RCM Piano Etudes - Full List of Pieces – Da Capo Academy of Music

The complete list of RCM Piano Etudes pieces students can choose from to prepare for their RCM examinations.

Source: RCM Celebration Series books, 2022 Edition (latest edition)

IMPORTANT: While the names of all the pieces in this article are from the newest, 2022 Edition of RCM Piano Etudes books, the video recordings have not yet all been updated to this latest edition. We are, however, in the process of re-recording the videos, so they will all gradually be updated. Please stay tuned and thank you for your understanding!

LEVEL 1 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	Celebration*	Anne Crosby Gaudet	4
2	Etude in C Major, op. 125, no. 3*	Anton Diabelli	5
3	Heavenly Blue	Tom Gerou	6
4	Clockwork	David L. McIntyre	8
5	Beaver Boogie	Stephen Chatman	9
6	Morning Greeting, op. 117, no. 13*	Cornelius Gurlitt	10
7	Morning Fanfare (Wake Up)	Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez	11
8	Etude in C Major	Felix Le Couppey	12
9	Both Ways	Alexandre Tansman	13
10	Tricky Traffic	Louise Garrow	14
11	Speedy Comet	Alison Mathews	16
12	Far Away*	Teresa Richert	17
13	Answering*	Emma Lou Diemer	18
14	Jump Pop Hop	Timothy Brown	19
15	Melodie in F Major, op. 218, no. 36	Christian L. H. Kohler	20
16	Into the Waves	Linda Niamath	21
17	Detectives*	Christine Donkin	22
18	Scherzo, op. 39, no. 12	Dmitri Kabalevsky	23
19	Four-Wheel Drive	Christopher Norton	24
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

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LEVEL 2 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	Etude in F Major, op. 190, no. 27*	Christian L. H. Kohler	4
2	Allegro in C Major, op. 38, no. 8	Johann Wilhelm Hassler	5
3	Etude in D Major, op. 139, no. 33	Carl Czerny	6
4	Etude in D Minor, op. 82, no. 65*	Cornelius Gurlitt	7
5	Pierrot Skipping (Pierrot sautille)	Hedwige Chretien	8
6	The Little Juggler, op. 89, no. 21	Dmitri Kabalevsky	9
7	Bird in the Bebop	Wynn-Anne Rossi	10
8	Arcade Game	Janet Gieck	12
9	Crazy Comics*	Christine Donkin	13
10	Trumpet Blues	Christopher Norton	14
11	The Wind*	Chee-Hwa Tan	16
12	Autumn Leaves	Linda Niamath	17
13	Rustic Dance	Kerstin Strecke	18
14	The Lonely Shepherd	Dennis Alexander	19
15	Razzle Dazzle	Aibhe McDonagh	20
16	Playing	Emily Doolittle	22
17	Etude in G Major, op. 166, no. 6	Henri Bertini	23
18	Peking Opera on Black Keys	Edward Han Jiang	24
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

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LEVEL 3 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	Etude in D Major, op. 37, no. 17*	Henry Lemoine	4
2	Etude in G Major, op. 108, no. 19	Ludvig Schytte	5
3	Arabesque, op. 100, no. 2*	Johann F. Burgmuller	6
4	Left Alone*	Joyce Grill	7
5	Wild Rose	Teresa Richert	8
6	Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm	attr. Fritz Emonts	10
7	Trumpet March, op. 36, no. 53	Aleksandr Gedike	11
8	Prelude No. 4 in F Major	Elvina Pearce	12
9	Witches and Wizards*	Christine Donkin	14
10	Ripple Effect	Joanne Bender	15
11	Zigzag	Lee Evans	16
12	Wasps	Jason Noble	18
13	Playful Snakelets	Vincent Ho	19
14	Prelude VII	Barbara Arens	20
15	On Horseback, op. 98, no. 5	Aleksandr Grechaninov	21
16	Mouse Dance	Jakub Metelka	22
17	Clockwork Chimes	Evelyn Glennie	23
18	Computer Chatter	Christine Donkin	24
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

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LEVEL 4 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	Etude in E Minor, op. 65, no. 42	Carl Albert Loeschhorn	4
2	Chastushka, op. 89, no. 25	Dmitri Kabalevsky	5
3	Masquerade*	Linda Niamath	6
4	The Lonely Traveller	Evelyn Glennie	8
5	Etude in C Major, op. 65, no. 5	Theodor Kirchner	9
6	A Frightening Experience, op. 98, no. 11	Aleksandr Grechaninov	10
7	Dewdrops, op. 33, no. 12	Samuel Maykapar	11
8	The Somersault King*	Mike Schoenmehl	12
9	Parade of the Penguins	Andre Previn	13
10	Ballade, op. 100, no. 15	Johann F. Burgmuller	14
11	Cloud Dance	Maria Case	16
12	Solitude*	Joyce Grill	17
13	The Avalanche, op. 45, no. 2*	Stephen Heller	18
14	The Spies	Jean Coulthard	20
15	Firecrackers	Kevin Olson	22
16	When the Planets Are Aligned	Nancy Telfer	24
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

