ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Grade Four

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Three accompanied songs: from memory, one chosen by the candidate from each of the Grade Four lists, A, B and C. Candidates may choose a maximum of one song marked 🕘.

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

Please note that Music marked:
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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 4 Singing for Musical Theatre List A

42nd Street, Warren & Dubin
A:1 Lullaby of Broadway (without repeat) ✯
Ready to Sing… Broadway – Book only – with audio (Alfred), C/F (C4–D5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), C/F
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Stephen Sondheim
A:2 Lovely ✯
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Soprano Vol. 4 (Hal Leonard), B (C♯4–F5)
An American in Paris, Gershwin
A:3 Shall We Dance♭
An American in Paris: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), E ♭ (B♭3–D♭5)
Anything Goes, C. Porter
A:27 It’s De-Lovely ✯
Anything Goes: vocal selections (revival edition) (Alfred), F (C4–F5),
The Best of Cole Porter (Faber), F,
Cole Porter 100th Anniversary (Alfred), F
Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken & Tim Rice
A:24 How Does a Moment Last Forever♭ ✯ (straight to coda after b. 51)
Beauty and the Beast: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard), B b (G3–E b5)
Bombay Dreams, A.R. Rahman
A:28 The journey home (one verse only; ending top of p. 7; ad libs optional)
The journey home, 🌐 D (F♯4–G5)
Calamity Jane, Fain & Webster
A:4 My Secret Love ✯
Stage & Screen – The White Book (Wise), E♭ (B♭3–E ♭5), (refrain only, with suitable intro),
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 4 (ABRSM), E♭, (chorus only, with suitable intro)
Calamity Jane: vocal score (Faber) D, (figs 2–6 only)
Cover Girl, Kern & I. Gershwin
A:5 Long ago and far away
The Essential Jerome Kern Song Book (Wise), G (C4–F5),
The Definitive Jazz Collection (2nd edition) (Hal Leonard–Faber), F, (refrain only),
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 4 (ABRSM), F
Fiddler on the Roof, Bock & Harnick
A:6 Matchmaker ✯
Fiddler on the Roof: vocal selections (Wise), F (C4–F5),
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), F,
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise), F
Flower Drum Song, Rodgers & Hammerstein
A:25 My Best Love
My Best Love, 🌐  G (B3–C5)
For Me and My Gal, Meyer, Leslie & Goetz
A:7 For Me and My Gal
100 Years of Popular Music: 1900 (Faber), G (C♯4–D5), (without DC)
The Best of Singing, Grades 4–5 (high voice) (Faber), G
The Best of Singing, Grades 4–5 (low voice) (Faber), F
Gypsy, Styne & Stephen Sondheim
A:31 Small World
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter Vol. 2 – Book only or Audio access (Hal Leonard), B (F♯3–A♯4)
Half a Sixpence, Heneker (& Anthony Drewe)
A:26 I Know What I Am ✯
Half a Sixpence: original vocal score (Faber), G/D♭(C4–B4)
A:8 Long Ago ✯
Half a Sixpence: vocal selections (Faber), D (C♯4–B4)
Hello, Dolly!,  Jerry Herman
A:29 Elegance ✯
Hello Dolly!: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), F (C4–F5)
House, C. Coleman
A:30 Why Try to Change Me Now (ending top of p. 4)
Why Try to Change Me Now, 🌐 B♭(F3–G4)
Jekyll & Hyde, Frank Wildhorn & Bricusse
A:9 No One Knows Who I Am [PG]
Jekyll & Hyde: vocal selections (Cherry Lane Music Company), G min (C4–D5)
Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
A:10 Pilate’s Dream
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Baritone/Bass Vol. 2 – Book only – with Audio access (Hal Leonard), B♭min (A3–B♭4)
