theme of Brahms	1	1
Incantations	1	0
Vizcaya	1	0
Sleepless Cities	1	0
Of Men and Mountains	10	0
Requiems	1	0
On the Cornish Coast	3	0
Jazz	8	2
The New Jerusalem	3	1
Masque (Devreese)	1	0
Between the Moon and Mexico	2	1
...all the flowers of the mountain...	1	1
Triumphal Brass	1	0
The Torchbearer	1	1
Frontier!	8	0
Sovereign Heritage	3	0
Pageantry	13	1
Rhapsody for Brass Band	1	0
Partita (Postcards from Home)	1	0
Prague	8	0
Concertino for Brass Band	1	0
Spectrum	11	1
Within Blue Empires	1	0
The Wand of Youth (arr. Gay)	1	0
Hymns at Heaven's Gate	1	0
English Heritage	12	2
Contest Music	15	2
Festival Music	22	0

Name	Set Test	Own Choice
November Music	1	0
Tournament for Brass	2	1
Midsummer Music	2	0
Music for the Common Man	12	0
Mountain Views	8	0
Vienna Nights	1	2
Lorenzo	1	0
Ballet for Band	12	2
Paganini Variations	1	23
Hostile Skies	1	0
Ad Undas : To The Waves	1	0
Isaiah 40	1	2
Symphony of Marches	2	0
Les Preludes (Gay)	1	2
The Saga of Haakon the Good	1	0
A Caledonian Suite	1	0
Masque (Devreese)	1	0
The Year of the Dragon	1	11
Trilogy	1	0
Prelude to a Hero	1	0
Salute to Youth	2	2
Three Figures	1	0
Fantasy for Brass Band (Arnold)	1	1
Variations for Brass Band	3	1
Fanfare for a Jubilee	1	0
Variations on Maccabeus	1	0
Music for a Brass Band	1	0
A Hebridean Suite	1	0
Entertainments	2	1
Overture to 'The Sicilian Vespers' (Bram Gay)	1	0
Purcell Variants	2	0
Macabre	2	0
Maoriana	8	0
Winds of Change	1	0
Sinfonietta (Horovitz)	1	0
Coventry Variations	9	1
Endeavour (Sparke)	2	1
Seascapes	1	0
A London Overture	4	6
California Legend	1	1
Impact	1	0
James Cook, Circumnavigator	11	2
Humoresque	1	0
Metamorphosen für Brassband	1	0
Blitz	2	6
Peniel	1	0
Intrada: Saviour, Come to Us, We Pray	1	0
A Lowry Sketchbook	1	12
The Force of Destiny	1	0
Forth Suite	1	0
Ballet from The Perfect Fool	1	0
Royal Parks	12	4
Brass Miniatures	1	0
Western Land	1	0
The Shipbuilders	1	2
Triumphant Rhapsody	4	0
Diversions on a Bass Theme	2	7
Prometheus Unbound	2	0
Odin	1	0
Blackfriars	2	0
The Frogs of Aristophanes	1	0
On Ratcliff Highway	1	0
Tristan Encounters	1	0
Beatrice & Benedict	1	0
Passacaglia	1	0
Variations on a Ninth	3	0
High Peak	1	0
Tam O'Shanter's Ride (Wright)	2	1
Rhapsody in Brass	2	0
Purcell Variations	13	1
The Forest of Dean	7	3
Leonardo	3	1
Sounds	1	7
Sinfonietta for Brass Band (Leidzen)	2	0
Ash Wednesday	2	0
Harmony Festival	1	0
Partita (Sparke)	1	3
Prisms	1	2
An Epic Symphony	1	0
Resurgam	2	7
On Alderley Edge	1	4
The Plantagenets	4	3
Sunset Rhapsody	1	0
Natalis	1	0
The Undaunted	9	0
Dimensions	2	1
St. Magnus	1	4
Cornish Festival Overture	1	0
The Land of the Long White Cloud - Aotearoa	10	6
Celestial Prospect	1	0
Variations on an Enigma	1	5
A Barchester Suite	2	0
The King of Elfland's Daughter	2	0
Snowdon Fantasy	1	0
Harmony Music	1	8
