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About the exam
About the exam

Each exam has three core components: songs, technical work and supporting tests. There are slightly different
requirements depending on the level of the exam.
SONGS TECHNICAL WORK SUPPORTING TESTS

Choose three or four songs, depending Choose vocal exercises, Vaccai A combination of sight reading, aural,
on the grade. exercise(s) or unaccompanied folk song. improvisation and musical knowledge
— depending on grade and candidate
choice.
SONGS
INITIAL–GRADE 5:
66 MARKS TECHNICAL WORK
GRADES 6–8: INITIAL–GRADE 5:
68 MARKS 14 MARKS
GRADES 6–8:
12 MARKS
SUPPORTING TESTS
20 MARKS
EXAM STRUCTURE AND MARK SCHEME
Initial–Grade 5 Grades 6–8

Maximum marks Maximum marks
SONG 1 22 SONG 1 17
SONG 2 22 SONG 2 17
SONG 3 22 SONG 3 17
TECHNICAL WORK 14 SONG 4 17

ONE of the following:
TECHNICAL WORK 12
◗◗ Vocal exercises
◗◗ Vaccai exercise
◗◗ Unaccompanied folk song
◗◗ Vaccai exercise(s)
SUPPORTING TESTS 20 ◗◗ Unaccompanied folk song
Any TWO of the following:
SUPPORTING TEST 1 10
◗◗ Sight reading
◗◗ Aural ◗◗ Sight reading
◗◗ Improvisation SUPPORTING TEST 2 10

◗◗ Musical knowledge ONE of the following:
◗◗ Aural
TOTAL 100
◗◗ Improvisation
TOTAL 100
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Exam guidance: Songs

◗◗ Songs that are indicated as (F) or (M) have been identified
as being more suitable for either female or male candidates.
However, this information is provided as guidance only, and
candidates may choose to ignore it.
◗◗ All songs may be performed in any key, published or
transposed, except for items in the opera, operetta &
oratorio section of group A, which must be sung in the
published key. Songs in this group written before 1750
SONGS
may be performed at Baroque pitch (one semitone lower).
◗◗ In group A, where songs are grouped by voice type,
candidates must observe the specified voice type and key
except where established performance precedent allows
for a different voice type or key.
◗◗ Candidates may perform an own composition in place of
one of the listed songs (see page 11).
RANGES AND KEYS

CHOOSING SONGS ◗◗ Ranges and keys are given alongside each song.
Candidates perform three or four songs in their exam, Where several versions of a song are available, the highest
chosen as follows: is listed first, with keys of lower versions following in
square brackets. Alternatives to highest or lowest notes
Initial–Grade 5 are shown in parentheses. Pitch notation used for ranges
follows the Helmholtz system:

◗◗ Candidates perform three songs, chosen from the list(s).
 
◗◗ Except at Initial, songs are divided into groups based
on style and genre. No more than TWO songs may be
 
chosen from any one group. There are no compulsory
song groups.  
◗◗ Candidates may not perform more than one song by C c c’ c’’ c’’’
the same composer.
◗◗ Songs may be translated into English, or sung in any PERFORMANCE AND INTERPRETATION
other published singing translation. ◗◗ Candidates should prepare all songs in full unless
◗◗ Songs that are indicated as (F) or (M) have been particular verses are specified.
identified as being more suitable for either female or ◗◗ All da capo and dal segno instructions should be observed.
male candidates. However, this information is provided
◗◗ All tempo and performance markings should be observed
as guidance only, and candidates may choose to ignore it.
(eg allegro, rall., cresc.). Metronome marks are given as a
◗◗ All songs may be performed in any key, published
guide but do not need to be observed exactly, as long as
or transposed. the style and character of the song is maintained.
◗◗ Candidates may perform an own composition in place of
one of the listed songs (see page 11). MEMORY
◗◗ Candidates may perform any or all of their songs
Grades 6–8
from memory, which may improve note security and
◗◗ Candidates perform four songs, chosen from the lists. confidence. Although this is not compulsory and no
◗◗ Songs are divided into groups based on style and genre. additional marks are given for this, over-reliance on the
No more than TWO songs may be chosen from any one score may inhibit communication and this can be reflected
group. At least ONE song must be chosen from group A. in the marks awarded.
◗◗ Candidates may not perform more than one song by the
same composer. ACCOMPANIMENTS AND PAGE TURNS
◗◗ Songs must be sung in the original language unless ◗◗ Candidates are responsible for providing their own
otherwise stated. accompanists and may not accompany themselves,
unless they are performing an own composition.
◗◗ Programmes must include at least TWO living languages
(ie not Latin). This may include English. ◗◗ Songs published with an accompaniment may not be
performed unaccompanied.
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◗◗ Accompaniments must be performed as printed, without ◗◗ In accordance with the MPA’s Code of Fair Practice,
giving additional help to the candidate (for example by candidates must produce original copies of all songs
doubling the vocal line). to be performed at the exam, even if songs have been
◗◗ Accompaniments on instruments other than piano, memorised, handwritten or typeset. Songs where no
for example guitar or lute, must be approved by original copy has been provided might be awarded
Trinity before the day of the exam. Please note that no marks.
non-piano accompaniments can be approved only if ◗◗ If candidates are performing songs that are not in
musically appropriate (eg where the published piano Trinity’s graded repertoire books, they will need to
accompaniment is an arrangement of a part written for provide a photocopy as a reference for the examiner.
a different instrument). In all cases, accompaniment Photocopies will be kept by the examiner and destroyed
must be provided on a single instrument. after the exam. Our examiners will have a copy of the
◗◗ Where accompaniments feature long introductions or repertoire contained in Trinity’s graded books.
endings, these should be shortened if possible in a way ◗◗ Where music has been downloaded, candidates must
that is musically appropriate. bring proof of purchase or details of the website where
◗◗ Difficult page turns may be overcome by photocopying the it was accessed for the examiner’s reference.
relevant pages. Page turners may assist the accompanist
at Grades 6–8. OWN COMPOSITION
◗◗ Accompanists and their page turners may only remain in ◗◗ Candidates can choose to perform an own composition
the exam when required. as one of their songs. Own composition songs will
◗◗ Candidates may use a backing track or recording of be assessed in the same way as the listed repertoire.

the piano accompaniment in exams up to and including Marks are not awarded for the quality of the composition.
Grade 3. From Grade 4 onwards the accompaniment must ◗◗ Own compositions must be comparable in technical and
be performed live in the exam. [Please note that although
musical demand to the songs listed for the same grade.
all Trinity’s graded repertoire books for singing contain
◗◗ Own compositions may be accompanied or unaccompanied.
backing track CDs, these may only be used in exams up to
and including Grade 3.] ◗◗ For the own composition option only, candidates may
◗◗ Recorded accompaniments need not be commercial accompany themselves.
products, but must be of a good quality and must not ◗◗ A translation should be provided if the song includes
change the difficulty of the song (eg by including the vocal lyrics in a language other than English.
line where it is not included in the piano accompaniment). ◗◗ A typeset or handwritten copy of the composition must
◗◗ Where recorded accompaniments are used, candidates be given to the examiner at the beginning of the exam.
must provide and operate their own playback equipment. At Initial to Grade 5, own compositions may be notated
Equipment must produce a good sound quality at an in any easily readable form, including graphic score or
adequate volume. Contact should be made with the centre lead-sheet. At Grades 6–8 they must be notated on a
well in advance to confirm the arrangements (power stave. Marks will be deducted if notation is incomplete
supply, equipment insurance, etc), which must be agreed or inaccurate, or if the performance varies significantly
with Trinity’s local representative. All electrical devices from the notation.
must comply with health and safety requirements in the ◗◗ Own compositions should be candidates’ own unaided
country where the exam is taking place. work, although teachers may offer guidance as necessary.
MUSIC AND COPIES OBTAINING MUSIC FOR THE EXAM

◗◗ Candidates should obtain the music for their exam in good
◗◗ Trinity’s graded repertoire books can be ordered at
time before entering for the exam, and they must bring it
trinitycollege.com/shop or your local music shop.
with them on the day of the exam.
Vocal Exercises and Sing Musical Theatre books are
◗◗ We publish selected repertoire in our graded repertoire available, as well as sight reading and aural test books.
books. Recommended editions for other songs are listed See page 80 for more information.
in this syllabus, but candidates may perform from any
◗◗ Details of the publishers listed in this syllabus can be
reliable edition that has not been shortened or otherwise
found on page 79.
simplified. Editions containing inauthentic performance
directions are not acceptable. If a particular edition must ◗◗ Non-UK publishers may have different local agents in
be used, this is indicated in the syllabus. Product codes for other parts of the world who may be able to supply
publications are included where available. music more easily or quickly. Please contact the
publishers directly for details.
◗◗ We take copyright infringement seriously and require
candidates to ensure their music comes from a legitimate ◗◗ Trinity cannot guarantee that music will always be in
source. Guidelines are available in the UK Music Publishers stock with local suppliers. Candidates and teachers should
Association’s Code of Fair Practice, available at always check with the publisher before it is assumed that
mpaonline.org.uk. Candidates must comply with copyright any item has gone out of print.
and other intellectual property laws in the country where
the exam is taking place.
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Exam guidance: Technical work
Exam guidance: Technical work

VACCAI EXERCISE(S)
The Vaccai exercises focus on strengthening the core of
the voice, developing confidence in managing intervals and
encouraging clarity and accuracy of articulation and diction
in the Italian language.
◗◗ Vaccai exercises must be performed from memory.
TECHNICAL ◗◗ They must be sung in Italian.

