Piano Album Exam Book 2025 RIAM Elementary, Preliminary, and Primary levels

The Royal Irish Academy of Music RIAM 2025 Piano Album Exam book covers the exam pieces for Elementary, Preliminary, and Primary levels.

The exams for this book can be taken from the start of 2025 into the first exam period of 2026. They may not be presented in 2024.

Continuing their commitment to providing valuable resources for students and teachers alike, The Royal Irish Academy includes a link to free performance guides within each piano album exam book. These guides are complemented by videos featuring Professor Réamonn Keary, offering additional guidance for your exam journey.

Edition: Paperback
Publisher: Royal Irish Academy of Music (2024)
Exam pieces: 2025 Elementary, Preliminary, and Primary

This RIAM book contains the sheet music for the following repertoire:
Elementary
First Steps - Ailbhe McDonagh
Up and Down - Amanda Fitzpatrick
Dreaming - Paul Chawke
The Ostrich - Leslie Fly
The Sad Piper - Réamonn Keary
Cat and Mouse - Caoimhe Ní Riain
Preliminary
Happy Birthday - Arr. Tamara Niekludow
Clowning Around - Amanda Fitzpatrick
Ducks on the Pond - Agnieszka Bialek
Magic - Paul Chawke
Cat's Play - Daniela Rooney
Sad March - Bernard Geary
Primary
The Grand Old Duke of York - Arr. Trudy Maguire
City Spires - Leslie Fly
Get Up n' Go Blues - Darragh Gilleece
Zebras Crossing - Réamonn Keary
Melodie - Paul Zilcher
Nervous and Excited - Paul Chawke
For aural test and sight-reading requirements, please consult the Riam Exams Piano Syllabus 2023-2026.

For teaching notes, updates and information relevant to Riam Exams, please refer to the Riam website.

About RIAM:
The Royal Irish Academy of Music is a home of musical excellence and dynamism, a place of teaching and learning which consistently achieves its objective of transmitting and maintaining the highest standards of performance and appreciation in all musical disciplines.

Founded in 1848 the Academy is Ireland's oldest musical institution. As a national thirty-two county institution, the Academy embodies and reflects the traditions and heritage of Irish musicianship. The Royal Irish Academy of Music is Ireland’s oldest conservatoire, ranked in the top 50 institutions in the world for the performing arts.

Teaching staff includes many international prize-winners and principals of professional orchestras in Ireland. It also includes individuals whose names have become synonymous with music education in Ireland. These experienced teachers are passionate about working with talented students to unlock their artistic potential.