ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Grade Two

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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.

Additional Resources

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.
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 1-3 (book and CD)

Additional Aural Resources
ABRSM 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

Additional Music Theory 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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Grade 2 Singing for Musical Theatre List A

Bambi, Churchill & Morey
A:1 Love is a song that never ends ✯ (chorus only, once through, with suitable intro)
Love is a Song (Campbell Connelly & Co) G (D4–E5)
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise) G
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Richard & Robert Sherman
A:27 The Beautiful Briny
Bedknobs and Broomsticks: vocal selections (Campbell Connelly & Co) F (B3-D5)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Richard & Robert Sherman
A:2 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,  ✯  (without repeat)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: musical selections (Alfred) G (D4–D5)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: stage selections (Alfred) G
A:3 Hushabye Mountain ✯ 
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: musical selections (Alfred) C min (B3–D♭5)
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (high voice) (Faber) D min
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (low voice) (Faber) C min
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: stage selections (Alfred) C min
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM) C min
Cinderella, Rodgers & Hammerstein
A:23 Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful♭
Cinderella: vocal selections (revised edition) (Williamson) B♭(D4–D5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) B♭
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Baritone/Bass Vol. 1 (revised edition) (Hal Leonard with audio access) C
A:4 In my own little corner ✯
Cinderella: vocal selections (revised edition) (Williamson) F (D4–D5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) F
The Broadway Ingénue: 37 Theatre Songs for Soprano (Hal Leonard, with CD) F (to end of p. 67)
Kids’ Book of Vocal Solos (Hal Leonard) F
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Soprano Vol. 3 (Hal Leonard, with Audio Access)F (to end of p. 35)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM) F
A:5 Ten Minutes Ago ✯
Cinderella: vocal selections (revised edition) (Williamson) G (C#4–D5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) G
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Soprano Vol. 1 (revised edition) (Hal Leonard-Faber, with audio access) G
Dumbo, Washington & Churchill
A:24 Baby mine (without repeat)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) F (E4-F5)
Enchanted, Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
A:25 True Love’s Kiss
Enchanted: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (A3–D5) (from b. 9; cut bb. 35–58)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) C (cut bb. 20–42)
Funny Face, G. & I. Gershwin
A:6 ‘S Wonderful (refrain only; without repeat)
50 Gershwin Classics (Alfred) E♭(E♭4–E5)
Girl Crazy, G. & I. Gershwin
A:7 But Not for Me ✯ (refrain only; without repeat)
50 Gershwin Classics (Alfred) E♭(E♭4–F5)
But Not for Me 🌐
High Society, C. Porter
A:8 True Love ✯
The Best of Cole Porter (Faber) G (C4–C5)
Cole Porter 100th Anniversary (Alfred) G
Everlasting Voices (medium-high) (Peters) G
Everlasting Voices (medium-low) (Peters) G
The King and I, Rodgers & Hammerstein
A:9 Getting to know you ✯