WORK ◗◗ They may be sung in any key, either published
or transposed.
◗◗ The piano accompaniment for the exercise(s) should
be provided by the candidate’s accompanist.
◗◗ Candidates may use a backing track or recording of
the piano accompaniment in exams up to and including
Grade 3. Backing tracks must be of a good quality and
must not change the difficulty of the exercise (eg by
including the vocal line where it is not included in the
This section of the exam is designed to build an assured piano accompaniment). From Grade 4 onwards the
vocal proficiency by developing specific skills progressively accompaniment must be performed live in the exam.
through the grades. Each option also encourages musical
UNACCOMPANIED FOLK SONG
and expressive singing, as the techniques are embedded
within pieces of music which have words that need to be The unaccompanied folk songs focus on control of pitch
communicated effectively. and pulse, ensuring that key centre and flow are maintained
while conveying a specific story, character or mood.
Candidates choose one of the following three options:
◗◗ Vocal exercises (accompanied) ◗◗ Unaccompanied folk songs must be performed
from memory.
◗◗ Vaccai exercise(s) (accompanied)
◗◗ They may be sung in any key, either published
or transposed.
◗◗ Key chords and starting notes may be provided by
VOCAL EXERCISES
candidates themselves, or by their accompanists.
Trinity’s vocal exercises focus on the mastery of pitching
◗◗ Candidates must use the version from The Language of
accuracy and dynamic gradation, rhythmic precision and
Folk specified for the grade. Own choice unaccompanied
careful diction, with a contemporary feel to the language
folk songs are not permitted.
and musical idiom.
Further information about specific technical work
◗◗ Candidates should perform all three exercises listed for the
requirements for each grade is given in the relevant
grade (a. pitch and tone, b. rhythm, c. diction).
sections of this syllabus.
◗◗ Vocal exercises must be performed from memory.
◗◗ They may be sung in any key, either published or
transposed. If candidates are performing transposed
versions, each exercise must be transposed by the
same interval.
◗◗ The piano accompaniment for the exercises should be
provided by the candidate’s accompanist.
◗◗ Candidates may use a backing track or recording of
the piano accompaniment in exams up to and including
Grade 3. Backing tracks must be of a good quality and
must not change the difficulty of the exercise (eg by
including the vocal line where it is not included in the
piano accompaniment). From Grade 4 onwards the
accompaniment must be performed live in the exam.
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Initial
Initial
EXAM DURATION EXAM STRUCTURE
The Initial exam lasts The Initial exam contains the following:
11 minutes. Maximum marks
SONG 1 22
SONG 2 22
SONG 3 22
TECHNICAL WORK 14
SUPPORTING TESTS 20
◗◗ Aural
◗◗ Musical knowledge
TOTAL 100
SONGS
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three songs, chosen from the list below — see pages 10–11 for guidance.
Candidates may not perform more than one song by the same composer.
Key;
Range Composer Song Suggested edition
1. D; d’–e” ANDERSON To a Baby Brother from Song for a Baby Sister & To a Baby Brother Roberton 75252
2. D; c#’–e” ANDERSON Winter from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
3. D; c#’–d” BARRATT Elephant from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
4. G; d’–d” BELYEA Lions Roberton 75334
Whales — Swimming Free [1st and 3rd verses]
5. D; c#’–e” COOMBES Trinity TCL 016805
from Trinity Singing Initial
6. Dm; d’–c” COURT Korimako, Bellbird from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
7. Dm; c#’–c” CRAWLEY Food (from Ev’ryday Things) from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
8. C; c’–c” CRAWLEY Mrs Dinosaur Roberton 75391
The Night the Witches Ride
9. Em; e’–e” CRAWLEY Roberton 75237
from Trick or Treat: Three Songs for Halloween
10. F; c’–c” CRAWLEY The Penguin Dance Roberton 75390
11. G; d’–e” CURWIN My Dog Spot Curwen JC72621
12. Dm; d’–c” GRITZ My Mother Said from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
13. F; c’–d” HOLDSTOCK Flat as a Pancake from The Bright Umbrella Universal UE 17313
14. C; c’–d” HOLDSTOCK Pancake Calypso from The Bright Umbrella Universal UE 17313
15. Gm; d’–d” HOLDSTOCK The Bright Umbrella from The Bright Umbrella Universal UE 17313
24 = Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade

Initial
Initial
16. C; c’–c” HOLDSTOCK The Scarecrow from The Bright Umbrella Universal UE 17313
There is a Green Hill Far Away Canterbury
17. Eb; eb’–eb” HORSLEY
from Hymns Ancient & Modern New Standard (no. 137) 0907547370
18. Am; e’–c#” LEE Earth Folk from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
19. E; e’–e” LINDLEY Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Banks BR 197
Big Boats, Small Boats [any 2 verses and choruses]
20. G; d’–d” MARSH Faber 0571522068
from Junior Songscape Earth, Sea and Sky
PITT Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer
21. C; c’–e” Trinity TCL 016805
arr. MARSH from Trinity Singing Initial
REYNOLDS Morningtown Ride [verses 1 & 4]
22. C; c’–e” Faber 0571526446
arr. MARSH from Junior Songscape Children’s Favourites
23. C; d’–c” RITCHIE Albatross Flying So High from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
Yesterday’s News (Pardon Our Rubbish!)
24. Bm; b–b’ ROE Thames TH978632
from Songs from the Betty Roe Shows vol. 1
O Come, Little Children A&C Black
25. D; d’–d” SCHULZ
from Carol, Gaily Carol 713657944
Doll on a Music Box [1st verse only] (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
26. Eb; bb–c” SHERMAN Alfred ALF31373
from Broadway Presents! Kids’ Musical Theatre Anthology
Let’s Go Fly a Kite (Mary Poppins) Trinity Faber
27. Bb; c#’–d” SHERMAN
from Any Dream Will Do TCL 011466
The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers Hal Leonard
28. F; c’–c” SHERMAN
from The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs HL00313100
Winnie the Pooh Hal Leonard
29. F; c’–bb’ SHERMAN
30. D; c#’–c” STROGERS Cradle Song from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
31. C; c’–c” TRAD. Bound for South Australia from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
Donkey Riding [any 2 verses and choruses — upper line only] Schott ED12948
D; d’–d”
32. TRAD. from Best of Children’s Songs or Novello
or F; f’–d”
or The National Songbook NOV492393
Kumbayah [any 3 verses and choruses] Music Sales
33. C; c’–a’ TRAD.
from The Library of Folk Songs AM961521
34. F; c’–d” TRAD. My Father’s Garden from Trinity Singing Initial Trinity TCL 016805
OUP
TRAD. 9780193301559
The Smuggler’s Song
35. Eb; d’–eb” arr. APPLEBY (melody),
from Sing Together!
& FOWLER 9780193301566
(piano score)
TRAD.
Aiken Drum [any 2 verses and choruses — upper line only]
36. G; d’–e” arr. CARSON Schott ED12948
from Best of Children’s Songs
TURNER
TRAD.
There’s a Big Ship Sailing [any 3 verses]
37. F; c’–d” arr. CARSON Schott ED12948
TURNER
TRAD. Oats and Beans and Barley Grow [omit 2nd verse]
38. D; d’–c” Trinity TCL 016805
arr. DÉDIS from Trinity Singing Initial
TRAD. Sur le pont d’Avignon
39. G; d’–d” Trinity TCL 016805
arr. LONG from Trinity Singing Initial
TRAD. Good Night Boosey
40. Dm; d’–e”
arr. RAO from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy Song Collection M060112256
TRAD. arr. Humpty Dumpty
41. D; d’–d” Roberton 72176
ROBERTON from Humpty Dumpty and Shoo Shaggie
TRAD. I Know Where I’m Going
42. G; g’–d” Trinity TCL 016805
arr. WRIGHT from Trinity Singing Initial
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah (Song of the South) Hal Leonard
43. Bb; bb–d” WRUBEL
= Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade 25

Initial
Own composition
Duration: 0.5 – 1 minute(s)
Candidates may perform an own composition instead of one listed song. More information
can be found on page 11.
Own compositions must be comparable in technical and musical demand to the songs listed
for this grade.
TECHNICAL WORK
Candidates choose ONE of the following three options (1, 2 or 3), to be performed from memory — see page 12.
1. Vocal exercises Candidates perform the following three exercises: Vocal Exercises
a. Sailing (pitch and tone) Trinity TCL 016775
b. Beat the Drum (rhythm)
c. Springtime (diction)
2. Vaccai exercise Candidates perform the following exercise, in Italian: Metodo Pratico
— Lektion I (The Scale only: Manca sollecita) Peters EP 2073a (high), EP 2073b
(medium), EP 2073c (low)
3. Unaccompanied Candidates perform ONE of the following: The Language of Folk 1

folk song a. Three Jolly Fishermen Faber 0-571-53732-4
b. Chiall mo làmh a lùths (My Hand Has Lost Its Power)
SUPPORTING TESTS
Candidates choose TWO of the following:
◗◗ Aural
1. Sight reading
After 30 seconds’ preparation time, candidates perform a previously unseen musical extract at a level lower than the exam
being taken, accompanied by the examiner. See page 14 for sight reading parameters.
2. Aural
Candidates answer questions based on a single musical example played on the piano by the examiner — see page 15.
Parameters Task Requirement
Melody only Listen to the melody three times Clap the pulse on the third playing, stressing the strong beat
4 bars Listen to the melody once Identify the dynamic as forte or piano
Major key Listen to the melody once Identify the articulation as legato or staccato
Listen to the first three notes of the Identify the highest or lowest note
melody once
3. Improvisation
Candidates perform an improvisation based on a stimulus chosen from the following three options:
◗◗ Stylistic
◗◗ Motivic
◗◗ Harmonic
See pages 15–17 for the requirements and parameters.
4. Musical knowledge
Candidates answer questions assessing their understanding of the songs performed, as well as their knowledge of notation
and the voice. Questions are based on candidates’ chosen songs. See page 18 for example questions and responses.
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Grade 1
Grade 1
The Grade 1 exam lasts The Grade 1 exam contains the following:
Grade 1
SONG 1 22
SONG 2 22
SONG 3 22
TECHNICAL WORK 14
SUPPORTING TESTS 20
◗◗ Aural
TOTAL 100
SONGS
Candidates perform a balanced programme of three songs, chosen from the lists below — see pages 10–11 for guidance.
No more than two songs may be chosen from any one group. Candidates may not perform more than one song by
the same composer.
Key;
Group A: Musical theatre & film
Where Is Love? (Oliver!) Trinity Faber

1. C; c–d’ BART
Little April Shower (Bambi) Hal Leonard
2. C; b–e’ CHURCHILL
Lavender Blue (So Dear to My Heart) Hal Leonard
3. C; b–d’ DANIEL
DAVID,
Cinderella Hal Leonard
4. C; c’–d” HOFFMANN &
from Walt Disney’s Cinderella: Vocal Selections HL00359478
LIVINGSTONE
I’m Late (Alice in Wonderland) Hal Leonard
5. C; c’–e” FAIN
Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty) Hal Leonard
6. F; d’–f” FAIN
The Second Star to the Right (Peter Pan) [no repeat] Hal Leonard
7. Eb; c’–c” FAIN
You’ve Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story) Hal Leonard
8. Eb; eb’–eb” NEWMAN
from Contemporary Disney Songs HL00313169
Edelweiss Hal Leonard
9. Bb; d’–c” RODGERS
from The Sound of Music: Vocal Selections HL00312392
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Grade 1
My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music) Trinity Faber

10. Em; b–c” RODGERS
So Long, Farewell Hal Leonard
11. C; b–e”(g”) RODGERS
from The Sound of Music: Vocal Selections HL00312392
‘Orrible Little Blue Eyes (The Barnstormers)
12. G; d’–e” ROE Thames TH978632
Truly Scrumptious
13. G; d’–d” SHERMAN Alfred TSF0070
from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Musical Selections
WELCH/ Summer Holiday
14. F; c’–f” Faber 0571520774
BENNETT from Junior Songscape
I Want to be Happy (No, No, Nanette) Trinity Faber
15. C; c’–e” YOUMANS
from Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? TCL 011473
Group B: General song repertoire
1. Eb; c’–eb” BAYNON A Shepherd’s Carol Curwen JC72117

