Preparatory A

Preparatory A level exams are for the very beginning student. MEA Piano Studio students may take this exam one or more times.

Preparatory A - Required Pieces

Students must chose two of the following:

Adair, Yvonne

Little Dog Tales B&H

Boots

Alexander, Dennis

Dennis Alexander’s Favorite Solos, 1 ALF March King

Alexander, Dennis, and Martha Mier

Shadows (in Alfred’s Premier Piano Course: Lesson

Book, 2A ALF)

Armand, George

Echo (in The Russian Piano School, 1 SIK)

Berlin, Boris

A Skating Waltz (in The ABC of Piano Playing, 3 FHM)

Chatman, Stephen

Amusements, 1 FHM

Foolin’ Around
Monkey Business

Escapades, 1 FHM

The Mouse in the Grandfather Clock (in Celebrate

Piano!®: Solos, 2 FHM)

Costley, Kevin

Year ’Round Fun, 1 FJH

It’s Raining Again

Donkin, Christine

Jumping in the Mud FHM

The Haunted Harp
Sleigh Bells

Duke, David

March for a Reluctant Soldier (in Music of Our Time,

Preliminary WAT)

Faber, Nancy, and Randall Faber

The Haunted Mouse (in Piano Adventures: Lesson Book, 1 FPA)
Jazz Blast (in Piano Adventures: Lesson Book, 2A FPA) Garrow, Louise
Calliope ALF

Gieck, Janet

When I Grow Up RLP

Artist
Trucker

Goolkasian Rahbee, Dianne

Pictures and Beyond, 1 FJH

Thunderstorm

Kabalevsky, Dmitri

Children’s Adventures, op. 89 SCH

The Trumpeter and the Echo (no. 15) Twenty-four Pieces for Children, op. 39 SCH
Melody (no. 1)
Marching (no. 3)

Mier, Martha

Bright Painted Ponies (in Belwin Contest Winners, 1

ALF)

Milligan, John

Rowing Round (in Legacy Collection: Folk-Song

Arrangements FHM)

Milne, Elissa

Very Easy Little Peppers FAB

Smooth and Crunchy

Niamath, Linda

In My Garden FHM

Spider’s Web

Olson, Kevin

My Kind of Music, 1 FJH

Making Faces
Spider vs. Fly
Stepping on the Cracks

Papp, Lajos

Starting the Piano EMB

Lydian Melody

Pearce, Elvina

Let’s Waltz (in Celebrate Piano!®: Solos, 2 FHM)

Poe, John Robert

Clown Serenade ALF

Simon Says KJO

Walk Like a Duck

Reubart, Dale

The Teeter-totter (in Celebrate Piano!®: Solos, 1 FHM) Richert, Teresa

Copycat Copycat RLP

Curious Cat

Rollin, Catherine

The Bean Bag Zoo Collector’s Series, 1 ALF

Owl in the Night
Rainbow Fish

Türk, Daniel Gottlob

Handstücke für angehende Klavierspieler, 1

The Lively Boy

Repertoire from Method Books

The ABC of Piano Playing FHM

Book 2

The Cuckoo
On Parade
We Play Hockey

Book 3

The Ballerina
Cradle Song

Alfred’s Premier Piano Course ALF

Lesson 1B

I Asked My Mother
The Joke
My Sombrero

Lesson 2A

Qwerty

Performance 1B

As Morning Dawns
My Dog
Pogo Stick

Bastien Piano Basics KJO

Performance 1

Golden Trumpets
On the Planet of Mars
Seconds, Please!

Piano 1

Rock Group
Sing, Bird, Sing
Space Walk
Swingin’ Beat

Celebrate Piano! ® FHM

Lesson and Musicianship 1B

Aura Lee
Lazy Summer Day
The Sad Dragon
Lesson and Musicianship 2A Easy Day

Solos 1

Ladybug Waltz
Trumpet Parade

Solos 2

Clowns

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library HAL

Piano Lessons 2

Bayou Blues
Circle Dance
First Light

Piano Solos 2

Goofy Gadget
The Stream
Those Creepy Crawly Things on the Cellar Floor Viva la rhumba

John Thompson’s Easiest Piano Course WIL Book 2

The Dancing Bear
Turkey in the Straw

Music for Young Children MYC

Moonbeams 1

Hurrah
Melody for Alphorn
Music Signs
Wake Up!

Moonbeams 2

Frère Jacques
Lady Bug
Pixie Waltz

Sunbeams 2

Go to Sleep

Music Pathways FIS

Piano Discoveries B

Fiesta Dance
Two White Swans

The Music Tree ALF

Student’s Book 1

First Boogie
Forest Echoes
Spanish Guitars
When the Saints Go Marching In

Student’s Book 2A

Knights at the Ball
Morning Has Broken

Piano Adventures FPA

Lesson Book 1

Grumpy Old Troll
The Juggler
Song for a Scarecrow

Lesson Book 2A

Snake Charmer
Storms on Saturn

Lesson Book 2B

Carefree Waltz

Performance Book 1

Painting with Pastels

Piano Discoveries HMP

Explorer Book 1A

Eek! Bump! Yikes! Jump!
Giggling Goblins
Have You Seen the Leprechaun?
The Mirror

Explorer Book 1B

Let’s Go to the Fair
Ragamuffin Rag
Things That Go Bump in the Night Where Have All the Socks Gone?

Piano Town KJO

Lessons 1

Candlelight
Feeling Sneaky The Flashlight Simple Gifts

Lessons 2

Butterf ly Camouf lage
The Ladybug

Preparatory A - Choice Pieces

MEA Piano Studio students can choose one piece from the following:

Ayler, Michelle

MEA Piano Studio, Original Solos

Busy Bee
Penguin Tango
Day at the Circus
Creepy Crawly Spider
Waking Up
Seahorse
Nocturne in A Minor
Serenade
Cool Cats
Little Boogie, Jr.
Black Key Boogie
Waterfalls
Old McDonald
Bells of the Sea
A Spooky Song
Two Note Bop
Littlest Boogie
Itsy Bitsy Sonatiny
Ancient Clock
One Hand Blues
Over the Rainbow With Letters