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LEVEL 5 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	Prelude, op. 39, no. 19*	Dmitri Kabalevsky	4
2	Little Piece No. 13	Marko Tajcevic	5
3	Etude in C Major, op. 718, no. 7	Carl Czerny	6
4	Dance of the Dragonflies, op. 76, no. 7*	Eduard Rohde	8
5	Dragonfly Scherzo*	Anne Crosby Gaudet	9
6	Harmony of the Angels, op. 100, no. 21	Johann F. Burgmuller	10
7	Joyous Etude	Melody Bober	12
8	Little Dragon	Vincent Ho	14
9	Etude on a Pentatonic Scale	Edward Han Jiang	15
10	Elves	Ernest Bloch	16
11	Staccatoville!	Dennis Alexander	18
12	A Summer Day	Christopher Norton	20
13	Chromatic Monochrome	Naoko Ikeda	22
14	The Black Pony*	Lajos Papp	24
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

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LEVEL 6 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	Etude in A flat Major, op. 139, no. 51*	Carl Czerny	4
2	Solfeggio in D Major*	J. C. F. Bach	5
3	The Goblin and the Mosquito	Florence B. Price	6
4	River City Blues*	Martha Mier	8
5	Heartache, op. 32, no. 2	Robert Fuchs	10
6	Miniature, op. 62, no. 6	Theodor Kirchner	11
7	Moto perpetuo	Tom Gerou	12
8	Moonbeams	Alexina Louie	14
9	Dancing Scales*	John Burge	16
10	Courting Counting	Evelyn Glennie	18
11	Etude in F Major, op. 88, no. 18	Hermann Berens	20
12	Math Whiz	Bradley Sowash	22
13	Jazz Piece No. 2	Oscar Peterson	24
14	Etude in E Minor, op. 29, no. 14	Henri Bertini	25
15	Malfunction! Malfunction!	Nancy Telfer	26
16	Game of Patience, op. 25, no. 2	Genari Karganov	28
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

LEVEL 7 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	Toccatina, op. 8, no. 1	Samuel Maykapar	4
2	Tambourin, op. 2, no. 7	Elisabetta de Gambarini	6
3	Halley’s Comet*	Nancy Telfer	7
4	Etude in G Minor, op. 24, no. 15*	Giuseppe Concone	8
5	Leafy Sea Dragon	Ina Dykstra	10
6	Etude in C sharp Minor, op. 125, no. 19	Stephen Heller	12
7	Chickadees	Teresa Richert	14
8	Dancing Barefoot in the Rain	Nkeiru Okoye	16
9	Running Around, op. 105, no. 4	Dianne G. Rahbee	18
10	Lullaby, op. 109, no. 7	Johann F. Burgmuller	20
11	White Noon	Naoko Ikeda	22
12	Mischievous Mouse	Vincent Ho	24
13	White Sands, Blue Seas	Gary K. Thomas	26
14	Zephyr	Chri Christine Donkin	28
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

LEVEL 8 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	The Storm, op. 109, no. 13*	Johann F. Burgmuller	4
2	Village Joke	Bela Bartok	6
3	Romanza, op. 57, no. 4	Niels Gade	8
4	Open	Grieg Janet Gieck	10
5	Murmures du ruisseau	Marie Jaell	12
6	Sieste caniculaire (Berceuse), op. 82, no. 3	Rachel Laurin	14
7	Bolero, op. 35, no. 4	Alfredo Casella	16
8	Flip Flops	Gary K. Thomas	18
9	The Woodpecker	Maggie Lu	20
10	Etude in C Major (The Wild Surf), op. 46, no. 24	Stephen Heller	22
11	Etude in A Major, op. 27, no. 26	Dmitri Kabalevsky	24
12	Etude in C Major, op. 299, no. 3	Carl Czerny	28
13	Dance of the Elves, op. 21, no. 3*	Genari Karganov	30
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

LEVEL 9 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	Etude in C Major, op. 32, no. 34	Henri Bertini	4
2	Prelude in G Major, op. 17, no. 3	Felix Blumenfeld	6
3	Etude in B flat Major, op. 30, no. 37	Johann B. Cramer	8
4	Barcarole, op. 19, no. 5*	Niels Gade	10
5	Etude in C Major	H. Leslie Adams	13
6	Atraente	Francisca Gonzaga	16
7	Prelude for the Left Hand, op. 9, no. 1	Alexander Scriabin	18
8	Etude in A Major, op. 636, no. 6	Carl Czerny	20
9	Idylle, op. 24, no. 6	Agathe B. Grondahl	22
10	Prelude No. 10 in C sharp Minor	John Burge	24
11	Traumerei, op. 9, no. 4	Richard Strauss	26
12	Syncopated Etude No. 6	Erwin Schulhoff	28
13	Vivace in F Major, op. 72, no. 6	Felix Mendelssohn	30
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

LEVEL 10 PIANO ETUDES

Sixth Edition (2022)

ETUDE #	PIECE	COMPOSER	PAGE
1	Spring Celebration*	Stephen Chatman	4
2	Periwinkle*	Charles Gounod	7
3	Etude in E flat Major, S 136, no. 7	Franz Liszt	10
4	Hungarian, op. 39, no. 12	Edward MacDowell	12
5	Prelude No. 18 in E Major	Maria Szymanowska	16
6	Toccata-Etude	Josef Dichler	20
7	Toccatina No. 3	Vincent Persichetti	22
8	Prelude No. 1 in C Major	John Burge	26
9	Nouvelle etude no. 1	Frederic Chopin	28
10	Postludium, op. 13, no. 10*	Erno Dohnanyi	31
11	Alla reminiscenza, op. 38, no. 8	Nikolai Medtner	34
12	A Little Whimsy	Dorothy Rudd Moore	36
* pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition

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