Boosey
2. G; d’–d” BENJAMIN Callers
M060012822
3. G; d’–d” BRAHMS Marienwürmchen (Ladybird) from Seven Children’s Songs Roberton 75388
4. G; d’–d’’ CARTER One More Step Along the World I Go from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
5. D; c#’–e” CRAWLEY Little Leprechaun Roberton 75371
6. Gm; d’–eb” CRAWLEY We Can Make a Difference from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
Daisy Bell [1st verse and chorus only] Novello
7. F; c’–d” DACRE
from The National Songbook NOV492393
8. G; d’–e” DAWSON The Magic Night from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
9. C; c’–d” EXLEY Hop Bird (from Four Small Songs) from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
10. C; g’–e” FRASER Fishing from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
G; Cakes (from Just Desserts)
11. HAMILTON Trinity TCL 016812
d’–c”(d”) from Trinity Singing Grade 1
12. D; b–c#” HAMILTON Ice Cream from Just Desserts Sounz
13. C; c’–d” HARRIS My Uncle Rumbold from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep (tune: Buckland, no. 134) Canterbury
14. D; c#’–d” HAYNE
from Hymns Ancient and Modern New Standard 0907547370
15. Gm; d’–d” JENKYNS The Crocodile Novello NOV160070
Away in a Manger (tune: Cradle Song, no. 22) Canterbury
16. F; c’–d” KIRKPATRICK
from New English Hymnal 0907547516
Albatross (Toroa) [1st and 3rd verses only]
17. Cm; b–c” LENNOX Trinity TCL 016812
from Trinity Singing Grade 1
18. F; c’–e” MARSH Orange and Yellow and Brown from Junior Songscape Faber 0571520774
19. F; c’–d” MARSH Seagull from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
20. C; b’–c” MARSH The Lighthouse from Junior Songscape Earth, Sea and Sky Faber 0571522068
NEWLY & Gonna Build a Mountain [verses 1, 2 & 3 to be sung to the
21. Eb; bb–c” Faber 0571518672
BRICUSSE melody line — end before key change to E] from Songscape
22. G; d’–e” PARKE Over the Hills and Far Away from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
23. Ab; eb’–eb” ROBERTON Good Morrow to You, Springtime! Roberton 75019
24. Bb; f’–d” ROBERTON Softly Falls the Shades of Evening Roberton 75019
25. D; d’–d” ROBERTON The Cat and the Fiddle from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
26. G; d’–e” ROWLEY Candle-light Roberton 75074
27. G; d’–d” ROWLEY The Grandfather Clock from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
28. A; e’–e” TRAD. arr. ELKIN The Bouquet of Rosemary from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
TRAD. The Rebel Soldier
29. Bm; a–d” Faber 0571518672
arr. MARSH from Songscape
30. Dm; c’–d’’ WESTCOTT Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star from Trinity Singing Grade 1 Trinity TCL 016812
Grade 1
Group C: Folk song
MAGUIRE arr. The Gypsy Rover

1. G; d’–d” Boosey M060087967
HARGEST JONES from Songs of Ireland
All Through the Night from The National Novello NOV492393 or
2. G; d’–e” TRAD.
Songbook or Songs of Wales Boosey M060087943
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
3. Bb; d’–d” TRAD. Music Sales AM961521
Grade 1
from The Library of Folk Songs
The Overlander [any 3 verses & choruses]
4. D; b–d” TRAD. Trinity TCL 016812
TRAD. arr. Anna Marie OUP 9780193301559 (melody),
5. G; d’–e”
APPLEBY & FOWLER from Sing Together! 9780193301566 (piano score)
TRAD. arr. Ho-la-hi OUP 9780193301559 (melody),
6. D; d’–e”
Old King Cole [verse 1 and any other
TRAD.
7. G; b’–c” two verses — upper line only] Schott ED12948
arr. CARSON TURNER
TRAD. The Garden Where the Praties Grow
8. G; d’–e” Boosey M060087967
arr. HARGEST JONES [verses 1 and 3 only] from Songs of Ireland
TRAD. The Keel Row [any 3 verses]
9. D; a–d” Boosey M060087936
arr. HARGEST JONES from Songs of England
TRAD. River Wisla
10. Gm; d’–eb” Novello NOV490383
arr. I HOLST from Nineteen European Folk Songs
TRAD. Spin, Spin
11. D; d’–d” Novello NOV490383
arr. I HOLST from Nineteen European Folk Songs
TRAD. arr. Song of the Volga Boatmen
12. Em; c’–e” Dover DP14069
RUBIN & STILLMAN from A Russian Songbook
Own composition
Duration: approximately 1 minute
for this grade.

Grade 1
TECHNICAL WORK
a. Spooky! (pitch and tone) Trinity TCL 016775
b. Riding the Waves (rhythm)
c. Swallows Flying (diction)
— Lektion I no. 2 (Skips of Thirds only: Peters EP 2073a (high), EP 2073b
Semplicetta tortorella) (medium), EP 2073c (low)

folk song a. Ally Bally Bee (Coulter’s Candy) [verses 1 and 4] Faber 0-571-53732-4
b. Nelson’s Blood (Roll the Old Chariot Along)
[verse 1, chorus, verse 2, chorus]
SUPPORTING TESTS
◗◗ Aural
1. Sight reading
After 30 seconds’ preparation time, candidates perform a previously unseen musical extract at a level lower than the exam
being taken, accompanied by the examiner. See page 14 for sight reading parameters.
2. Aural
4 bars Listen to the melody once i) Identify the dynamic as forte or piano
ii) Identify the articulation as legato or staccato
Major key
or Listen to the first two bars of the Identify the last note as higher or lower than the first note
melody once
Listen to the melody twice, with a Identify where the change occurs
change of rhythm or pitch in the
second playing
3. Improvisation
◗◗ Stylistic
◗◗ Motivic
◗◗ Harmonic
30
Grade 2
Grade 2
SONG 1 22
SONG 2 22
SONG 3 22
Grade 2
TECHNICAL WORK 14
SUPPORTING TESTS 20
◗◗ Aural
TOTAL 100
SONGS
the same composer.
Key;
1. Bb; c’–f” BART Consider Yourself from Oliver!: Vocal Selections Music Sales LK56070
Who Will Buy? (Oliver!) from Wouldn’t It Trinity Faber TCL 011473
2. Dm; d’–d” BART
Be Loverly? or Oliver!: Vocal Selections or Music Sales LK56070
(F) I Got the Sun in the Morning
3. F; c’–c” BERLIN [with introduction] Hal Leonard HL00005576
from Annie Get Your Gun: Vocal Selections
Heigh Ho (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
4. G; d’–d” CHURCHILL from The New Illustrated Treasury of Hal Leonard HL00313100
Disney Songs
Love Is a Song (Bambi)
from Stage and Screen: The Black Book or Music Sales AM92249
5. Gm; d’–e” CHURCHILL
single sheet [NB any version used must include or CC10505
both the verse (minor) and the chorus (major)]
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella)
DAVID, HOFFMAN
6. G; b–d” from The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Hal Leonard HL00313100
& LIVINGSTONE
Songs
HACKADY & Just One Person (Snoopy)
7. D; c’–f” Trinity Faber TCL 011466
GROSSMAN from Any Dream Will Do
When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio) from
8. C; g–d” HARLINE Hal Leonard HL00313100
The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
31
Grade 2
(M) Camelot (Camelot) from The Singer’s Musical

9. F; c’–d” LOEWE Hal Leonard HL00361074
Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Baritone/Bass)
A Whole New World (Aladdin)
10. D; a–d’’ MENKEN Chester CH61681
from Making the Grade: Grades 2–3
Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid)
11. F; c’–c’’ MENKEN Chester CH61681
from Making the Grade: Grades 2–3
Doh-Re-Mi (The Sound of Music)
12. C; c’–c” RODGERS Hal Leonard HLE90001388
from Kids’ Book of Vocal Solos
(F) Getting To Know You (The King and I)
13. A; c#’–c#” RODGERS from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology Hal Leonard HL00740122
vol. 3 (Soprano)
Poco Poppa Pizza and Mamma Piccolo
14. D; c#’–d” ROE (The Most Wanted Faces) Thames TH978633
A Time for Us (Romeo and Juliet)
15. Gm; bb–d” ROTA Hal Leonard HL00360735
from 150 of the Most Beautiful Songs Ever
Little People (Les Misérables)
16. D; a–d” SCHÖNBERG Hal Leonard HLE90001388
from Kids’ Book of Vocal Solos
A Spoonful of Sugar (Mary Poppins)
17. G; c#’–d” SHERMAN Trinity Faber TCL 011473
from Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?
Hushabye Mountain
18. Cm; b–db” SHERMAN Alfred TSF0070
from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Musical Selections
The Girl I Mean to Be (The Secret Garden)
19. Eb; ab–c” SIMON Trinity Faber TCL 011473
Tomorrow (Annie) from Audition Songs For Kids Wise AM 955273
20. F; a–d” STROUSE
or Making the Grade: Grades 2–3 or Chester CH61681
1. Eb; c’–eb” ANDERSON Evening in Autumn from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
Bm; g#’–d” ANON. Pastime with Good Company Hal Leonard HL40018 (high),
2.
[Gm] (attrib. HENRY VIII) from English Songs: Renaissance to Baroque HL40019 (low)
3. D; d’–e” BAYNON The Spanish Main from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
F; Coconut Man
4. BESWICK Universal UE 16393
c’–g”(e”) from Pick ‘n’ Choose
Die Henne (Henny Penny)
5. G; d’–e” BRAHMS Roberton 75388
from Seven Children’s Songs
Sandmännchen (The Sandman)
6. A; e’–f#” BRAHMS Patersons PAT00601
from The Hundred Best Short Songs book 1
7. G; d’–f” BRITTEN Fancie Boosey M060014239
The World’s End [omit 3rd verse]
8. F; c’–e” BURTCH Trinity TCL 016829
9. Am; c’–e” CLEMENTS The Scarecrow Novello NOV160131
COGHLAN
10. Eb; c’–eb” Rocking in Rhythm from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
& COGHLAN
11. Cm; bb–eb” CRAWLEY Abdul, the Magician from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
12. Dm; d’–d” CRAWLEY Grizelda from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
13. G; d’–e” DUNHILL How Soft upon the Evening Air Curwen JC2603
14. C; d’–f” EXLEY A Fly from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
Chocolate (from Just Desserts)
15. F; c’–c” HAMILTON Trinity TCL 016829
16. Bb; c’–d” HAMILTON Perfect Milkshake from Just Desserts Sounz
17. Eb; eb’–eb” JENKYNS Bessie, the Black Cat Novello NOV160110
18. G; d#’–e” JENKYNS The Little Spanish Town Novello NOV160071
19. Gm; d’–d” MARSH Something Spooky from Spooky Songs Faber 057153239X
20. F; f’–g” MAWBY I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes RSCM RA405