The King and I: vocal selections (Williamson) C (E4–E5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) C
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Soprano Vol. 3 (Hal Leonard-Faber), with audio access) A
A:10 Shall We Dance♭ ✯
The King and I: vocal selections (Williamson) E♭(C4–B♭4)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) E♭
A:11 We kiss in a shadow [PG] 
The King and I: vocal selections (Williamson) F (C4–D5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) F
The Broadway Ingénue: 37 Theatre Songs for Soprano (Hal Leonard, with CD) G (ending b. 38)
Les Misérables, Claude-Michel Schönberg & Alain Boublil
A:12 Castle on a Cloud
Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection, Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard) A min (A3–C5)
Les Misérables: stage vocal selections (Wise) A min
Les Misérables: film vocal selections (Wise) A min
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM) A min
Mary Poppins, Richard & Robert Sherman
A:13 A Spoonful of Sugar  ✯ (any two verses)
Mary Poppins: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard) G (D4–D5)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) G
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise) G
A:14 Stay Awake ✯
Mary Poppins: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (B3–A4)
A:15 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ✯ (without repeat; one verse only (any))
Mary Poppins: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (D4–D5)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) C
One Minute to Zero, Young & Heyman
A:16 When I fall in love ✯
The Definitive Jazz Collection (2nd edition) (Hal Leonard) E♭(B-3–D5)
Over the Moon, Curtis, Duffield & Park
A:30 On the Moon Above (both parts; without spoken section)
Over the Moon: vocal selections (Hal Leonard)
Peter Pan, Fain & Cahn
A:17 The second star to the right
Peter Pan: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard) F (C4–E5)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) C
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM) E
The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
A:26 Ma Belle Evangeline (without instrumental, straight to 3rd bar of coda after b.44)
The Princess and the Frog: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) E♭(A3-F5)
Ragtime, Stephen Flaherty
A:28 Gliding
Ragtime: vocal selections (Alfred) F (C4-F5)
Reuben Reuben, Blitzstein
A:18 Never get lost
The Marc Blitzstein Songbook, Vol. 2 (Boosey & Hawkes) D (C#4–D5)
Singin’ in the Rain, Brown & Freed
A:19 Singin’ in the Rain ✯
Singin’ in the Rain: vocal selections (50th Anniversary Edition) (Alfred) G (D4–D5) (chorus only)
Junior Songscape: Stage and Screen (Faber) G (part 1 in final 6 bars)
The Faber Music Theatre Songbook (Faber) G
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM) G (chorus only)
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (high voice) (Faber) G
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (low voice) (Faber) F
Sleeping Beauty, Fain & Lawrence
A:20 Once Upon a Dream
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) F (D4-F5)
Snoopy!!! Larry Grossman
A:29 Just One Person (cut bb.15-33 (lyrics may be adjusted))
Just One Person 🌐 D (C♯4-F5)
The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein
A:21 Something Good ✯
The Sound of Music: vocal selections (revised edition) (Williamson) F (B3–C5)
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Soprano Vol. 3 (Hal Leonard. with audio access) F
South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein
A:22 A Cock-eyed Optimist [PG] 
South Pacific: vocal selections (Williamson) G (B3–D5)
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter Vol. 1 (revised edition) (Hal Leonard with audio access) F
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson) G

