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Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the Trinity Singing from 2023 Grade 1 Syllabus:
Aural Tests
Group A: Musical Theatre & Film
| Key & range | Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C; c'-d” | Bart | Where is Love♭ (Oliver!) | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 2 | C; b-e' | Churchill | Little April Shower (Bambi) | The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs | Hal Leonard HL00256650 |
| 3 | C; b-d' | Daniel | Lavender Blue (So Dear to my Heart) | The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs | Hal Leonard HL00256650 |
| 4 | C; c'-d” | David, Hoffman & Livingston | Cinderella (Cinderella) | Walt Disney's Cinderella: Vocal Selections” | Hal Leonard HL00359478 |
| 5 | C; c'-e” | Fain | I'm Late (Alice in Wonderland) | The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs | Hal Leonard HL00256650 |
| 6 | F; d'-f” | Fain | Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty) | The Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs | Hal Leonard HL00256650 |
| 7 | E♭; B♭-d” | Fain | The Second Star to the Right (Peter Pan) | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 8 | E♭; E♭'-E♭” | Newman | You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story) | Contemporary Disney | Hal Leonard HL00313169 |
| 9 | Gm; f'-d” | Norton | When Shall We Three Meet Again♭ (Macbeth) | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 10 | B♭; d'-c” | Rodgers | Edelweiss (The Sound of Music) | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 11 | Em; b-c” | Rodgers | My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music) | Any Dream Will Do | Trinity Faber TCL011466 |
| 12 | C; b-e””(g””) | Rodgers | So Long, Farewell (The Sound of Music) | The Sound of Music: Vocal Selections | Hal Leonard HL00312392 |
| 13 | G; d'-e” | Roe | ‘Orrible Little Blue Eyes (The Barnstormers) | Songs from the Betty Roe Shows vol. 1″ | Thames TH978632 |
| 14 | G; d'-d” | Sherman | Truly Scrumptious (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Musical Selections | Alfred TSF0070 |
| 15 | F; c'-f” | Welch & Bennett | Summer Holiday | Junior Songscape | Faber 0571520774 |
| 16 | C; c'-e” | Youmans | I Want to be Happy (No, No, Nanette) | Wouldn't It Be Loverly♭ | Trinity Faber TCL011473 |
Group B: General Song Repertoire
| Key & range | Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | E♭; c'-E♭” | Baynon | A Shepherd's Carol | A Shepherd's Carol | Curwen JC72117 |
| 18 | G; d'-d” | Benjamin | Callers | Callers | Boosey M060012822 |
| 19 | G; d'-d” | Brahms | Marienwürmchen (Ladybird) | Seven Children's Songs | Roberton 75388 |
| 20 | F; c'-d” | Campbell | The Little Fish that Got Away (Ocean Commotion) (all 3 verses and choruses) | The National Songbook | Novello NOV492393 |
| 21 | G; d'-d” | Carter | One More Step Along the World I Go | Making the Grade: Grades 2-3 | Chester CH61681 |
| 22 | D; c#'-e” | Crawley | Little Leprechaun | Little Leprechaun | Roberton 75371 |
| 23 | Gm; d'-E♭” | Crawley | We Can Make a Difference | We Can Make a Difference | Roberton 75400 |
| 24 | F; c'-d” | Dacre | Daisy Bell (1st verse and chorus only) | The National Songbook | Novello NOV492393 |
| 25 | G; d'-e” | Dawson | The Magic Night | The Magic Night | Curwen JC72403 |
| 26 | C; c'-d” | Exley | Hop Bird | Four Small Songs | Sounz |
| 27 | C; g'-e” | Fraser | Fishing | Fishing | Roberton 75191 |
| 28 | G; d'-c””(d””) | Hamilton | Cakes | Just Desserts | Sounz |
| 29 | D; b-c#” | Hamilton | Ice Cream | Just Desserts | Sounz |
| 30 | C; c'-d” | Harris | My Uncle Rumbold | My Uncle Rumbold | Trinity TCL031891e 🕮 |
| 31 | D; c#'-d” | Hayne | Loving Shepherd of thy Sheep (tune: Buckland, no. 134) | Hymns Ancient & Modern: New Standard | Canterbury 9780907547372 |