Grade 2
21. C; d’–e” NELSON Ghosts in the Belfry from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
22. D; d’–d” PERRY The Frog OUP 9780193419650
23. F; eb’–e” ROWLEY The Fairy Weavers Roberton 75076
G; d’–g”
24. SAUNDERS The Pussy Next Door Patersons PAT17440
(e”)
Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) D 867
25. Ab; eb’–eb” SCHUBERT Patersons PAT00603
from The Hundred Best Short Songs book 3
Kinderwacht (The Children’s Watch), op. 79 Ditson 431-41002
F; c’–c”
26. SCHUMANN no. 22 from Easy German Classic Songs or or Faber 0571523455 (high),
or G [F]
The Language of Song: Elementary 0571523463 (low)
Schmetterling (The Butterfly), op. 79 no. 2
27. C; e’–f” SCHUMANN Ditson 431-41002
from Easy German Classic Songs
Grade 2
28. F; f’–f” SHAW London Birds Curwen JC71947
29. D; d’–b’ SKEMPTON Pigs Could Fly from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
30. C; c’–f” TATE Beauty Bright Roberton 75164
Fm; On the Back of an Eagle
31. TELFER Trinity TCL 016829
eb’–eb” from Trinity Singing Grade 2
32. D; d’–d” THIMAN The Skylark from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
33. F; c’–d” VINE Love Me Sweet from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
Group C: Folk song
Westering Home from Trinity Singing Grade 2

1. A; c#’–e” ROBERTON Trinity TCL 016829
[NB only this version may be used]
Cockles and Mussels
2. G; d’–d” TRAD. Music Sales AM961521
3. Dm; c#’–a’ TRAD. Coventry Carol from The Library of Folk Songs Music Sales AM961521
Go Tell It on the Mountain [any 3 verses and
4. F; c’–d” TRAD. Music Sales AM961521
choruses] from The Library of Folk Songs
The Lark in the Morn
5. G; d’–e” TRAD. Music Sales AM961521
TRAD. arr. A-roving OUP 9780193301559 (melody),
6. F; c’–f”
TRAD. arr. Bobby Shafto OUP 9780193301559 (melody),
7. G; d’–d”
TRAD. arr. Golden Slumbers OUP 9780193301559 (melody),
8. Bb; d’–f”
TRAD. arr. Sweet Nightingale [3 verses and choruses] OUP 9780193301559 (melody),
9. G; d’–e”
TRAD. The Ash Grove [any 2 verses] from Folk Songs
10. G; c’–e” Alfred VF1880
arr. COLE of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
TRAD. Banana Boat Song (Day oh) [3 verses and
11. D; a–d” Boosey M060092695
arr. HARGEST JONES choruses] from Songs of The Americas
TRAD. The Miller of Dee
12. Gm; d’–d” Boosey M060087936
arr. HARGEST JONES from Songs of England
TRAD.
13. Gm; g’–eb” Farewell, Lad from Trinity Singing Grade 2 Trinity TCL 016829
arr. O’NEILL
TRAD. Dalmatian Cradle Song [NB only this version
14. Dm; c’–d” Roberton 75012
arr. ROBERTON may be used]
Own composition
Duration: 1 – 1.5 minute(s)
for this grade.

Grade 2
TECHNICAL WORK
a. Straw Gold (pitch and tone) Trinity TCL 016775
b. Fire! (rhythm)
c. Polly Parrot (diction)
— Lektion II (Skips of Fourths only: Lascia il lido) Peters EP 2073a (high), EP 2073b

folk song a. My Bonny Lad Faber 0-571-53732-4
b. The Handloom Weaver’s Lament
[verse 1, chorus, verse 7, chorus]
SUPPORTING TESTS
◗◗ Aural
1. Sight reading
After 30 seconds’ preparation time, candidates perform a previously unseen musical extract at a level approximately
two grades lower than the exam being taken, accompanied by the examiner. See page 14 for sight reading parameters.
2. Aural
4 bars Listen to the melody once i) Describe the dynamics, which will vary during the melody
ii) Identify the articulation as legato or staccato
Major or minor key
or Listen to the melody once Identify the last note as higher or lower than the first note
Listen to the melody twice, with a i) Identify where the change occurs
change of rhythm or pitch in the ii) Identify the change as rhythm or pitch
second playing
3. Improvisation
◗◗ Stylistic
◗◗ Motivic
◗◗ Harmonic
34
Grade 3
Grade 3
SONG 1 22
SONG 2 22
SONG 3 22
TECHNICAL WORK 14
Grade 3
SUPPORTING TESTS 20
◗◗ Aural
TOTAL 100
SONGS
the same composer.
Key;
If I Only Had a Brain [1st verse and chorus only]

1. F; c’–e” ARLEN Alfred TSF0038
from The Wizard Of Oz: Vocal Selections
(F) As Long as He Needs Me
2. C; c’–e” BART Music Sales LK56070
from Oliver!: Vocal Selections
Bright Eyes (Watership Down)
3. G; f#’–e” BATT Music Sales AM92249
from Stage and Screen: The Black Book
Moonshine Lullaby (Annie Get Your Gun)
4. C; c’–e” BERLIN Trinity Faber TCL 011466
from Any Dream Will Do
Curiouser (Alice In Wonderland)
5. Eb; bb–c’’ DAVIS Trinity Faber TCL 011473
The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)
Hal Leonard HL00313100
6. F; c’–d” GILKYSON from The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
or Wise AM966636
or More Audition Songs for Kids
Somewhere My Love (Lara’s Theme from Dr Zhivago)
7. G; b–c” JARRE Music Sales AM92249
from Stage and Screen: The Black Book
Hey, Look Me Over (Wildcat)
8. G; g#–d” LEIGH Alfred MFM0106
from Broadway Showstoppers
Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and the Amazing
9. C; c’–f” LLOYD WEBBER Trinity Faber TCL 011466
Technicolor Dreamcoat) from Any Dream Will Do
35
Grade 3
10. F; c’–e” LLOYD WEBBER Mr Mistoffelees (Cats) from Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? Trinity Faber TCL 011473
(F) Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? (My Fair Lady)
11. F; c’–d” LOEWE Trinity Faber TCL 011473
(F) In My Own Little Corner (Cinderella) from The
12. F; d’–d” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00740122
Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Soprano)
I Whistle a Happy Tune (The King and I) Hal Leonard
13. Bb; d’–d” RODGERS
from Kids’ Book of Vocal Solos HLE90001388
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma!)
Eb; d’–eb” Music Sales AM951621 or
14. RODGERS from 50 Showstoppers: The Black Book or The
[E] Hal Leonard HL00361074
Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology (Baritone/Bass)
Maybe Tomorrow Will Be Better
15. Dm; a–d” ROE Thames THA978635
Be Kind to Your Parents (Fanny)
16. F; b–d” ROME Trinity Faber TCL 011466
Try to Remember (The Fantasticks) from The Singer’s
17. G; B–d’ SCHMIDT Hal Leonard HL00361074
Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Baritone/Bass)
Castle on a Cloud (Les Misérables) Hal Leonard
18. Am; a–c” SCHÖNBERG
from Kids’ Book of Vocal Solos HLE90001388
Chim Chim Cher-ee (Mary Poppins)
19. Cm; c’–d” SHERMAN from Broadway Presents! Teens’ Musical Theatre Alfred 32027
Anthology (Male Edition)
Feed the Birds [with verse] (Mary Poppins)
20. G; g–d” SHERMAN Trinity Faber TCL 011480
from Over the Rainbow
Round-shouldered Man (The Secret Garden)
21. Bb; bb–d#” SIMON Trinity Faber TCL 011466
22. Bb; b–d” STROUSE Maybe (Annie) from Any Dream Will Do Trinity Faber TCL 011466
You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile
23. Ab; eb’–f” STROUSE Music Sales AM22559
from Annie: Vocal Selections
No One Knows Who I Am (Jekyll & Hyde)
24. Gm; c’–d” WILDHORN Trinity Faber TCL 011473
Fat Sam’s Grand Slam (Bugsy Malone)
25. C; c#’–e” WILLIAMS Trinity Faber TCL 011466
So You Wanna Be a Boxer (Bugsy Malone)
26. G; d’(g)–d” WILLIAMS Trinity Faber TCL 011473
Dusk from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy

1. F; c’–eb” ARMSTRONG GIBBS Boosey M060112256
Song Collection
When I Was One-and-Twenty
2. G; d’–f” ARMSTRONG GIBBS Trinity TCL 016836
Cm; Nothing-At-All! from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th
3. BARRATT Boosey M060112256
db’–eb” Century Easy Song Collection
4. G; d’–e” R R BENNETT Clock-a-Clay from The Insect World Universal UE 14167
5. Ab; eb’–eb” BRAHMS Cradle Song (Wiegenlied) from Seven Children’s Songs Roberton 75388
6. G; c’–e” CHILCOTT Irish Blessing from Trinity Singing Grade 3 Trinity TCL 016836
Gm/G; Lurking in the Pond
7. COWLES Trinity TCL 016836
d’–d” from Trinity Singing Grade 3
8. A; c#’–e” CRAWLEY Magic Carpet from Magic in the Air Roberton 75335
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
9. Gm; g’–d” ELLINGTON Alfred MFM0106
(Sophisticated Ladies) from Broadway Showstoppers
10. Dm; b–e” EXLEY Peacocks from Trinity Singing Grade 3 Trinity TCL 016836
Since First I Saw Your Face I Resolved
11. C; c’–c” FORD Stainer B616
from English Lute Songs book 1
Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers
12. C; c’–e” FRASER-SIMSON Schirmer GS81174
from The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos
13. G; e’–e” GLANVILLE-HICKS Come Sleep from Trinity Singing Grade 3 Trinity TCL 016836
14. Am; d’–e” HARRIS Villanelle from Trinity Singing Grade 3 Trinity TCL 016836

Grade 3
Everyone Sang from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th

