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ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Grade 1 Songs

Three accompanied songs: from memory, one chosen by the candidate from each of the three Lists, A, B and C.

One unaccompanied song: from memory, chosen from the songs from any list marked with a ✯. Candidates are required to sing a 1 – 2 minute section(s) of their chosen song.

Parental Guidance: a PG symbol is shown where there is a known potential for mature content or context in a song or show, but this is not exhaustive.

Sight Singing: a short piece of previously unseen music, accompanied by the examiner at the piano.
ABRSM Specimen Sight Singing Tests Grades 1-5

Aural Tests: given by the examiner from the piano.
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book only)
Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)

ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Grade 1 Additional Resources

Aural Training in Practice, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)
Improve Your Aural Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Aural Test Survival Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Theory of Music Resources

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[PG] may contain mature themes where there is known potential for mature content or context in a song or show, but this is not exhaustive. We strongly advise that songs are chosen carefully for their appropriateness to each individual.

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List A

Annie Get Your Gun, I. Berlin
A:1 I got lost in his arms [PG] ✯ (from chorus)
Annie Get Your Gun: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (D4–E5)
The Aristocats, Richard & Robert Sherman
A:2 Scales and Arpeggios (without first repeat)
Songs from The Aristocats (Hal Leonard) C (B3–D5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) C
A:18 The Aristocats (straight to the coda after the 2nd time bar)
Songs from The Aristocats (Hal Leonard) C (B3–D5)
Bambi, Churchill & Morey
A:3 Little April Shower
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) C (B3–E5)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Richard & Robert Sherman
A:4 Doll on a Music Box ✯
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: musical selections (Alfred) F (C4–D5)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: stage selections (Alfred) F
A:5 Toot Sweets ✯ (without repeat)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: musical selections (Alfred) C (D4–D5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) C
A:6 Truly Scrumptious ✯
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: musical selections (Alfred) G (D4–D5), (verse and children’s chorus)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: stage selections (Alfred) G
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 1 (ABRSM) G, (without repeat)
Cinderella, David, Hoffman & Livingston
A:16 A dream is a wish your heart makes
Walt Disney’s Cinderella: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) G (B3–D5)
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Book 1 (ABRSM) G
Hans Christian Andersen, F. Loesser
A:7 The Inch Worm ✯ (melody line only; without repeat),
Junior Songscape: Stage and Screen (Faber) F (B♭3–D5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) F (from b. 22)
A:19 Wonderful Copenhagen ✯
Hans Christian Andersen (Music Sales) C (C4-D5)
Wonderful Copenhagen C 🌐 (download)
Jack and the Beanstalk, Matthew White & Ana Sanderson
A:8 Crock of Gold ✯ (cut bb. 19–26; singing animals 1 part from b. 27)
Roald Dahl’s Jack and the Beanstalk: A Gigantically Amusing Musical (Collins Music) D (D4–D5)
A:9 Off you go to market ✯(animals 1 part)
Roald Dahl’s Jack and the Beanstalk: A Gigantically Amusing Musical (Collins Music) E min (B3–C5)
The Jungle Book, Matthew Crossey & Tom Kirkham
A:20 King of the Jungle ✯ (no repeat – straight to the 2nd time bar)
The Jungle Book: A new musical adaptation: vocal selections (The School Musicals Company)
King of the Jungle D 🌐 (download)
Mary Poppins, Richard & Robert Sherman
A:10 The Perfect Nanny
Mary Poppins: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard) F (C4–D5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) F
Oliver!, Bart
A:11 Where is love♭ (without repeat)
Oliver!: film vocal selections (Lakeview Music) C (C4–D5)
Oliver!: stage vocal selections (Lakeview Music) C (to b. 31)
Oliver!: vocal score (Lakeview Music) C (to fig. C)
Stage & Screen – The White Book (Wise) C
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 1 (ABRSM) C
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, de Paul & Mercer
A:12 When you’re in love ✯
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: vocal selections (Alfred) F (C4–C5)
So Dear to My Heart, E. Daniel & L. Morey
A:13 Lavender Blue ✯
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) C (B3-D5)
The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein
A:14 Do-Re-Mi (ending b. 68)
The Sound of Music: vocal selections (revised edition) (Williamson) C (C4–C5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) C
A:15 Edelweiss ✯ (ending with 2nd-time bar)
The Sound of Music: vocal selections (revised edition) (Williamson) B♭(D4–C5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) B♭
Wonderland, Frank Wildhorn & Jack Murphy
A:17 Home
Contemporary Musical Theatre for Teens, Young Women’s Edition Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard) C (A3–C5)
Home C 🌐 (download)