The King and I, Rodgers & Hammerstein
A:11 Hello, young lovers [PG] 🕘 ✯
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Soprano Vol. 4 (revised edition) (Hal Leonard), D (B3–D5)
The King and I: vocal selections (Williamson), C
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson), C
Les Misérables, Claude-Michel Schönberg & Alain Boublil
A:12 Drink with me
Les Misérables: stage vocal selections (Wise), F (D4–E♭5)
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Baritone/Bass Vol. 5 (Hal Leonard), F
Nine, Maury Yeston
A:13 Only With You (without repeat) ✯
Nine: vocal selections (2003 edition) (Cherry Lane Music Company), E♭(A3–F5)
Over the Moon, Curtis, Duffield & Park
A:32 Rocket to the Moon (starting at b. 38)
Over the Moon: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), D (G3–F5)
Pocahontas, Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
A:14 Colors of the Wind
Colors of the Wind, ✯ B ♭(F3–C5)
The Prom, Matthew Sklar & Chad Beguelin
A:15 We Look to You ✯
We Look to You, 🌐 C (F♯3–C5)
Singin’ in the Rain, Brown & Freed
A:16 You Were Meant for Me ✯
Singin’ in the Rain: vocal selections (50th Anniversary Edition) (Alfred), F (C4–E b5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), F
The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein
A:17 The Sound of Music ✯
The Broadway Ingénue: 37 Theatre Songs for Soprano – Book only – with audio access – (Hal Leonard), G (E4–E5)
The Sound of Music: vocal selections (revised edition) (Williamson), F
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson), F
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Soprano Vol. 2 (revised edition) (Hal Leonard), F
Top Hat, I. Berlin
A:18 Cheek to Cheek ✯
The Best of Singing, Grades 4–5 (high voice) (Faber), C (B3–E5)
The Best of Singing, Grades 4–5 (low voice) (Faber), B b
West Side Story, L. Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
A:19 I feel pretty (without repeat) ✯
I feel pretty (Boosey & Hawkes), F (C4–G5),
West Side Story: vocal selections (new edition) (Boosey & Hawkes), F
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 4 (ABRSM), F
A:20 One Hand, One Heart (without repeat) ✯
One Hand, One Heart (Boosey & Hawkes), E♭(E♭4–E♭5),
Singing Time! Grade 4 (Bosworth), E♭
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 4 (ABRSM), E♭,
West Side Story: vocal selections (new edition) (Boosey & Hawkes), D, (up to key-change)
Whistle Down the Wind, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Jim Steinman
A:21 Whistle down the wind ✯
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Soprano Vol. 3, Book only or with Audio Access (Hal Leonard), D (D4–D5)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bricusse & Newley
A:22 Pure Imagination
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard), E♭(B♭3–F5), (without repeat),
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The New Musical: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), D, (ending b. 37)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), D♭, (straight to coda after b. 26)
The Wizard of Oz, Arlen & Harburg
A:23 Over the Rainbow ✯ (original Arlen version only)
The Wizard of Oz: vocal selections (Alfred), E♭(C4–F5), (chorus only, with suitable intro; 70th Anniversary Deluxe Songbook not suitable for exam use),
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise), E♭, (with suitable intro)
The Harold Arlen Songbook (Hal Leonard–Faber), E♭, (chorus only, with suitable intro)
The Best of Singing, Grades 4–5 (high voice) (Faber), E♭
The Best of Singing, Grades 4–5 (low voice) (Faber), C
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 4 (ABRSM), E♭, (chorus only, with suitable intro)