15. G; d’–e” HIGGINSON Boosey M060112256
Century Easy Song Collection
16. Gm; d’–d” HIGGINSON From a Railway Carriage from Trinity Singing Grade 3 Trinity TCL 016836
17. E; c#’–e” HURFORD Litany to the Holy Spirit OUP 9780193419377
18. E; c#’–e” HYDE The Apple Tree from Trinity Singing Grade 3 Trinity TCL 016836
19. Eb; c’–d” JENKYNS The Wizard Novello NOV160068
20. D; c#’–g” KNIGHT Christ Whose Glory Fills the Sky RSCM RA214
Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue [end on bar 4
21. C; c’–d” LEIGH Faber 0571528317
of coda] from All Woman vol. 2
Moon River [without repeat]
22. C; c’–d” MANCINI Hal Leonard HL00360735
from 150 of the Most Beautiful Songs Ever
Maladetto
23. F; e’–f” MONTEVERDI Chester CH55319
from The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 3
Eb; Close Thine Eyes
24. PLUMSTEAD Trinity TCL 016836
c’(bb)–eb” from Trinity Singing Grade 3
Where Go the Boats? Hal Leonard HL00740225
25. A; e’–g#” QUILTER
from 55 Songs (high), HL00740226 (low)
26. F#m; d’–e” RAPHAEL The Lamb from 3 Blake Songs Roberton 1030
Grade 3
What Then Is Love but Mourning
Stainer B617 or Chester
27. Gm; g’–f” ROSSETER from English Lute Songs book 2 or The Chester Book
CH55317
of Celebrated Songs book 1
This Little Rose Schirmer HL50499822
28. F; e’–f” [C] ROY
from 28 American Art Songs (high), HL50499823 (low)
29. Am; d’–eb” RUBBRA Cradle Song from Four Short Songs for Medium Voice Lengnick AL1029
Abendlied (Evening Song) (Der Mond ist aufgegangen)
30. Ab; eb’–eb” SCHUBERT Ditson 431-41002
D 499 from Easy German Classic Songs
Schirmer GS25443 (high),
G; g’–g” Heidenröslein (The Hedge-Roses) D 257
GS25444 (low) or
31. [E] SCHUBERT from First Vocal Album
Faber 0571523455 (high),
or G [D] or The Language of Song: Elementary
0571523463 (low)
F; f’–f” Marienwürmchen (The Ladybird), op. 79 no. 13 Schirmer GS25286 (high),
32. SCHUMANN
[Eb] from Vocal Album GS25287 (low)
33. F; f’–f” STANFORD A Soft Day Stainer SS58
34. Ab; d#’–f” TAYLOR Christopher Wren Boosey M060027857
35. Ab; eb’–f” THIMAN The Path to the Moon Boosey M060028137
Cool Cat (from The Cat’s Whiskers)
36. Dm; d’–e” THORNE Trinity TCL 016836
Ab; Don’t Bother Me
37. THORNE Banks ECS433
c’–f”(g”) from The Cat’s Whiskers
38. Am; e’–e” TRAD. arr. WRIGHT El vito from Trinity Singing Grade 3 Trinity TCL 016836
39. F; c’–f” WOOD The Trees in England Banks 1760
Group C: Folk song
1. F; c’–f” TRAD. Shenandoah from The Library of Folk Songs Music Sales AM961521
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
2. G; d’–e” TRAD. Music Sales AM961521
G; d’–e” TRAD. Siyahamba Alfred 16959 (medium
3.
[Eb] arr. ALBRECHT from International Folk Songs for Solo Singers high), 16960 (medium low)
Alfred 16959 (medium high),
G; TRAD. Chevaliers de la table ronde
16960 (medium low) or
4. d’–e”(g”) arr. ALTHOUSE from International Folk Songs for Solo Singers
Faber 0571523455 (high),
[F] [Eb] or PEGLER/KEMP or The Language of Song: Elementary
0571523463 (low)
TRAD. Santa Lucìa
C; d’–e” 16960 (medium low) or
5. arr. ALTHOUSE from International Folk Songs for Solo Singers
[C] [Bb] Faber 0571523455 (high),
or PEGLER/KEMP or The Language of Song: Elementary
0571523463 (low)

Grade 3
TRAD. Charlie Is My Darling [any 3 verses]

6. Bm; b–e” Alfred VF1880
arr. COLE from Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales
TRAD. Greensleeves [any 3 verses]
7. Em; b–d” Alfred VF1880
TRAD. Ye Banks and Braes
8. G; d’–e” Alfred VF1880
F; d’–e” TRAD. Kangding Love Song Alfred 43490 (medium high),
9.
[D] arr. COURTNEY from Songs of the Far East for Solo Singers 43487 (medium low)
10. G; d’–e” TRAD. arr. FRASER An Eriskay Love Lilt Boosey M060034626
Ab; eb’–f” TRAD. Arirang Alfred 43490 (medium high),
11.
[F] arr. POORMAN/LIM from Songs of the Far East for Solo Singers 43487 (medium low)
TRAD.
12. Ab; eb’–eb” Fairy Lullaby Roberton 71898
arr. ROBERTON
TRAD. Cocky Robin
13. F; c’–e” Thames TH978098
arr. ROE from A Garland of Folksongs
A Carol by Candlelight
TRAD.
14. D; a–e” from Folk Songs: Witty and Whimsical Settings vol. 1 Spartan SP1291
arr. TANNER
[NB only this version may be used]
Eb; eb’–eb” TRAD. Jasmine Flower Alfred 43490 (medium
15.
[C] arr. D WAGNER from Songs of the Far East for Solo Singers high), 43487 (medium low)
TRAD. The Gartán Mother’s Lullaby from Trinity Singing
16. Db; db’–eb” Trinity TCL 016836
arr. WRIGHT Grade 3 [NB only this version may be used]
Own composition
Duration: 1.5 – 2 minutes
for this grade.

Grade 3
TECHNICAL WORK
a. Dancing by the Moonlight (pitch and tone) Trinity TCL 016775
b. The Swingin’ Band (rhythm)
c. Birthday Limerick (diction)
— Lektion II (Skips of Fifths only: Avvezzo a vivere) Peters EP 2073a (high), EP 2073b

folk song a. Banks of the Nile [verses 1, 2, 4 and 6] Faber 0-571-53732-4
b. Mow Me Down My Meadow [verses 1, 2 and 3]
SUPPORTING TESTS
◗◗ Aural
Grade 3
1. Sight reading
2. Aural
Melody only Listen to the melody twice Clap the pulse on the second playing, stressing the strong beat
4 bars Listen to the melody once Identify the tonality as major or minor
Major or minor key Listen to the first two notes of Identify the interval by number only (second, third, fourth, fifth
or the melody once or sixth)
Study a copy of the melody i) Identify in which bar the change occurred
(provided in treble, alto or bass ii) Identify the change as rhythm or pitch
clef as appropriate), and listen to
it once as written and once with
a change of rhythm or pitch
3. Improvisation
◗◗ Stylistic
◗◗ Motivic
◗◗ Harmonic
39
Grade 4
Grade 4
SONG 1 22
SONG 2 22
SONG 3 22
TECHNICAL WORK 14
SUPPORTING TESTS 20
◗◗ Aural
TOTAL 100
SONGS
the same composer.
Key;
Group A: Songs in a dramatic context
i) Opera, operetta & oratorio
Silent Worship (Non lo diro col labbro) (Tolomeo) Chester CH55317

G; d’–e” HANDEL
1. from The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 1 or Faber 0571523455 (high),
or A [F] arr. SOMERVELL
or The Language of Song: Elementary 0571523463 (low)
(F) I’m Called Little Buttercup (HMS Pinafore)
2. C; b–d” SULLIVAN Dover DP11040
from The Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Songbook
(M) On a Tree by the River (Tit-Willow) (The Mikado)
3. Ab; c’–db” SULLIVAN Dover DP11040
(M) When a Felon’s Not Engaged (Policeman’s Song)
4. F; F–c’ SULLIVAN [omitting chorus part] (Pirates of Penzance) Dover DP11040
ii) Musical theatre & film
(F) I Feel Pretty

5. F; c’–g” BERNSTEIN Boosey M051933457
from West Side Story: Vocal Selections
One Hand, One Heart
6. Eb; eb’–eb” BERNSTEIN Boosey M051933457
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (The Lion King)
7. Bb; eb’–f” JOHN from The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
or Wise AM966636
or More Audition Songs for Kids
8. A; c’–f#” JOHN (M) Electricity from Billy Elliot the Musical Wise AM985512
40
Grade 4
(M) Old Devil Moon (Finian’s Rainbow)

9. G; d–f’ [F] LANE from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2
or HL00359571
(Tenor) or The Definitive Jazz Collection
Close Every Door (Joseph and the Amazing
10. Fm; c’–f” LLOYD WEBBER Trinity Faber TCL 011497
Technicolor Dreamcoat) from Whistle Down the Wind
11. D; d’–d” LLOYD WEBBER Whistle Down the Wind from Whistle Down the Wind Trinity Faber TCL 011497
(F) A Bushel and a Peck (Guys and Dolls)
12. G; b–d” LOESSER Music Sales AM70079
from Guys and Dolls: Vocal Score
Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas)
13. Bb; f–c” MENKEN Hal Leonard HL00313100
from The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
(M) Grow for Me (Little Shop of Horrors)
14. Eb; bb–f” MENKEN from Broadway Presents! Teens’ Musical Theatre Alfred 32027
Les poissons (The Little Mermaid)
15. C; e’–d” MENKEN Trinity Faber TCL 011480
(F) When She Loved Me (Toy Story 2)
16. F; g–f” NEWMAN Hal Leonard HL00313100
from The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs
(F) Hello Young Lovers (The King and I) from The
17. D; b–d” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00361071
(F) Honey Bun (South Pacific) from The Singer’s
18. Eb; bb–d” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00740123
Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Mezzo-Soprano)
I Have Dreamed (The King and I)
19. Eb; bb–eb” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00313207
from The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection
Something Good (The Sound of Music)
20. F; b–c” RODGERS Trinity Faber TCL 011480
The Sound of Music
21. F; d’–d” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00313518
from The Sound of Music: Vocal Selections
Grade 4
We Kiss in a Shadow (The King and I)
22. F; c’–c” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00313207
I Met You Like a Stranger (Destination London)
23. D; b–f#” ROE Thames TH978635
Comedy Tonight (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
24. G; a–eb” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00313531
to the Forum) from The Stephen Sondheim Collection
(M) I’m Calm (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
25. G; d’–f” SONDHEIM to the Forum) from Broadway Presents! Teens’ Alfred 32027
Musical Theatre Anthology (Male Edition)
26. Em; e’–e” WARREN 42nd Street from 42nd Street: Vocal Selections Faber 0571525970
Group B: General song repertoire in English
(F) Willow Song from Forty Songs from Elizabethan

1. Dm; d’–d” ANON. Stainer X2B
and Jacobean Song Books book 2b (low voice)
It’s Only a Paper Moon [standard version
2. G; d’–e” ARLEN including verse must be sung] Faber 0571528309
from Essential Audition Songs: Jazz Standards
3. Dm; d’–f#” ARMSTRONG GIBBS You Spotted Snakes Novello NOV160126
When Daisies Pied
4. F; c’–f” ARNE Boosey M060104657
from The Boosey & Hawkes Shakespeare Song Album
Where the Bee Sucks
5. F; c’–e” ARNE Boosey M060104657
from The Boosey & Hawkes Shakespeare Song Album
Am; d#’–g” Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel Hal Leonard HL50486751
6. BARBER
[F#m] from Ten Selected Songs (high), HL50486752 (low)
My House from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century
7. F; c’–f” BERNSTEIN Boosey M060112256
Easy Song Collection
(F) Peter, Peter from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th
8. G; c’–g” BERNSTEIN Boosey M060112256
Century Easy Song Collection
The Little Nut Tree
9. D; f’–g” BUSH Novello NOV170301
from Eight Songs For High Voice and Piano
10. Em; b–d” CAMPIAN (M) When to Her Lute from English Lute Songs book 1 Stainer B616
Gm; d’–e” The Lamb Schirmer HL50499822
11. CHANLER
[Fm] from 28 American Art Songs (high), HL50499823 (low)
41
Grade 4
Mid-winter [candidates should sing the upper part