List B

Bugsy Malone, Paul Williams
B:1 Bad Guys (to b. 22)
Bugsy Malone: vocal selections (Faber) G (C#4–E5)
Coco, Germaine Franco & Adrian Molina
B:16 Proud Corazón (ending on 3rd bar of p. 38)
Coco: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) F (A3–C5) (ending on 3rd bar of p. 38)
Gay Divorce, C. Porter
B:2 Night and Day ✯ (chorus only, once through)
The Best of Cole Porter (Faber) C (G3–C5)
High School Musical Andy Dodd & Adam Watts
B:22 What I've Been Looking For
Contemporary Music Theatre for Teens, Young Men's Edition Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard) G (E4-E5)
Contemporary Music Theatre for Teens, Young Women's Edition Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard)
What I've Been Looking For B 🌐 (download)
The Jungle Book, Richard & Robert Sherman
B:3 Colonel Hathi’s March (any two verses)
The Jungle Book: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) E♭ (D4–B-4)
B:4 I Wan’na Be Like You ✯ (any two verses)
The Jungle Book: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (E4–E5)
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise) C
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) C
La La Land, Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
B:5 City of stars (cut bb. 21–34)
La La Land: vocal selections (Faber) D min (G3–A4)
Lava, James Ford Murphy
B:17 Lava ✯
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) C (G4–G5)
Mamma Mia!, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson
B:6 Honey, honey [PG] (without spoken section)
Play the Songs That Inspired Mamma Mia!: vocal selections (Alfred) F (C4–C5)
Honey, honey (download) F 🌐
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson
B:18 The Day Before You Came (ending at the first-time bar)
The Day Before You Came 🌐 (download) C min (G3-C5) (ending at the first-time bar)
B:19 Fernando✯ (any one verse and chorus; verse and 3rd phrase of chorus may be sung 8ve lower)
Fernando A (A3-A4)  🌐 (download)
Modern Times, Chaplin, Turner & Parsons
B:7 Smile ✯
The Songs of Charlie Chaplin (Bourne) F (C4–D5)
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise) F
Ocean Commotion, Debbie Campbell
B:8 Ocean commotion✯ (without verse 2)
Ocean Commotion (Novello) G min (B♭3–D5)
Pal Joey, Rodgers & L. Hart
B:9 I Could Write a Book [PG] ✯ (from b. 24)
Pal Joey: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (D4–D5)
Pantastic, Matthew Crossey & Tom Kirkham, arr. Mark Place
B:20 Higher and Higher ✯ (cut bb. 29–62)
Pantastic (The School Musicals Company) E (B3–C#5) 🌐 (download)
Higher and Higher  E 🌐 (download)
Paws and Claws, Matthew Crossey & Tom Kirkham, arr. Mark Place
B:21 Somewhere (cut bb. 27–40)
Paws and Claws (The School Musicals Company) E♭ (B-3–C5) 🌐 (download)
Somewhere  E♭🌐 (download)
Pete’s Dragon, Al Kasha & Hirschhorn
B:10 Candle on the Water ✯ (without repeat)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) C (C4-A4)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) C
Pinocchio, Harline & Washington
B:11 I’ve got no strings ✯
Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection, Vol. 2 (Hal Leonard) F (C4–C5) (this version only)
The Rescuers, Fain, Ayn Robbins & Carol Connors
B:12 Someone’s Waiting for You ✯ (from end of the b. 8)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) F (C4-D5)
School of Rock, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Glenn Slater
B:13 Time to Play (ending at first-time bar (b. 33))
School of Rock: The Musical (Hal Leonard) C (B3–D♭5)
Shrek, Neil Diamond
B:14 I’m a Believer (straight to coda after b. 34)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) E (C♯4-E5)
I'm a Believer  E 🌐 (download)
Summer Magic, Richard & Robert Sherman
B:15 The Ugly Bug Ball
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise) C (C4–D5)
Great Songs for Children: The Gingerbread Man Book (Wise) D