Grade 2 Singing for Musical Theatre List B

Adventures in Love, Zina Goldrich & Marcy Heisler
B:1 Beautiful You (ending b. 43)
The Songs of Goldrich and Heisler (Hal Leonard) D (A3–B4)
Beautiful You D
A-la-la-la-la-laddin, Matthew Crossey & Tom Kirkham
B:27 A-la-la-la-la-laddin ✯ (any one verse)
A-la-la-la-la-laddin: A musical tale of germs and genies (The School Musicals Company) F (C4-C5)
A-la-la-la-la-laddin 🌐 F
Aladdin, Alan Menken & Tim Rice
B:2 A Whole New World
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) D (A3-D5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM) D
Amélie The Musical, Nathan Tysen & Daniel Messé
B:21 Halfway (ending b. 36, with suitable ending)
Amélie: A new musical: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (G3–C5)
Beautiful, King & Goffin
B:3 The Loco-Motion (without repeats)
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) E♭(B♭3–C5)
Billy Elliot, Elton John & Lee Hall
B:4 The Letter – Reprise ✯ [PG]
Billy Elliot: The Musical (Wise) C (G3–D5)
Brother Bear, Phil Collins
B:28 On My Way (starting b.13; cut bb.37-56; without repeats)
On My Way 🌐 C (G3-D5)
Bugsy Malone, Paul Williams
B:5 Bugsy Malone ✯ (ending b. 34)
Bugsy Malone: vocal selections (Faber) C (D4–D5)
B:6 My name is Tallulah (No repeat straight to coda)
Bugsy Malone: vocal selections (Faber) C (A3–B4)
Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber & T. S. Eliot
B:7 Mr Mistoffelees (any one verse; without DS)
Cats: vocal selections (Faber) F (C4–E5)
Godspell, Stephen Schwartz
B:22 Day by day (without repeats)
Day by day 🌐 F (C4-A4)
Grease, Casey & Jim Jacobs
B:8 Beauty School Dropout [PG]  (bb. 16–47 only)
Grease: vocal selections (20th Anniversary Edition) (IMP) E♭(A♭3–C5)
Beauty School Dropout  🌐 E♭
High School Musical 2, Tim James & Antonina Armato
B:9 Bet on it (without repeats; cut bb. 35–62)
Bet on it 🌐 C min (G4-A♭5)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
B:10 Any Dream Will Do
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: vocal score (Really Useful Group) C (C4–F5) (ending at fig. Y; melody line only)
Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection, Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard) A (cut 4th–11th bars on final page)
Junior Songscape (Faber) B♭ (ending b. 45; melody line only; without top F in b. 29)
B:23 Pharaoh Story ✯  (without repeat; one verse only; narrator line only)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: vocal score (Really Useful Group) E (B3–E5)
The Lion King, Elton John & Tim Rice
B:11 Can You Feel the Love Tonight  ✯ (bb. 12–36 only)
The Lion King: Broadway selections (Hal Leonard) G♭(D♭4–E♭5)
The Lion King: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard) F
Can You Feel the Love Tonight 🌐 F
Mamma Mia! Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
B:12 I have a dream ✯ (cut bb. 33–61)
Play the Songs That Inspired Mamma Mia!: vocal selections (Alfred) D♭(A-3–D-5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM) D♭
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
B:24 One of Us
One of Us G 🌐 (A3-C5) (from b.11)
Play the Songs That Inspired Mamma Mia!: vocal selections (Alfred) G (from b. 11)
Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
B:25 A Conversation (cut bb. 26–44)
Mary Poppins Returns: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) D (A3–B4)
Matilda The Musical, Tim Minchin
B:13 When I grow up (straight to coda after b. 22; Matilda part from 14th bar of coda)
Matilda The Musical: vocal selections (Wise) F (C4–C5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM)
Pitch Perfect A.P. Carter, Luisa Gerstein & Heloise Tunstall-Behrens
B:30 Cups [PG] ✯
Contemporary Movie & TV Hits (Hal Leonard) C (G3-A4)
Cups 🌐 C
The Prince of Egypt, Stephen Schwartz
B:14 River Lullaby (from Deliver Us) ✯
The Prince of Egypt: vocal selections (Cherry Lane Music Company) C/D (G3–D5) (pp. 9–12 with suitable intro and ending)
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 2 (ABRSM) C/D
School of Rock, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Glenn Slater
B:15 If Only You Would Listen (ending b. 55)
School of Rock: The Musical (Hal Leonard) F (A3–C5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM–Hal Leonard) F
Seussical The Musical, Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens & Dr Seuss
B:16 It’s Possible (melody line)
Seussical The Musical: vocal selections (Alfred) D (D4–B4)
Tangled, Alan Menken & Glenn Slater
B:17 I See the Light
Tangled: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (G3–C5) (ending on 9th bar of p. 29)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) C (ending on 9th bar of p. 213)
B:18 I’ve Got a Dream (ending on 2nd bar of p. 22)
Tangled: vocal selections (Hal Leonard)E (B3–E5)
Watership Down, Mike Batt
B:19 Bright Eyes (without repeats; straight to coda)
Essential Audition Songs for Male Vocalists: Pop Ballads (Faber) (F#4–E5)
We Will Rock You, John Deacon
B:26 Another One Bites the Dust [PG] 
We Will Rock You: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) E min (E3–D5) (ending on 4th bar of p. 137; bb. 1–21 may be sung 8ve higher)
Another One Bites the Dust 🌐 (any two verses; ending after 2nd-time bar)
Whistle Down the Wind, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Jim Steinman
B:20 No Matter What (melody line only; without repeats)
Junior Songscape (Faber) G (B3–E5)
Not from a show
B:29 Starmaker Bruce Roberts (ending on p.6 with suitable ending)
Starmaker 🌐 C (C4-G5)