12. Eb; eb’–g” CHILCOTT OUP 9780193415232
of this two-part song]
13. C; c’–f” COPE Shiny from Trinity Singing Grade 4 Trinity TCL 016843
14. Eb; eb’–eb” COPLAND At the River from Old American Songs Boosey M051934126
Fine Knacks for Ladies
15. F; e’–f” DOWLAND Stainer B617
Sleep Little Babe from The Boosey & Hawkes
16. Fm; c’–f” FIELD Boosey M060112256
20th Century Easy Song Collection
17. Em; b–d” FORD (M) Now I See Thy Looks from English Lute Songs book 1 Stainer B616
Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
18. Eb; bb–eb” FOSTER Trinity TCL 016843
19. F; c’–d” GOODALL The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23) Faber 0571520774
HALLORAN/ Under Southern Skies
20. F; a–d” All Music 0801141540
MILLWARD from Songs that Shaped Australia
21. Eb; c’–d” HAMILTON Cry Me a River from The Definitive Jazz Collection Hal Leonard HL00359571
(F) Girl’s Song from The Boosey & Hawkes
22. G; d’–e” HOWELLS Boosey M060112256
20th Century Easy Song Collection
(F) My True Love Hath My Heart from The Boosey &
23. Eb; eb’–eb” KEEL Boosey M060112256
Hawkes 20th Century Easy Song Collection
Alfred 21836 (high),
KEEN Homeward Bound
24. Eb; bb–eb” 4952 (medium high),
arr. ALTHOUSE from Folk Songs for Solo Singers vol. 1
4953 (medium low)
25. G; d’–g” MAWBY Psalm 23 RSCM RA10
Gm; d’–g” Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair Schirmer HL50499822
26. NILES
[Ebm] from 28 American Art Songs (high), HL50499823 (low)
Dm, d’–f” The Lass from the Low Countree Schirmer HL50499822
27. NILES
[Bm] from 28 American Art Songs (high), HL50499823 (low)
28. D; d’–e” NOBLE Johnny Lengnick AL0344
29. F; c’–f” NOVELLO We’ll Gather Lilacs from Ivor Novello Song Album Faber 0571528678
30. F; e’–c” PARRY Career Paths from Trinity Singing Grade 4 Trinity TCL 016843
C; g’–g” Ah How Pleasant ‘Tis to Love Z353 IMC 2071 (high),
31. PURCELL
[A] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
Ab; eb’–gb” Fairest Isle (King Arthur) Z628 IMC 2071 (high),
32. PURCELL
[F] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
33. Ab; cb’–eb” ROE Song of the Bluebell Wood Thames TH9781001
34. Am; e’–e” ROFE Dinah’s Song from Trinity Singing Grade 4 Trinity TCL 016843
D;
35. RUTTER Carol of the Children OUP 9780193420601
a–d”(e”)
36. G; d’–f” THIMAN I Love All Graceful Things Curwen JC71977
37. Eb; c’–f” THIMAN The Man in the Moon from Trinity Singing Grade 4 Trinity TCL 016843
Nine Lives (from The Cat’s Whiskers)
38. b–f” THORNE Trinity TCL 016843
39. G; a–d” TRAD. Lass of Richmond Hill from The Library of Folk Songs Music Sales AM961521
TRAD. Early One Morning [any 3 verses] from The Boosey &
40. Eb; bb–eb” Boosey M060112256
arr. BRITTEN Hawkes 20th Century Easy Song Collection
TRAD. O Waly, Waly [any 3 verses] from The Boosey &
41. A; e’–e” Boosey M060112256
arr. BRITTEN Hawkes 20th Century Easy Song Collection
TRAD. My Love Is like a Red, Red Rose from Folk Songs of
42. A; a–e” Alfred VF1880
arr. COLE England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
TRAD. arr. HARGEST I Will Walk with My Love
43. Eb; bb–c” Boosey M060087967
JONES from Songs of Ireland
44. Fm; bb–eb” TRAD. arr. JOYCE The Leprehaun from Trinity Singing Grade 4 Trinity TCL 016843
TRAD. arr. LATHAM/ Scarborough Fair
45. D; c’–d” Chester CH61682
LANNING from Making the Grade: Grades 4–5
46. G; d’–d” TRAD. arr. NEWTON Amazing Grace from Making the Grade: Grades 4–5 Chester CH61682
47. E; b–e” TRAD. arr. O’LEARY Moreton Bay from Trinity Singing Grade 4 Trinity TCL 016843

Grade 4
48. D; c#’–e” TRAD. arr. STANFORD Trottin’ to the Fair Boosey M060025143
49. G; c’–e” TRAD. arr. TATE The Lark in the Clear Air from Trinity Singing Grade 4 Trinity TCL 016843
Bbm; TRAD. arr.
50. The Turtle Dove Curwen JC71872
db’–eb” VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
51. C; e’–c” [A] VAUGHAN WILLIAMS From Far, from Eve and Morning from Changing Voices Peters EP 72482
Lullaby Boosey M060029233
52. F; a(b)–d” WARLOCK
from Warlock Songs or Thames 978375
53. Eb; db’–d” WILLIAMSON Sweet and Low from Six English Lyrics Weinberger M570052813
Group C: General song repertoire in other languages
1. A; e’–f” DVOŘ ÁK The Lark from 50 Art Songs from the Modern Repertoire Schirmer GS32754
Alfred 3402 (medium
Caro mio ben high), 3403 (medium low)
Eb; d’–f”
2. GIORDANI from 26 Italian Songs and Arias [with CD: 3396/3397] or
[C]
or The Language of Song: Elementary Faber 0571523455 (high),
0571523463 (low)
Ab; eb’–f” Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), op. 13 Alfred 17611 (high),
3. MENDELSSOHN
[F] no. 2 from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
Maienlied (May Song), op. 8 no. 7
4. G; d’–f#” MENDELSSOHN Ditson 431-41002
La dormeuse from The First Solos: Songs by Women
5. A; e’–e” MERCKEN Hildegard 491-00511
Composers vol. 2
Alfred 3402 (medium
G; f#’–e” Nel cor più non mi sento high), 3403 (medium low)
6. [Eb] PAISIELLO from 26 Italian Songs and Arias [with CD: 3396/3397] or
or G [E] or The Language of Song: Elementary Faber 0571523455 (high),
Grade 4
0571523463 (low)
7. Em; d#’–d” SCARLATTI O cessate di piagarmi from Trinity Singing Grade 4 Trinity TCL 016843
Toglietemi la vita ancor
8. Fm; b–db” SCARLATTI Schirmer GS82067
from The First Book of Baritone/Bass Solos Part II
An die Laute D 905 Chester CH55317
D; d’–f#”
9. SCHUBERT from The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 1 or Faber 0571523455
or D [Bb]
or The Language of Song: Elementary (high), 0571523463 (low)
Ab; eb’–gb” Lachen und Weinen D 777 Alfred 17611 (high),
10. SCHUBERT
[F] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
Minnelied (Holder klingt der Vogelsang) (Love Song)
11. Eb; d’–f” SCHUBERT Ditson 431-41002
D 429 from Easy German Classic Songs
Tischlerlied (Song of the Cabinet Maker) D 274
12. C; c’–d” SCHUBERT Ditson 431-41002
E; c#’–f#” Schirmer GS25286 (high),
13. SCHUMANN An den Sonnenschein (To the Sunshine), op. 36 no. 4
[F] GS25287 (low)
Auf dem Rhein (On the Rhein), op. 51 no. 4 Schirmer GS25286 (high),
14. F; c’–f” [F] SCHUMANN
from Vocal Album GS25287 (low)
Schneeglöckchen (Snowdrops), op. 79 no. 27
15. D; c#’–f#” SCHUMANN Trinity TCL 016843
G; f#’–g” Volksliedchen (Love-thoughts), op. 51 no. 2 Schirmer GS25286 (high),
16. SCHUMANN
[Eb] from Vocal Album GS25287 (low)
TRAD.
17. Am; g–e” Jeune fillette from Trinity Singing Grade 4 Trinity TCL 016843
arr. WECKERLIN
Dm; TRAD. Maman, dites-moi
18. Schirmer GS32612
eb’–f#” arr. WECKERLIN from Bergerettes
Own composition
Duration: 2 – 2.5 minutes
for this grade.

Grade 4
TECHNICAL WORK
a. All in the Dreamtime (pitch and tone) Trinity TCL 016775
b. Voyage of Columbus (rhythm)
c. To the Moon (diction)
— Lektion III (Skips of Sixths: Bella prova è d’alma forte) Peters EP 2073a (high), EP 2073b

folk song a. The Great Silkie [verses 1, 2, 3 and 6] Faber 0-571-53732-4
b. The Four Loom Weaver [verses 1, 3, 4 and 6]
SUPPORTING TESTS
◗◗ Aural
1. Sight reading
2. Aural
Harmonised Listen to the piece twice Clap the pulse on the second playing, stressing the strong beat
4 bars Listen to the piece twice i) Identify the tonality as major or minor
ii) Identify the final cadence as perfect or imperfect
Major or minor key
or Listen to the first two notes of the Identify the interval as minor or major second, minor or major
melody once third, perfect fourth or fifth, minor or major sixth
Study a copy of the melody i) Identify the bar in which the change of rhythm occurred
(provided in treble, alto or bass clef ii) Identify the bar in which the change of pitch occurred
as appropriate), and listen to it once
as written and once with a change
of rhythm and a change of pitch
3. Improvisation
◗◗ Stylistic
◗◗ Motivic
◗◗ Harmonic
44
Grade 5
Grade 5
SONG 1 22
SONG 2 22
SONG 3 22
TECHNICAL WORK 14
SUPPORTING TESTS 20
◗◗ Aural
TOTAL 100
SONGS
Grade 5
the same composer.
Key;
(F) The Last Rose of Summer (Martha) [Flotow version

1. F; f’–f” FLOTOW Schirmer GS82064
only] from The First Book of Soprano Solos Part II
2. E; B–e’ HANDEL (M) How Willing My Paternal Love (Samson) Novello NOV070144
Sorge nel petto (Solace to My Heart) (Rinaldo) from Aria
3. D; b–d” HANDEL Bärenreiter BA 10253
Album from Handel’s Operas (Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto)
Eb;
4. HANDEL (F) Sweet Rose and Lily (Theodora) Novello NOV070459
bb–db”(eb”)
(M) Bois épais (Amadis) Faber 0571523455 (high),
5. F; d–f’ [D] LULLY
from The Language of Song: Elementary 0571523463 (low)
(F) L’ho perduta (Barbarina’s aria) (Le nozze di Figaro)
6. Fm; f’–f” MOZART Dover DP19635
from Great Mozart Arias for Soprano
(F) My Lord, a Suppliant at Thy Feet [recit. and air]
7. F; c’–e” SULLIVAN (Iolanthe) from Gilbert and Sullivan for Singers Hal Leonard HL00740215
(Mezzo-Soprano)
(F) When a Merry Maiden Marries (The Gondoliers)
8. F; c’–f” SULLIVAN Dover DP11040
45
Grade 5
ii) Musical theatre & film
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home