Sinfonietta for Brass Band (Curnow)	2	0
Alhambra	1	0
Terra Australis	1	0
Voyage of Discovery	8	2
Pentacle	9	0
Dove Descending	1	3
A Kensington Concerto	1	2
Connotations	1	5
Variations on Terra Beata	1	0
Dances and Arias	3	17
The Kingdom Triumphant	1	0
Images of the Millennium	1	0
Comedy Overture	8	1
Points	1	0
Belmont Variations	3	0
Music for a Festival	1	4
Suite Montreux	2	0
Granite Variations	1	0
Fire in the Sky	1	1
A Moorside Suite	9	0
Trittico	3	4
Le Carnaval Romain	8	0
The Essence of Time	5	11
Journey into Freedom	3	11
Tallis Variations	1	17
Sinfonietta for Brass Band (Langford)	1	0
A Downland Suite	2	0
Brass Metamorphosis	1	2
Little Suite for Brass (Arnold)	1	1
Cambridge Variations	1	1
Passacaglia on a Theme of Brahms	8	0
Canticles in Brass	1	0
Victorian Snapshots - On Ratcliff Highway	1	0
Morning Rhapsody	1	0
A Tribute to Hank Badings	1	0
Laude	1	1
The Torchbearer	1	0
Frontier!	1	1
Pageantry	5	3
Celebration (Ball)	7	0
Flamborough Seascapes	1	0
Firestorm	1	2
Cross Patonce	1	0
Fantasia (Segers)	1	0
Hinemoa	1	0
Rhapsody for Brass Band	1	0
Essay	2	0
A Suite for Switzerland	1	0
Contest Music	2	2
Sinfonietta for Brass Band - The Wayfarer	10	0
Concertino	1	0
Spectrum	11	7
Amsterdam	1	0
Festival Music	2	1
Visions	1	0
Kenilworth	8	1
English Heritage	1	11

Name	Set Test	Own Choice
The Lord is King	1	2
Knoxville 1800	1	1
The Margam Stones	8	0
Music for the Common Man	1	4
Purcell Variants	1	1
Occasion	1	0
Celebration (Michel)	1	0
Cityscapes	2	0
Diamond Heritage	1	0
Piccadilly	1	0
Fanfare and Love Songs	1	0
Would They Like It	1	0
The Saga of Haakon the Good	1	7
Music from Kantara	1	0
Scena Sinfonica	2	0
At the Edge of Time	1	0
Masque (Devreese)	6	0
A New Buckenham Suite	8	0
Nursery Suite	1	0
Carnival	8	0
The Bandsmans Challenge	2	0
Variations for Brass Band	8	0
On the Cornish Coast	1	0
Chaucer's Tunes	2	0
Three Songs without Words	1	0
Variations on Maccabeus	1	1
Rise of the Phoenix	1	1
Music for a Brass Band	7	0
Second Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals	1	1
Spirit of Adventure	1	1
Entertainments	3	1
Amusing Brass	1	0
Variations on a Swiss Folk Song	1	0
Orion	7	0
This Happy Island	2	0
Variations on Laudate Dominum	2	2
Coventry Variations	1	5
A Moorside Suite	2	1
King Solomon's Mines	1	0
California Legend	9	0
Sunrise	1	0
Concertante for Band	1	0
Psalms and Alleluias	1	0
Essay for Brass Band	1	1
Les Gursks	1	0
Nocturne	1	0
Abstractions	2	0
Penlee	2	0
The Force of Destiny	2	1
Forth Suite	8	0
Northern Landscapes	2	0
Toccata, Elegy and Scherzo	1	0
St. Michael's Mount	1	0
Royal Parks	6	2
Music for Brass Band	1	0
Academic Festival Overture	2	0
A Celtic Suite	2	2
The Red Machine	1	1
Culloden Moor	10	1
The Aeronauts	7	0
Petite Suite de Ballet	1	0
Renaissance	4	0
Concertante Music	1	0
Caprice Brass Fair	6	0
Prometheus Unbound	2	1