| 32 | Gm; d'-d” | Jenkyns | The Crocodile | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 33 | F; c'-d” | Kirkpatrick | Away in a Manger (tune: Cradle Song, no. 22) | New English Hymnal | Canterbury 9781853110979 |
| 34 | F; c'-e” | Marsh | Orange and Yellow and Brown | Junior Songscape | Faber 0571520774 |
| 35 | F; c'-d” | Marsh | Seagull | Junior Songscape: Earth, Sea and Sky | Faber 0571522068 |
| 36 | C; b'-c” | Marsh | The Lighthouse | Junior Songscape: Earth, Sea and Sky | Faber 0571522068 |
| 37 | E♭; B♭-c” | Newly & Bricusse | Gonna Build a Mountain (verses 1, 2 & 3 to be sung to the melody line - end before key change to E) | Songscape | Faber 0571518672 |
| 38 | G; d'-e” | Parke | Over the Hills and Far Away | By Winding Roads | Roberton 6505 |
| 39 | A♭; E♭'-E♭” | Roberton | Good Morrow to You, Springtime! | Good Morrow to You, Springtime! & Softly Fall the Shades of Evening | Roberton 75019 |
| 40 | B♭; f'-d” | Roberton | Softly Fall the Shades of Evening | Good Morrow to You, Springtime! & Softly Fall the Shades of Evening | Roberton 75019 |
| 41 | D; d'-d” | Roberton | The Cat and the Fiddle | The Cat and the Fiddle | Roberton 72235 |
| 42 | G; d'-e” | Rowley | Candle-light | Candle-light | Roberton 75074 |
| 43 | G; d'-d” | Rowley | The Grandfather Clock | The Grandfather Clock | Roberton 75077 |
| 44 | D; a-c” | Stannard | Grizzly Bear | Young Voiceworks | OUP 9780193435551 |
| 45 | A♭; E♭'-f” | Tamezō | Hamabe no Uta (Song of the Seashore) | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 46 | A; e'-e” | Trad., arr. Elkin | The Bouquet of Rosemary | The Bouquet of Rosemary | Novello NOV160108 |
| 47 | Bm; a-d” | Trad., arr. Marsh | The Rebel Soldier | Songscape | Faber 0571518672 |
| 48 | G; d'-e” | Vernon-Long & Long | Lay-Z the Lion | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 49 | Dm; c'-d” | Westcott | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star | Trinity TCL031884e (🕮) |
| 50 | B♭; c'-c” | Wilson | Open | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
Group C: Folk Song
| Key & range | Composer | Piece | Book | Publisher & Code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Dm; c'-d” | Anand | A Little Lovely Dream | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 52 | G; d'-d” | Maguire, arr. Hargest Jones | The Gypsy Rover (3 verses) | Songs of Ireland | Boosey M060087967 |
| 53 | B♭; d'-d” | Trad. | My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean | The Library of Folk Songs | Music Sales AM961521 |
| 54 | D; b-d” | Trad. | The Overlander (any 3 verses & choruses) | Songs that Shaped Australia | All Music 0801141540 🕮 |
| 55 | D; d'-e” | Trad., arr. Appleby & Fowler” | Ho-la-hi | Sing Together! | OUP 9780193301559 (melody), 9780193301566 (piano score) |
| 56 | G; b'-c” | Trad., arr. Carson Turner” | Old King Cole (verse 1 and any other 2 verses - upper line only) | Best of Children's Songs | Schott ED12948 |
| 57 | G; d'-e” | Trad., arr. Dacey” | Anna Marie | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 58 | G; d'-e” | Trad., arr. Hargest Jones” | The Garden Where the Praties Grow (verses 1 and 3 only) | Songs of Ireland | Boosey M060087967 |
| 59 | F; c'-f” [D] | Trad., arr. Hargest Jones” | The Keel Row (any 3 verses) | Songs of England | Boosey M060087936 |
| 60 | Gm; d'-E♭” | Trad., arr. I Holst” | River Wisla | Nineteen European Folk Songs | Novello NOV490383 |
| 61 | D; d'-d” | Trad., arr. I Holst” | Spin, Spin | Nineteen European Folk Songs | Novello NOV490383 |
| 62 | F; d'-c” | Trad., arr. Marsh” | Gōngkè wánbi tàiyáng xī (School Is Over and Work Is Done) | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 63 | G; d'-e” | Trad., arr. Moore” | All Through the Night | Singing Grade 1 from 2023 | Trinity TCL031600 |
| 64 | Em; c'-e” | Trad., arr. Rubin & Stillman” | Song of the Volga Boatmen | A Russian Songbook | Dover DP14069 |
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