9. F; c’–eb” ARLEN Hal Leonard HL00312157
from The Judy Garland Souvenir Songbook
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard Of Oz)
10. Eb; c’–f” ARLEN Trinity Faber TCL 011480
11. Fm; c’–f” BART Reviewing the Situation (Oliver!) from Over the Rainbow Trinity Faber TCL 011480
My Defences are Down (Annie Get Your Gun)
12. Bb; c–eb’ BERLIN Trinity Faber TCL 011480
(F) Far from the Home I Love (Fiddler on the Roof)
13. Cm; c’–e” BOCK Trinity Faber TCL 011497
from Whistle Down the Wind
(M) Museum Song [with extended ending]
14. C; c–e’ COLEMAN Alfred VF1821
from Barnum: Vocal Selections
15. Eb; c–g’ COLEMAN (M) Stay with Me from City of Angels: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313356
(M) Bidin’ My Time (Girl Crazy)
16. Eb; eb’–f” GERSHWIN Faber 0571525768
from The Best of George and Ira Gershwin
17. Eb; d’–f” GERSHWIN But Not for Me (Girl Crazy) from Whistle Down the Wind Trinity Faber TCL 011497
(M) Somebody Loves Me (George White’s Scandals of
18. G; d–e’ GERSHWIN Faber 0571525768
1922) from The Best of George and Ira Gershwin
Swanee (Capitol Revue)
19. F; c’–f” GERSHWIN Faber 0571525768
The Kite (Charlie Brown’s Kite) Hal Leonard
20. Eb; bb–eb” GESNER
from You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown: Vocal Selections HL00740595
Mama, a Rainbow (Minnie’s Boys) from The Singer’s
21. A; a–e” GROSSMAN Hal Leonard HL00740125
Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Baritone/Bass)
(F) Bill (Show Boat) from The Singer’s Musical Theatre
22. Bb; c’–d” KERN Hal Leonard HL00361071
Anthology vol. 1 (Soprano)
(M) Pilate’s Dream (Jesus Christ Superstar) from The
23. Bbm; A–bb LLOYD WEBBER Hal Leonard HL00747033
Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Baritone/Bass)
24. F; B–d’ LOESSER (M) Guys and Dolls from Broadway Songs Hal Leonard HL00310832
(M) They Call the Wind Maria (Paint your Wagon)
25. F; A–d’ LOEWE from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 Hal Leonard HL00361074
(Baritone/Bass)
26. C; bb–e” MALTBY & SHIRE I Want to Go Home (Big) from Over the Rainbow Trinity Faber TCL 011480
There Must Be More (Grace Online)
27. D; c’–d” McCONAGHIE Trinity Faber TCL 011497
Cold Enough to Snow (Life with Mikey)
28. G; d’–f” MENKEN Hal Leonard HL00313198
from Alan Menken Songbook
Home (Beauty and the Beast, the Broadway Musical)
29. D; a–d” MENKEN Hal Leonard HL00313169
from Contemporary Disney
Somewhere That’s Green (Little Shop of Horrors)
30. G; b–c” MENKEN from Broadway Presents! Teens’ Musical Theatre Alfred 32024
Anthology (Female Edition)
31. Bb; f–d” MINCHIN My House from Matilda the Musical Wise AM1005642
O’KEEFE & Legally Blonde (Legally Blonde)
32. G; g–d” Trinity Faber TCL 011480
BENJAMIN from Over the Rainbow
Brush up Your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate)
33. F; b–c” PORTER Trinity Faber TCL 011497
People Will Say We’re in Love (Oklahoma!) [no repeat]
34. C; b–e” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00310832
from Broadway Songs
Shall We Dance? (The King and I)
35. Eb; c’–bb’ RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00313207
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Oklahoma!) from
36. E; d#–e’ RODGERS The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Baritone/ Hal Leonard HL00747033
Bass)
(F) What’s the Use of Wond’rin’ (Carousel) from The
37. Db; c’–f” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00361071
(M) I’m Not Saying a Word
38. A; e–f#’ RUSSELL Music Sales AM79476
from Blood Brothers: Vocal Selections
46
Grade 5
(F) I Dreamed a Dream (Les Misérables) from The Singer’s

39. Eb; gb–c” SCHÖNBERG Hal Leonard HL00747031
(F) When Will Someone Hear? (Martin Guerre)
40. b–e” SCHÖNBERG Music Sales AM953843
from 50 Showstoppers: The White Book
41. C; g–c” SONDHEIM Anyone Can Whistle from The Stephen Sondheim Collection Hal Leonard HL00313531
42. Db; d’–f” STILES Different (Honk!) from Whistle Down the Wind Trinity Faber TCL 011497
(F) Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend (Gentlemen Prefer
43. Bb; f–bb’ STYNE Blondes) from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology Hal Leonard HL00361072
vol. 1 (Mezzo-Soprano)
44. F; c’–f” WEILL My Ship (Lady in the Dark) from Over the Rainbow Trinity Faber TCL 011480
G; Oh the Rio Grande (Cowboy Song) (Johnny Johnson)
45. WEILL Alfred PF9922
b–e”(g”) from Kurt Weill Songs: A Centennial Anthology vol. 2
September Song (Knickerbocker Holiday) [NB one verse
only to be sung: either first verse (male) or second
46. C; c’–eb” WEILL Alfred PF9922
verse (female)] from Kurt Weill Songs: A Centennial
Anthology vol. 2
Once Upon a Dream (Jekyll and Hyde) from The Singer’s
47. C#m; b–d” WILDHORN Hal Leonard HL00740122
Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Soprano)
48. Ab; b–e” WILDHORN Only Love (The Scarlet Pimpernel) from Over the Rainbow Trinity Faber TCL 011480
When I Look at You (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
49. G; b–d” WILDHORN Trinity Faber TCL 011497
Bbm; f’–f” Boosey M060030840

1. ARMSTRONG GIBBS Five Eyes
[Gm] (high), M060030833 (low)
2. F; c’–f” ARNE The Lass with the Delicate Air Banks OSS 49
The Daisies, op. 2 no. 1 Schirmer GS82645
3. F; c’–f” [D] BARBER
from 15 American Art Songs (high), GS82607 (low)
4. A; c#’–e” R R BENNETT The Bird’s Lament from The Aviary Universal UE14168
(M) The Self-Banished
5. D; A–d’ BLOW Boosey M051904501
from The New Imperial Edition of Bass Songs
G; c#’–f#” Tell Me No More Hal Leonard HL40018
Grade 5
6. BLOW
[Eb] from English Songs: Renaissance to Baroque (high), HL40019 (low)
Boosey M060013591 (in
Bb; a–eb”
7. BRAHE Bless This House Bb), M060013607 (in C),
[C] [Eb]
M060013614 (in Eb)
8. C; f’–f” BRITTEN Begone Dull Care! from Friday Afternoons, op. 7 Boosey M060105005
Boosey (custom print)
9. E; b–e” BRITTEN (F) The Birds
M060013980
Come Live with Me and Be My Love
10. E; c#’–f” BULLARD Trinity TCL 016850
(M) When I Was One and Twenty
11. D; d–e’ BUTTERWORTH Stainer B333
from A Shropshire Lad and Other Songs
12. Ab; eb’–f” CAMPION Fair, If You Expect Admiring from Trinity Singing Grade 5 Trinity TCL 016850
Am; e’–g”
13. CLUCAS Evenfall Recital RMS125
[Em]
Simple Gifts from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century
14. Ab; eb’–eb” COPLAND Boosey M060112256
Easy Song Collection
(F) Weep Not, My Wanton (On Spital Fields)
15. Cm; c’–eb’’ DOVE Peters EP 7898
from Songs & Arias for Soprano
Come Away, Come Sweet Love
16. Gm; f#–f” DOWLAND Stainer B617
17. Bb; g’–g” DOWLAND Flow Not So Fast from English Lute Songs book 2 Stainer B617
18. Am; e’–f” DOWLAND What If I Never Speed from English Lute Songs book 2 Stainer B617
Eb; eb’–g” Stainer H183 (high),
19. DUNHILL The Cloths of Heaven
[C] SS15 (low)
Piercing Eyes
20. G; e’–g” HAYDN Chester CH55319

Grade 5
Sweet Chance That Led My Steps Abroad

21. F; c’–f” HEAD Boosey M051922260
from Song Album 1: Songs of the Countryside
Boosey M060032400
Ab; eb’–ab”
22. HEAD The Little Road to Bethlehem (in Ab), M060032394
[F]
(in F — custom print)
Eb; bb–eb”
23. HEAD When Sweet Ann Sings Boosey M060831836
(g”)
24. G; d’–f” HELY-HUTCHINSON The Owl and the Pussy Cat from Three Nonsense Songs Patersons PAT00706
Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun (from Cymbeline)
25. Em; d’–e” HIGGINSON Trinity TCL 016850
26. F; c’–d” IRELAND Spring Sorrow from Complete Songs vol. 4 Stainer B599
27. Eb; bb–eb’ KEEL Trade Winds Boosey M060034510
My Lovely Celia
28. E; b–e” MUNRO Chester CH55319
29. Gm; g’–f” PILKINGTON Rest, Sweet Nymphs from English Lute Songs book 2 Stainer B617
A; d#’–f#” I Attempt from Love’s Sickness (The Indian Queen IMC 2071 (high),
30. PURCELL
[F] Z630) from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
C; e’–g” (M) Man Is for the Woman Made Z605 IMC 2071 (high),
31. PURCELL
[Ab] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
By the Sea (from Songs of the Sea, op. 1)
32. Dm; d’–e” QUILTER Trinity TCL 016850
Dream Valley from The New Imperial Edition of
33. Gb; eb’–gb” QUILTER Boosey M051904105
Mezzo-Soprano Songs
How Should I Your True Love Know?
34. Db; f’–f” QUILTER Thames TH978421
from A Century of English Song vol. 1 (Soprano)
Boosey (custom print)
F; d’–f” [E] M060021725 (high),
35. QUILTER June
[D] M060021718 (medium),
M060834233 (low)
Fm; eb’–g” Weep You No More Boosey M060021879 (high),
36. QUILTER
[Dm] from 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12 M060021862 (low)
(F) American Lullaby Schirmer GS82645 (high),
37. F; c’–f” [D] RICH
from 15 American Art Songs GS82607 (low)
Early in the Morning Boosey M051933952 (high),
38. Bb; d’–f” ROREM
from 50 Collected Songs M051933969 (medium/low)
F; All Things Bright and Beautiful
39. RUTTER OUP 9780193420625
bb–d”(g”) [NB only this version may be used]
40. C; d’–g” SHIELD Ye Balmy Breezes Gently Blow from O Tuneful Voice OUP 9780193457461
The Plough Boy Boosey M060014352
Bb; c’–f” SHIELD
42. from Folksong Arrangements vol. 3 (high), M060014345
[G] arr. BRITTEN
[NB must be Britten arrangement] (medium)
43. Eb; db’–eb” STOVE Lullaby from Trinity Singing Grade 5 Trinity TCL 016850
The Salley Gardens Boosey M060014314
Gb; gb’–ab” TRAD.
44. from Folksong Arrangements vol. 1 (high), M060014307
[Db] arr. BRITTEN
[NB must be Britten arrangement] (medium)
45. C; bb–eb’’ TRAD. arr. HARTY My Lagan Love from Trinity Singing Grade 5 Trinity TCL 016850
VAUGHAN Linden Lea
46. G; d’–e” Boosey M060074912
WILLIAMS from Song Album vol. 1
Eb; eb’–f” Balulalow OUP 9780193854055 (high),
47. WARLOCK
[C] from Sing Solo Christmas 9780193851986 (low)
Chopcherry
48. A; e’–e” WARLOCK Chester CH55318
49. C; c’–d” WILSON The Phoenix from Trinity Singing Grade 5 Trinity TCL 016850
F; e’–d”(f”) Music Sales AM947936
50. WOOD A Brown Bird Singing
[D] (in F), AM947947 (in D)
An Angry Cactus Does No Good
51. c#’–d” YATES Wirripang
from The Trouble with Geraniums
The Trouble with Geraniums
52. b–e” YATES Wirripang
from The Trouble with Geraniums
Grade 5
Group C: General song repertoire in other languages
Alfred 3402 (medium