An Alberta Suite	1	0
Henry V (Vaughan Williams, arr. Walton)	1	0
The Frogs of Aristophanes	3	0
Three Inventions	2	0
The Moor of Venice	10	0
Variations on a Theme by Haydn	1	0
Cappriccio	1	0
Rhapsody in Brass	6	9
Purcell Variations	2	2
Kingdom of Dragons	8	1
Partita (Gregson)	1	0
Apocalypse for Brass (Symphony for Brass Band)	1	0
Fragments for Brassband	1	0
Partita Jubilante	1	0
Celebration (Ball)	2	0
Suite in Bb (Jacob)	2	0
A Dales Suite	1	0
Resurgam	11	4
A Royal Mile Suite	1	0
The Plantagenets	2	7
Flashback	1	0
Sunset Rhapsody	2	0
A Caledonian Suite	1	0
The Crusaders	1	0
Symphonette	1	0
Dimensions	16	0
The Land of the Long White Cloud - Aotearoa	2	10
Triptych	2	3
Introduction, Elegy and Caprice	7	0
Celestial Prospect	8	0
Partita (Postcards from Home)	3	0
Feeling Young	2	0
Aspects of Praise	1	1
The King of Elfland's Daughter	2	2
Snowdon Fantasy	3	0
Excalibur	1	5
Variations on a Chord	2	0
A Leadsman, a Lady and a Lord	1	0
Chorale	4	0
Chorale and Variations (Lucas)	1	0
Main Street	4	0
Music for a Festival	1	4
Mosaic	1	0
Nottn'm Town	1	0
A Swiss Excursion	2	0
Concert Overture for Brass Band	8	0
Sword, Jewel and Mirror	8	1
The Three Musketeers	6	2
Holiday Overture for Brass	1	0
Images of the Millennium	8	0
A Little Light Music	1	0
New World Sketches	8	0
Pyramids	1	0
Belmont Variations	2	0
The Dark Side of the Moon	2	1
A Salford Sinfonietta	7	0
The Sword, Jewel and Mirror	1	0
Sinfonietta (Horovitz)	5	0
Free Fantasia	1	0
Trittico	1	13
Crusade	2	1
Symphony for Brass	9	0
The Prizewinners	1	1
St. Paul's Suite	4	0
Journey into Freedom	1	1
A Malvern Suite	2	2
Sinfonietta for Brass Band (Langford)	1	1
De Zevensprong	1	0
Divertimento (Kelly)	2	0
Three Part Invention	8	0
Little Suite for Brass (Arnold)	2	0
Vizcaya	5	0
Ramajana Suite	1	0
Visions of Slane	1	0
The Call of the Righteous	1	1
Symphonic Suite for Brass	13	0
Folkmusic	1	0
Three Haworth Impressions	1	2
A Vision of the Lost	1	0
Atlantis	1	0
Three Figures	1	0
Princethorpe Variations	1	1
The Deep	2	0
Morning Rhapsody	6	0
Oceans	11	3
Danceries	3	0
Partita for Band	1	1
A Scots Miscellany	1	0
Chorale and Toccata	1	2
Gothic Dances	1	1
Impromptu	1	0
Three Miniatures	1	0
Little Suite for Brass Band (Platts)	1	0
Tournament for Brass	7	2
Rococo Variations (Street)	8	0
Rhapsodic Variations - My Strength, My Tower	1	1
East Coast Pictures	1	0
Hollywood!	8	0
From the New World	1	1
Firestorm	2	11
Cross Patonce	9	0
Hinemoa	1	1
Variations and Fugue	1	0
Kaleidoscope	10	1
American Variations	1	0
Prince Igor Overture	2	0
Elegy 1	1	0
Suite Gothique	6	0
A French Suite	1	0
Spectrum	1	4
Three Saints	1	1
Kenilworth	5	0
In Memoriam	1	0
7 Oude Vlaamse Dansen	1	0
Harmonious Variations	1	0
Portrait of a City	1	0
Verona Light	1	0

Name	Set Test	Own Choice
The Once and Future King	9	0
The Three Musketeers	1	0