Grade 4 Singing for Musical Theatre List B

Baby, Richard Maltby Jr & David Shire
B:1 I Chose Right (ending b. 40) ✯
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Tenor Vol. 6 (Hal Leonard), G (D4–E5)
Bat Out of Hell The Musical, Jim Steinman
B:2 Heaven can wait (pp. 1–6 with suitable ending)
Heaven can wait, 🌐 G (D4–E5)
Billy Elliot, Elton John & Lee Hall
B:3 Electricity ✯
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), D (A3–B4)
Electricity,D
Blood Brothers, Willy Russell
B:4 I’m Not Saying a Word ✯
Blood Brothers: vocal selections (Wise), A (E4–F+5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), A
Bright Star, Edie Brickell & Steve Martin
B:28 If you knew my story (ending at b. 80) ✯
Bright Star: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), G (G3–D5),
If you knew my story, 🌐 G
Encanto, Lin-Manuel Miranda
B:34 Surface Pressure (cut bb. 13–37; with D.S. al Coda)
Encanto: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), E min (G3–D5)
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Tom MacRae & Dan Gillespie Sells
B:5 It Means Beautiful [PG] ✯ (without DS, go to 2nd bar of coda)
It Means Beautiful, 🌐 Fmin (F3–C5)
B:6 If I Met Myself Again [PG] ✯ (cut bb. 41–55)
If I Met Myself Again, 🌐 E♭(E♭3–B4)
Fame The Musical, Leslie & Michael Gore
B:7 Out Here on My Own (without repeat)
Teen Pop Broadway Collection (Cherry Lane Music Company), G (G3–C♯5)
Freaky Friday, Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey
B:8 After All of This and Everything [PG] 🕘 ✯
After All of This and Everything, 🌐 A♭(F3–D♭5)
B:9 Just one day ✯ (ending b. 82)
Just one day, 🌐  C (G3–C5)
Grease, Casey & Jim Jacobs
B:10 Freddy, My Love (without verse 2) [PG] ✯
Grease: vocal selections (20th Anniversary Edition) (IMP), D (C♯4–B4)
Groundhog Day The Musical, Tim Minchin
B:11 Everything About You
Everything About You, 🌐 D (F♯3–G4)
Hercules, Alan Menken & David Zippel
B:12 I Won’t Say (I’m in Love)
Contemporary Musical Theatre for Teens, Young Women’s Edition Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard), C (G3–C5)
High School Musical 2, David Lawrence & Faye Greenberg / Adam Watts & Andy Dodd
B:25 Fabulous (without repeat; cut bb. 47–54; ending b. 65)
Fabulous, 🌐 C (G3–E b5)
B:13 Gotta Go My Own Way ✯
Gotta Go My Own Way, 🌐, (cut 3rd bar of p. 4 to 6th bar of p. 6)
La La Land, Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
B:14 Audition (The Fools Who Dream) 🕘
La La Land: vocal selections (Faber), F (G3–B4)
The Lion King, Elton John & Tim Rice
B:15 Circle of Life ✯ (once through; Lin Marsh arrangement only)
Songscape: Stage and Screen (Faber), A (B3–E5)
The Faber Music Theatre Songbook (Faber), A
The Little Mermaid, Alan Menken & Ashman / Alan Menken & Glenn Slater
B:29 Kiss the Girl ✯
The Little Mermaid: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard), C (A3–C5)
The Little Mermaid: stage vocal selections (Hal Leonard), F
B:16 Part of Your World 🕘 ✯
The Little Mermaid: film vocal selections (Hal Leonard), F (C4–C5)
B:17 The World Above
The Little Mermaid: stage vocal selections (Hal Leonard), G(D4–D5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), G
Contemporary Musical Theatre for Teens, Young Women’s Edition Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard), G
Matilda The Musical, Tim Minchin
B:18 Naughty (cut bb. 54–130)
Matilda The Musical: vocal selections (Wise), F (A3–D5)
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 4 (ABRSM), F
Once, Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
B:30 Falling Slowly (any one verse)
Once: vocal selections (Alfred), C(G3–G5)
Pippin, Stephen Schwartz
B:31 Magic to Do [PG] (ending on p. 6)
Pippin: vocal selections (updated edition) (Alfred), A min (E4–A5)
Polkadots, Douglas Lyons
B:32 Sticks and stones
Sticks and stones, 🌐 E (B3–F5),
Sticks and stones, 🌐 E
Pretty Woman The Musical, Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance
B:19 This Is My Life [PG]
This Is My Life, 🌐 D (A3–D5)
The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
B:20 Almost There
The Princess and the Frog: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), C (G3–C5)
Sister Act, Alan Menken & Glenn Slater
B:21 Sister Act 🕘 ✯
Sister Act: vocal selections (Faber), B♭(F3–B4)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), B♭
Song and Dance, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Don Black
B:22 Take That Look off Your Face (without repeats)
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter Vol. 5 (Hal Leonard), D♭(G♭3–D♭5),
Stage & Screen – The Black Book (Wise), D
Soul, C. Mayfield
B:33 It’s All Right
Soul: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), D (A4–C♯6)
It’s All Right, 🌐 D
South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein
B:26 Happy Talk ✯ (without verses 2 & 3)
South Pacific: vocal selections (Williamson), F (C4–D5)
South Pacific: vocal score (Williamson), D
Toy Story, Randy Newman
B:27 You’ve Got a Friend in Me ✯
The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (7th edition) (Hal Leonard), E♭(E♭4–F5)
When Midnight Strikes, Kevin Hammonds & Charles Miller
B:23 I Never Learned to Type ✯ (cut bb. 22–37 & 83–90)
I Never Learned to Type, 🌐 B♭(F♯3–B♭4)
The Wind in the Willows, George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
B:24 A Place to Come Back To (from b. 22, cut bb. 75–110, ending b. 144)
A Place to Come Back To, 🌐 C (C4–F5)