List C

Annie Get Your Gun, I. Berlin
C:1 Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly [PG] (without repeat)
Annie Get Your Gun: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (C4–D5)
Brave, Alexander L. Mandel & Mark Andrews
C:15 Touch the Sky ✯ (with DS; end at 15th bar of p. 223)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) D (A3–B4)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Richard & Robert Sherman
C:2 The Roses of Success (any two verses)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: musical selections (Alfred) C (C4–D5)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: stage selections (Alfred) C
Cinderella, Rodgers & Hammerstein
C:3 A lovely night, ✯
Cinderella: vocal selections (revised edition) (Williamson) F (C4–C5)
A lovely night F
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) F
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) F
Cinderella, David, Hoffman & Livingston
C:4 The Work Song
Walt Disney’s Cinderella: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) G (D4–E5)
Doctor Dolittle and the Monkey Mayhem,
Matthew Crossey & Tom Kirkham, arr. Mark Place
C:16 Not Having Me for Their Tea ✯
Doctor Dolittle and the Monkey Mayhem (The School Musicals Company) (E4–B4) 🌐 (download)
Not Having Me for Their Tea  E 🌐 (download)
Dr Dolittle, Leslie Bricusse
C:5 Talk to the Animals
Talk to the Animals 🌐 (download) B♭ (B♭3-D5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (without repeat, end at b. 73)
Gypsy, Styne & Stephen Sondheim
C:6 Let me entertain you [PG]
Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection, Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard) B♭/C (A♯3–D5) (this version only)
The Jungle Book, Matthew Crossey & Tom Kirkham, arr. Mark Place
C:17 Leader of the Pack ✯ (without repeat)
The Jungle Book: A new musical adaptation: vocal selections (The School Musicals Company) B♭ (B♭3-B♭4)
Leader of the Pack B♭🌐 (download)
C:18 Snake Eyes ✯ (without repeat)
The Jungle Book: A new musical adaptation: vocal selections (The School Musicals Company) E min (D♯4-C5)
Snake Eyes E min 🌐 (download)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Richard & Robert Sherman
C:21 The wonderful thing about tiggers
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) F (C4-C5)
The wonderful thing about tiggers F 🌐 (download)
Mary Poppins, Richard & Robert Sherman
C:7 Let’s Go Fly a Kite ✯
Mary Poppins: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard) B♭(B♭3–D5)
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (high voice) (Faber) C
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (low voice) (Faber) B♭
Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection, Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard) B♭
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) B♭
Oliver! Bart
C:8 Oom-pah-pah [PG] ✯
Oliver! film vocal selections (Lakeview Music) F (C4–D5) (without repeat)
Oliver! vocal score (Lakeview Music) D (from fig. c to fig. e)
Oliver! stage vocal selections (Lakeview Music) D (ending b. 42)
Project Planet, Niki Davies
C:22 Sabotage (twice through)
Niki Davies: Project Planet: A flower power musical: vocal selections (The School Musicals Company) E min (B3-C5)
Sabotage E min 🌐 (download)
Seussical The Musical, Stephen Flaherty
C:23 Green Eggs and Ham
Seussical The Musical: vocal selections (Alfred) A♭(E4-D♭5)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, de Paul & Mercer
C:9 Goin’ Co’tin'✯ (without repeat)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: musical selections (Alfred) F (C4–C5)
C:10 Lonesome Polecat✯ (any two verses)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: musical selections (Alfred) C (G3–D5)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Churchill & Morey
C:11 Heigh-Ho ✯ (without repeat)
Heigh-Ho G (C4-E5) 🌐 (download)
The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein
C:12 My Favorite Things ✯
The Sound of Music: vocal selections (revised edition) (Williamson) E min/G (B3–C5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) E min/G
The Broadway Ingénue: 37 Theatre Songs for Soprano (Hal Leonard, with CD) E min/G
Essential Audition Songs for Kids (Faber) E min/G (without repeat)
Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection, Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard) E min/G (without repeat)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 1 (ABRSM) E min/G
South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein
C:13 Dites-moi [PG] ✯ (once through (either language))
South Pacific: vocal selections (Williamson) C (D4–C5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) C
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Richard & Robert Sherman
C:24 Little Black Rain Cloud ✯
Little Black Rain Cloud G (A3-C5) 🌐 (download)
The Wizard of Oz, Arlen & Harburg
C:14 We’re off to see the wizard ✯
The Wizard of Oz: vocal selections (Alfred) C (C4–E5) (whistling optional; 70th Anniversary Deluxe Songbook not suitable for exam use)
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 1 (ABRSM) C (without repeat)
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (high voice) (Faber) C
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (low voice) (Faber) B♭
Not from a show
C:19 Bring me sunshine A. Kent (without repeat)
Bring me sunshine B♭(D4-D5) 🌐 (download)

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