Required Works
 | Charles IvesIn Flanders Field (1918) |
 | Scott Joplin“Maple Leaf Rag” (1899) |
 | John Philip Sousa“Liberty Bell March” (1893) |
Suggested Works
 | Irving Berlin“Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911) “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” “God Bless America” (1918) |
William Billings“When Jesus Wept” “Chester” (1778) |
 | Stephen Foster“Oh! Susannah” (1848) “De Camptown Races” (1850) “Ah! May the Red Rose Live Always” (1850) “Beautiful Dreamer” (1864) |
| Charles IvesVariations on America (for organ solo) (1891) Symphony No. 3 (“Camp Meeting”) (1904) |
| Scott Joplin“The Entertainer” (1902) |
 | Lowell Mason“Joy to the World” (arr.) |
William Schuman“Chester” from New England Triptych (a 20th-century setting of Chester) (1956) |
| John Philip Sousa“Stars and Stripes Forever” (1896) “Washington Post March” (1889) |
Henry Clay Work“My Grandfather’s Clock” (1876) |
Hans Zimmer“Busa” from Lion King (1994) |
 | Minstrelsy |
 | Shape-Note Hymns“What Wondrous Love” in Southern Harmony (1835) “Chester” (1778) |
 | Vaudeville“I Want To Go Back to Michigan” (1914) (performed by Bill Murray and Chorus) The Arkansas Traveler (Descriptive Scene), performed by Steve Porter and Ernest Hare (1922) |
Louis Silvers“April Showers” (1921) |