Grade 4 Singing for Musical Theatre List C

42nd Street, Warren & Dubin
C:1 You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me ✯
42nd Street: vocal selections (Faber), F (D4–E5)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Stephen Sondheim
C:2 Comedy Tonight ✯
The Best of Singing, Grades 4–5 (high voice) (Faber), G (A3–E5)
The Best of Singing, Grades 4–5 (low voice) (Faber), F
Songscape: Stage and Screen (Faber), G, (melody line bb. 44–48)
The Stephen Sondheim Collection (Hal Leonard), G
The Addams Family, Andrew Lippa
C:3 The Moon and Me ✯ (ending b. 65)
The Addams Family: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), C (C4–E5)
C:4 What if
The Addams Family: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), D (A3–D5)
Aladdin, Alan Menken & Chad Beguelin
C:23 Somebody’s Got Your Back (singing any part when lines divide)
Aladdin: Broadway vocal selections (Hal Leonard), C (C4–A5)
Annie, Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin
C:5 Easy Street
Annie: vocal selections – Book only – with Audio (Faber), A min (G3–F5), (all parts)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), A min
Annie Get Your Gun, I. Berlin
C:6 You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun ✯ (without repeat)
Annie Get Your Gun: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), F (C4–D5)
Barnum, Coleman & Stewart
C:7 Out There ✯
Barnum: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), C (B♭3–E b5)
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), C
Calamity Jane, Fain & Webster
C:8 (Just blew in from the) Windy City (cut figs 4–10; singing Calamity part from fig. 11)
Calamity Jane: vocal score (Faber), C (G3–C5)
Cinderella, Rodgers & Hammerstein
C:9 Stepsisters’ Lament ✯
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM) C (C4–D5)
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter Vol. 1 (revised edition) (Hal Leonard) C
Elf the Broadway Musical, Matthew Sklar
C:26 World’s Greatest Dad (cut bb. 48–100)
World’s Greatest Dad, 🌐 G (B3–G5)
Flower Drum Song, Rodgers & Hammerstein
C:10 I Enjoy Being a Girl 🕘 ✯
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter Vol. 1 (revised edition) (Hal Leonard), D (A3–C♯5)
Kiss Me, Kate, C. Porter
C:11 Always True to You in My Fashion ✯ (without repeat)
Kiss Me, Kate: vocal selections (Alfred), C (C4–D5)
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter Vol. 1 (revised edition) (Hal Leonard), A, (from b. 17)
Legally Blonde The Musical, Laurence O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin
C:12 Ireland [PG] 🕘 ✯
Contemporary Musical Theatre for Teens, Young Women’s Edition Vol. 1 (Hal Leonard), B (A3–B4)
Little Shop of Horrors, Alan Menken & Ashman
C:13 Dentist! [PG] (with spoken section; cut bb. 33–43)
Little Shop of Horrors: film vocal selections (Alfred), F (C4–E5)
My Fair Lady, Lerner & Loewe
C:14 With a Little Bit of Luck ✯
My Fair Lady: vocal selections (Alfred), C (G3–E5)
Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein
C:15 The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (cut bb. 5–20; verse 1 or 2, once through)
Oklahoma!: vocal selections (Williamson), G (C♯4–D5)
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (Williamson), G
Oliver!, Bart
C:16 Consider yourself ✯
Oliver! stage vocal selections (Lakeview Music), G (A3–C5), (up to key-change)
Junior Songscape (Faber) G,
The ABRSM Songbook, Book 4 (ABRSM), G
C:24 It’s a Fine Life [PG] 🕘 (all parts)
Oliver! stage vocal selections (Lakeview Music), A♭(A♭3–D5)
The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
C:27 Down in New Orleans
Hit Songs from Animated Movies (Wise), C (G3–E♭5)
The Princess and the Frog: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), C
C:28 Gonna Take You There
The Princess and the Frog: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), A (C♯4–A5)
Rapunzel, Youn Young Park & Susannah Pearse
C:29 Stuck in a tower
Stuck in a tower, 🌐 D (A3–A5)
Seussical The Musical, Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens
C:17 A Day for the Cat in the Hat (singing any part on pp. 32 & 33 where lines divide)
Seussical The Musical: vocal selections (Alfred), G (E4–E5)
C:18 How Lucky You Are
Seussical The Musical: vocal selections (Alfred), F (C4–F5)
The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 4 (ABRSM), F, (upper line in bb. 23–25 & 40–41)
Ready to Sing… Broadway (Alfred) F, (upper line in bb. 23–25 & 40–41)
Shall We Dance♭, G. & I. Gershwin
C:19 Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
The Best of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin (Faber), (D4–E5)
The Great Songs of Gershwin (Alfred), (D4–E5)
George Gershwin: The Definitive Songbook (Faber), (D4–E5)
South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein
C:20 There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame ✯
South Pacific: vocal selections (Williamson), G (D4–G5)
Sweet Charity, C. Coleman & Fields
C:21 If My Friends Could See Me Now
The ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre Songbook, Grade 4 (ABRSM), E (G♯3–A4),
If My Friends Could See Me Now, 🌐 E
Tangled, Alan Menken
C:30 Mother Knows Best
Tangled: vocal selections (Hal Leonard), F (F3–C5)
The Wind in the Willows, George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
C:22 A Friend Is Still a Friend (ending b. 58)
A Friend Is Still a Friend A (A3–D5)
The Wiz, Smalls
C:25 Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News (without DS)
The Wiz: vocal selections (Alfred), B♭(G4–G5)

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