RCM Level 2 Piano Repertoire Guide
April 9, 2025 by Taras (Terry) Babyuk
Introduction
Planning to take your RCM Level 2 Practical Piano Exam? You're in the right place! In this post, you will learn how the Repertoire section is graded, view the full list of pieces to choose from, and pick up a few helpful tips to get you ready for this portion of the exam.
Source: RCM Celebration Series books, 2022 Edition (latest edition)
How Level 2 Piano Repertoire Is Graded
At this level, students must perform three Repertoire pieces - one from each list: A, B, and C. Each memorized piece earns an additional 2 marks. Up to 56 out of 100 total marks can be earned for the Repertoire section, making it the most heavily weighted component of the Level 2 Practical Piano Exam.
Level 2 Piano Repertoire Pieces
Sixth Edition (2022)
List A: Baroque and Classical Repertoire
| PIECE | COMPOSER | PAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Entree in A Minor | Anonymous | 4 |
| Menuet en rondeau (Minuet in Rondo Form)* | Jean-Philippe Rameau | 5 |
| Minuet in G Major | Johann Sebastian Bach | 6 |
| Impertinence, HWV 494* | George Frideric Handel | 7 |
| Minuet in A Minor, Z 649 | Henry Purcell | 8 |
| A Cheerful Spirit | Daniel Gottlob Turk | 9 |
| Minuet in G Major, K 1e | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 10 |
| German Dance in G Major, Hob. IX:12, no. 1 | Franz Joseph Haydn | 11 |
| Allegretto in C Major* | Christian Gottlob Neefe | 12 |
| Ecossaise in G Major, WoO 23* | Ludwig van Beethoven | 13 |
| * pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition | ||
List B: Romantic, 20th, and 21st Century Repertoire
| PIECE | COMPOSER | PAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Soldier's March, op. 68, no. 2* | Robert Schumann | 14 |
| Prelude V | Barbara Arens | 15 |
| Theme and Variations, op. 300, no. 39 | Christian Louis Henrich Kohler | 16 |
| Slovakian Folk Tune in E Minor | Bela Bartok | 17 |
| Crocodile Tears | Christine Donkin | 18 |
| Crocodile Teeth | Nancy Telfer | 19 |
| I Spy* | Melody Bober | 20 |
| Atacama Desert* | Wynn-Anne Rossi | 22 |
| The Merry-Go-Round | Boris Berlin | 24 |
| The Waltz That Floated Away* | David L. McIntyre | 26 |
| Make Believe | Ulysses Kay | 27 |
| The Skating Carnival | Clifford Poole | 28 |
| 4th Street Rag | Dennis Alexander | 30 |
| Nightingale | Diane Hidy | 32 |
| Rhyme Time | Elissa Milne | 34 |
| Dreams of a Mermaid | Barbara Arens | 36 |
| Periwinkle Twinkle* | Anne Crosby Gaudet | 38 |
| Shadow Waltz | Maria Case | 39 |
| Presto in 5/8 | Edwin McLean | 40 |
| Farewell, op. 98, no. 4 | Aleksandr Grechaninov | 42 |
| * pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition | ||
List C: Inventions
| PIECE | COMPOSER | PAGE |
|---|---|---|
| Invention in C Major* | Renee Christopher | 43 |
| Canon in A Minor* | Cornelius Gurlitt | 43 |
| A Ditty of Yimeng Mountain | Chinese folk song, arr. Edward Han Jiang | 44 |
| Breezy | Christopher Norton | 45 |
| Courageous Cat* | Teresa Richert | 46 |
| Monkey See, Monkey Do | Vincent Ho | 47 |
| In a Canoe | Pierre Gallant | 48 |
| Little Dance in Canon Form | Bela Bartok | 40 |
| * pieces that were kept from the previous, 2015 edition | ||
See all RCM Level 2 Pieces Performed!
To see performance of the old, 2015 edition of RCM Level 2 Piano Repertoire, click here.
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