An English Suite	1	0
Brass Marmelade	1	0
Diamonds	1	0
Tintagel	7	0
Cherchebi	1	0
Cityscapes	2	0
Diamond Heritage	1	1
Symphony of Marches	1	2
Hungerford Town	1	0
Music from Kantara	3	2
Labour and Love	9	7
Episodes for Brass (Churcher)	1	0
Rembrandt	1	0
Suite for Brass (Segers)	9	0
Entertainments	9	1
The Seasons (Wilby)	2	0
Triple Dutch (opus 186)	1	0
This Happy Island	1	0
Variations on Laudate Dominum	1	8
Scottish Festival Overture	9	0
Inspiration	1	1
Valiant Endeavour	1	0
Paintings	1	0
Penlee	1	0
A Spa Suite	7	0
Anglian Dances	2	0
Northern Landscapes	10	2
The Haslemere Suite	1	0
Wheatlands	6	0
A Barchester Suite	9	0
Imperium	1	0
A Celtic Suite	2	3
Egmont	1	0
The Shipbuilders	12	1
Fanfare and Variations	2	0
The Aeronauts	1	0
Petite Suite de Ballet	4	0
Concertante Music	2	0
Inventions for Brass and Percussion	1	0
All in the April Evening	1	0
Jodrell Bank	1	0
Celebration	1	0
Narnia Suite	8	0
Nightingale Still Singing	1	0
Variations	1	0
Tam O'Shanter's Ride (Wright)	8	1
Hispaniola	1	0
Four Little Maids	1	0
Delta Energy	1	0
Partita (Gregson)	7	1
Jubilation!	1	0
Themes from the New World Symphony	1	0
Darkness Visible	1	0
A Saddleworth Festival Overture	3	2
Jubilus	1	0
Suite in Bb (Jacob)	9	0
Edwin of Northumbria	1	0
Resurgam	1	4
A Royal Mile Suite	3	0
Sunset Rhapsody	3	1
From the New World	1	0
Four Preludes	4	0
Dimensions	4	2
Facets of Glass	1	0
Fanfare Diversions	1	0
Triptych	6	8
An Ouverture for Spring	1	0
Suite for Brass (Rutter)	1	0
Amaranth	2	0
Arkansas	1	0
Chorale and Variations (Lucas)	5	1
Willow Pattern	1	0
Rhapsody on American Gospel Songs	1	1
Snowdon Fantasy	7	1
Divertimento (Kelly)	6	2
Suite in Bb (Purcell)	1	0
A Leadsman, a Lady and a Lord	1	0
Olympus	8	0
River City Suite	1	0
Haydock Variations	2	0
Main Street	14	2
Fanny's Song	1	0
Partita (Postcards from Home)	4	1
Partita (Kelly)	1	0
Three Part Invention	1	1
First Suite in Eb	2	0
The Call of the Sea	1	0
A Little Light Music	8	1
Patterns	1	0
Roman Triptych	2	0
Occasion	1	0
The Dark Side of the Moon	9	3
Sinfonietta No. 1	2	0
Music for a Festival	4	12
Sinfonietta (Horovitz)	13	0
Prelude and Jubilate	9	0
Culloden Moor	1	1
Symphony for Brass	1	0
A French Suite	1	0
Sinfonietta for Brass Band (Langford)	5	0
Excelsior (Snell)	2	0
Little Suite for Brass (Arnold)	2	0
Indian Summer	4	0
Legenda Rumantscha	1	0
Three Memories for Brass	7	0
Vizcaya	11	0
Rhapsodic Prelude	1	0
Intermezzo	1	0
The Call of the Righteous	1	0
Vectis Isle	1	0
Robert the Devil	2	0
Cassation	2	0
Land of the Mountain and the Flood	1	0
The Four Noble Truths	1	1
Oceans	1	1
Partita for Band	1	4
Chorale and Toccata	8	1
Stålhimmel	1	0
North West Passage	2	0
Bel-air	1	0
Three Miniatures	2	1
A Cambrian Suite	3	1
The Fall of the Year	1	0
A Gallimaufry Suite	3	0
Reflections	1	0
Hinemoa	8	0
Divertimento (Barry)	10	0