Grade 2 Singing for Musical Theatre List C

42nd Street, Warren & Dubin
C:1 Forty-Second Street (Andy Beck arrangement only)
Ready to Sing…Broadway (Alfred, with CD) D min (D4–D5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM) D min
Annie, Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin
C:2 You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile ✯
You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile 🌐 G
Annie: vocal selections (Faber) G
The Aristocats, F. Huddleston & A. Rinker
C:3 Ev’rybody wants to be a cat
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) C min (C4-A♭4)
Songs from The Aristocats (Hal Leonard) C min
Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection, Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard) E min
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM) C min
C:27 Thomas O'Malley Cat (straight to cod; no repeat)
Songs from the Aristocats (Hal Leonard) B♭(F3-B♭4)
The Band’s Visit, David Yazbek
C:19 It Is What It Is
The Band’s Visit: A new musical: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) G# min (G#3-G♭4)
It Is What It Is 🌐 G♯min
Bugsy Malone, Paul Williams
C:4 So you wanna be a boxer (straight to coda after b. 30; bb. 38–39 may be sung 8ve higher)
Bugsy Malone: vocal selections (Faber) G (G3/D4–D5)
So you wanna be a boxer. 🌐 G
Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber & T. S. Eliot
C:5 Gus: The Theatre Cat (ending before DS on p. 61)
Cats: vocal selections (Faber) D (G#3/A3–D5)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Richard & Robert Sherman
C:24 Me Ol' Bam-Boo,  ✯  (any two verses)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: stage selections (Alfred) D (C#4-D5)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: musical selections (Alfred) D
Cinderella, A. Hoffman & Livingston
C:25 Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Bo ✯
Walt Disney's Cinderella: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) F(C4–D5)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) F
Great Songs for Children: The Gingerbread Man Book (Wise)
Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
C:20 Remember Me (ending at b. 17)
Coco: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) D/E♭(F#3–G5)
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) D/E♭
Dumbo, O. Wallace & Washington
C:6 When I See an Elephant Fly ✯
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) F (with repeat)
When I See an Elephant Fly   🌐 F
Farm! Susannah Pearse
C:26 Gotta Think Positive [PG] E- (B-3–C5)
Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
C:7 Do you want to build a snowman♭ (finishing at b. 48 with suitable ending)
Frozen: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) E♭(B♭3–C5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM–Hal Leonard) E♭
Half a Sixpence, Heneker
C:8 Flash, Bang, Wallop!
Junior Songscape: Stage and Screen (Faber) F (C4–C5) (without DS)
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (high voice) (Faber) G
The Best of Singing, Grades 1–3 (low voice) (Faber) F
The Faber Music Theatre Songbook (Faber) F (without DS)
Kiss Me, Kate, C. Porter
C:9 Brush Up Your Shakespeare [PG]  (without repeats)
Kiss Me, Kate: vocal selections (Alfred) F (B3–D5)
Little Johnny Jones, George M. Cohan
C:10 Give my regards to Broadway (cut bb. 5–36)
Ready to Sing… Broadway (Alfred, with CD) G (D4–D5)
The Little Mermaid, Alan Menken & Ashman
C:11 Under the Sea
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) B♭(C4-D5)
Under the Sea 🌐 (ending after the 2nd-time bar)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 2 (ABRSM–Hal Leonard) B♭ (ending after 2nd-time bar)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Richard & Robert Sherman
C:12 Winnie the Pooh
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) F
Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
C:21 Can You Imagine That♭ (bb. 19–53 only)
Mary Poppins Returns: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) G (E3–G4)
Can You Imagine That♭ 🌐 G
Me and My Girl, Gay & Butler
C:13 The sun has got his hat on
Junior Songscape: Children’s Favourites (Faber) C (C4–E5)
Oliver! Bart
C:14 Food, Glorious Food
Oliver!: film vocal selections (Lakeview Music) F/C (B3–E5)
C:15 I’d do anything ✯
Kids’ Musical Theatre Collection, Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard) B♭(B♭3–D5)
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 2 (ABRSM) B
Oliver!: film vocal selections (Lakeview Music) C (twice through)
Peter Pan, Churchill & J. Lawrence
C:16 Never smile at a crocodile ✯
Peter Pan: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard) F (C4–F5)
Never smile at a crocodile 🌐 C
Pinocchio, Harline & Washington
C:17 Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee ✯
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard) B♭/E♭(B♭3-F5)
The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
C:23 Dig a Little Deeper (cut bb.48-91 & 113-123)
The Princess and the Frog: vocal selections (Hal Leonard) C (G3-C5)
The Wind in the Willows, George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
C:22 Messing About in a Boat (cut bb. 29–51; ending b. 93)
Messing About in a Boat  🌐 D♭(D♭4–F5)
The Wizard of Oz, Arlen & Harburg
C:18 Ding Dong the Witch is Dead ✯ (chorus only)
The Harold Arlen Songbook (Hal Leonard) C (C4–E5)
The Wizard of Oz: vocal selections (Alfred) C

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