Folk Song Heritage	8	0
Kaleidoscope	1	7
Infant Dreams	2	0
Suite Gothique	2	1
Portrait of a City	1	0
Three Saints	8	1
Dancing in the Park	3	0
A Holiday Suite	5	0
Lydian Pictures	1	1
A Mendip Celebration	1	0
A Czech Fantasy	2	0
St. Austell Suite	8	1

Name	Set Test	Own Choice
Call of the Righteous	1	0
Summer Fantasy	8	0
Mexican Fiesta	13	0
A Bournemouth Suite	1	0
La Viuda Negra	1	0
Landscapes (Johnson)	1	0
Glasgow Overture	1	0
Diamond Heritage	1	1
The Young in Heart	1	3
Fancy Free	1	0
Overture to Youth	14	0
Scenes du Lac	1	0
Voices of Youth	8	0
The Journeyman	8	0
A Suite for Switzerland	3	0
Lomond Hills Overture	1	0
Stantonbury Festival	13	0
The Seasons (Carr)	5	0
Evolution - Five States of Change	1	0
Spirit of Adventure	1	0
Divertimento (Ball)	8	0
Impromptu	9	0
A Northumbrian Suite	1	0
A Malvern Suite	14	6
Call of the Sea	2	1
The Haslemere Suite	9	0
Variations on Laudate Dominum	2	7
Blenheim (Heroic Overture)	7	2
Pennine Moors	9	0
An Elgar Portrait	1	0
Concertante for Band	1	0
Whealdon Rhapsody	2	0
Anglian Dances	8	5
Alta Vista	1	0
Convergents	1	0
A Cavendish Suite	1	0
Second Suite in F	3	0
The Shipbuilders	1	0
Petite Suite de Ballet	6	0
Salzburg Suite	2	0
English Folk Song Suite	9	0
Contrasts	1	0
Devon Fantasy	2	0
Rhapsody in Brass	1	3
Purcell Variations	1	1
Four Little Maids	12	0
Partita (Gregson)	12	3
Attleborough Suite	3	0
Fragments for Brassband	1	0
A Saddleworth Festival Overture	3	3
Pantheon	1	0
Suite in Bb (Jacob)	10	1
St. Michael's Mount	5	0
A Royal Mile Suite	1	0
American Variations	1	0
Four Cities Symphony	8	2
Scenes from a Comedy	9	1
Henry the Fifth (Vaughan Williams, arr. Douglas)	1	1
Facets of Glass	2	1
Portraits of Brunel	1	0
Ballad for Band	1	0
The Isle of Avalon	2	0
A Barchester Suite	2	0
Sirius	1	0
Diogenes	1	0
Four Impressions for Brass	9	0
Little Suite for Brass (Arnold)	12	0
Seafarers	9	0
First Suite in Eb	8	0
Little Suite for Brass Band No. 2	1	0
Roman Triptych	2	0
Divertimento (Kelly)	9	0
Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals	1	0
Indian Summer	7	5
Vizcaya	3	0
Flight	1	0
Solemn Melody	8	0
The Four Noble Truths	2	2
The Talisman	8	0
Excelsior	1	0
Prelude, Song and Dance	12	0
A Caledonian Journey	2	0
Othello	2	0
Chorale and Toccata	1	0
The Seasons (Wilby)	11	2
Saint-Saëns Variations	9	3
Little Suite for Brass Band (Platts)	3	0
Simon called Peter	2	0
A Cambrian Suite	2	1
Rococo Variations (Street)	1	1
The Fall of the Year	1	0
Suite for Brass (Davis)	6	0
Contrasten	1	0
Sinfonietta Pastorale	10	0
Four Fors for Brass	7	0
Partita (Postcards from Home)	1	0
Dunwich Sinfonietta	1	0
Valerius Variations	1	1
Suite Gothique	1	0
Fantasia on 17th Century English Songs	1	0
A Stroll in the Park	1	0
Lydian Pictures	9	2
A Mendip Celebration	1	1

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