G; d’–e” ANON. Star Vicino
1. high), 3403 (medium low)
[Eb] (attrib. ROSA) from 26 Italian Songs and Arias
[with CD: 3396/3397]
2. F; f’–f” BOULANGER Cantique from Trinity Singing Grade 5 Trinity TCL 016850
Peters EP 3201a (high),
Sonntag, op. 47 no. 3 3201b (medium),
G; d’–g”
3. BRAHMS from Lieder vol. 1 3201c (low) or Faber
[F] [Eb]
or The Language of Song: Elementary 0571523455 (high),
0571523463 (low)
Alfred 3402 (medium
Sebben, crudele high), 3403 (medium low)
Em; e’–e”
4. CALDARA from 26 Italian Songs and Arias [with CD: 3396/3397] or
[Cm]
or The Language of Song: Elementary Faber 0571523455 (high),
0571523463 (low)
Le charme Leduc AL26431 or
Eb; bb–eb”
5. CHAUSSON from Mélodies pour chant et piano Faber 0571523439 (high),
or G [Eb]
or The Language of Song: Intermediate 0571523447 (low)
(M) Bonjour, Suzon
6. F; c–f’ DELIBES Schirmer GS82066
from The First Book of Tenor Solos Part II
Panis Angelicus (O Lord, Most Holy) Mayhew 1450213
7. G; f#’–e” FRANCK
from Songs of Prayer or Sacred Tenor Arias or 3611735
Stille sicherheit
8. Db; e’–f” FRANZ Schirmer GS82066
from The First Book of Tenor Solos Part II
(F) The Princess
9. Dm; d’–g” GRIEG Chester CH55318
10. B; b–d#” HAHN L’heure exquise from Chansons Grises Heugel HE7784
11. Fm; eb’–eb” HAHN Tyndaris, no. 7 from Études latines Heugel HE20174
12. F; c’–f” [Eb] MARTINI Plaisir d’amour Schirmer GS28150
Der Blumenstrauss (The Nosegay)
13. G; d’–e” MENDELSSOHN Trinity TCL 016850
14. A; e’–f#” MENDELSSOHN Minnelied from The First Book of Soprano Solos Schirmer GS81173
Oiseau, si tous les ans (Ariette, K. 307 (284d))
15. C; g’–g” MOZART Trinity TCL 016850
Grade 5
Waldeinsamkeit (The Quiet of the Woods), op. 76 no. 3
16. G; d’–g” REGER Trinity TCL 016850
Alfred 3402 (medium
Ab; eb’–f” Già il sole dal Gange
17. SCARLATTI high), 3403 (medium low)
[Eb] from 26 Italian Songs and Arias
[with CD: 3396/3397]
E; e’–g#” Seligkeit D 433 Alfred 17611 (high),
18. SCHUBERT
[C] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
19. G; f#’–g” SCHUBERT Trauer der Liebe D 465 from Easy German Classic Songs Ditson 431-41002
A; c’–f#” Was ist Silvia D 891 Schirmer GS25443 (high),
20. SCHUBERT
[F] from First Vocal Album GS25444 (low)
A Legend (Légende), op. 54 no. 5 [in English or French]
21. Em; d’–e” TCHAIKOVSKY Schirmer GS32754
from 50 Art Songs from the Modern Repertoire
VIVALDI Vieni, vieni o mio diletto [NB must be sung with repeats]
22. Bm; d’–f#” Trinity TCL 016850
arr. HOLLOWAY from Trinity Singing Grade 5
Own composition
for this grade.

Grade 5
TECHNICAL WORK
a. The Grasshopper (pitch and tone) Trinity TCL 016775
b. Afternoon Tea (rhythm)
c. The Letter (diction)
— Lektion IV (Skips of Octaves only: Quell’ onda che ruina) Peters EP 2073a (high), EP 2073b

folk song a. Sir Eglamore [verses 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7] Faber 0-571-53733-2
b. The Pit Boys
SUPPORTING TESTS
◗◗ Aural
1. Sight reading
2. Aural
Harmonised Listen to the piece twice i) Clap the pulse on the second playing, stressing the strong beat
ii) Identify the time signature
8 bars
Listen to the piece twice i) Identify the changing tonality
Major or minor key
ii) Identify the final cadence as perfect, plagal, imperfect
, , or or interrupted
Listen to two notes from the Identify the interval as minor or major second, minor or major
melody line played consecutively third, perfect fourth or fifth, minor or major sixth, minor or
major seventh or octave
Study a copy of the piece, and listen i) Identify the bar in which the change of rhythm occurred
to it once as written and once with ii) Identify the bar in which the change of pitch occurred
a change of rhythm and a change
of pitch (both changes in the
melody line)
3. Improvisation
◗◗ Stylistic
◗◗ Motivic
◗◗ Harmonic
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Grade 6
Grade 6
SONG 1 17
SONG 2 17
SONG 3 17
SONG 4 17
TECHNICAL WORK 12
◗◗ Aural
TOTAL 100
SONGS
Candidates perform a balanced programme of four songs, chosen from the lists below — see pages 10–11 for guidance.
No more than two songs may be chosen from any one group. At least one song must be chosen from group A. Candidates
may not perform more than one song by the same composer. Programmes must include at least two living languages
(ie not Latin). This may include English.
Grade 6
Key;

Any voice
Ombra mai fu (Largo from Serse) [with recit: Frondi IMC 1695 (high),
1. F; d–f’ [D] HANDEL
tenere] from 45 Arias from Operas & Oratorios vol. 2 1696 (low)
Where’er You Walk (Semele)
2. Bb; f–g’ HANDEL IMC 1693
from 45 Arias from Operas & Oratorios vol. 1 (high)
Soprano
I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls (The Bohemian Girl)

3. Eb; eb’–g” BALFE Mayhew 3611717
from Great Soprano Arias 2
Bm; Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
4. f#’–f#”(b”) GERSHWIN from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1
or Faber 0571525768
[Am] (Soprano) or The Best of George and Ira Gershwin
As When the Dove Laments Her Love [with recit: O didst
5. F; e’–g” HANDEL thou know] (Acis and Galatea) IMC 1695
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Bel piacere (Agrippina)

6. G; d’–g” HANDEL IMC 1693
Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (Semele)
7. E; d#’–g#” HANDEL IMC 1695
Và godendo (Serse)
8. Bb; f’–bb” HANDEL IMC 1693
Cavatina: Light and Life Are Both Enfeebled [with recit:
9. F; c’–f” HAYDN Novello NOV072493
The winter with his dismal storms] (The Seasons)
I Will Sing of Thy Great Mercies (St Paul)
10. F; e’–f” MENDELSSOHN Mayhew 3611728
from Sacred Soprano Arias
Jerusalem, Thou That Killest the Prophets (St Paul)
11. Bb; f’–f” MENDELSSOHN Schirmer GS32578
from Anthology of Sacred Song vol. 1 (Soprano)
MORENO La petenera (La Marchenera)
12. Am; e’–bb” UME UMV24369
TORROBA from Zarzuela!
If Somebody There Chanced to Be (Ruddigore)
13. A; e’–f#” SULLIVAN Hal Leonard HL00740214
from Gilbert and Sullivan for Singers (Soprano)
Kind Sir, You Cannot Have the Heart (The Gondoliers)
14. Bb; f’–ab” SULLIVAN Schirmer GS33754
[NB cut at end of repeat of first section]
Love Is a Plaintive Song (Patience)
15. A; e’–a” SULLIVAN Hal Leonard HL00740214
Mezzo-soprano, alto and countertenor
Return, O God of Hosts (Samson)

16. Eb; bb–eb” HANDEL IMC 1698
from 45 Arias from Operas & Oratorios vol. 3 (low)
Thou Shalt Bring Them In (Israel in Egypt)
17. E; b–c#” HANDEL Schirmer GS82069
from The Second Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos
Verdi prati (Alcina) from 45 Arias from Operas & IMC 1696 or
18. E; c#’–e” HANDEL
Oratorios vol. 2 (low) or vocal score Bärenreiter BA 4061-90
Voi che sapete (Le nozze di Figaro) Chester CH65252
19. Bb; f’–f” MOZART from Voices or CH61597
or Lesley Garrett: Song Collection or vocal score or Schirmer GS33772
Vouchsafe O Lord (Te Deum) Hal Leonard
20. Dm; c#’–c” PURCELL
from The Oratorio Anthology (Alto/Mezzo-Soprano) HL00747059
Sir Rupert Murgatroyd (Ruddigore)
21. Em; b–e” SULLIVAN Hal Leonard HL00740215
from Gilbert and Sullivan for Singers (Mezzo-Soprano)
Tenor
But Thou Didst Not Leave [with recit: He was cut off]
22. A; e–g’ HANDEL Novello NOV070137
(Messiah)
Rend’ il sereno al ciglio [with recit: Rasserena, O madre]
23. G; d–e’ HANDEL (Sosarme) from 45 Arias from Operas & Oratorios vol. 2 IMC 1696
(low)
In Mohrenland gefangen (Pedrillo’s Serenade)
24. D; e#–d’ MOZART Bärenreiter BA 4591-90
(Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
25. Bb; c–g’ PURCELL The Sailor’s Song (Dido and Aeneas) Novello NOV070318
Baritone and bass
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ (Porgy & Bess)

26. G; b–d” GERSHWIN Faber 0571525768
Ach, wir armen Leute (Hansel & Gretel)
27. Em; d–e’ HUMPERDINCK Schirmer GS81100
from Arias for Baritone
Deh vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)
28. D; d–e’ MOZART Schirmer GS32586
from Operatic Anthology vol. IV (Baritone)
O Isis und Osiris (Der Zauberflöte)
29. F; F–c’ MOZART Schirmer GS32587
from Operatic Anthology vol. V (Bass)
Wer ein Liebchen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
30. Gm; G–d’ MOZART Peters EP 737
from Aria Album (Bass)
The Sentry’s Song (When all night long) (Iolanthe)
31. Bb; Bb–d’ SULLIVAN Dover DP11040
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ii) Musical theatre

Any voice
32. Eb; bb–f” BERNSTEIN Somewhere from West Side Story: Vocal Selections Boosey M051933457
Who am I? (Peter Pan)
33. C; g–e” BERNSTEIN Boosey M051922376
from Leonard Bernstein Song Album
Timid Frieda [all verses]
34. Eb; bb–eb” BREL Hal Leonard HL00312047
from Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Matelot (Sigh No More)
35. Ab; c’–ab” COWARD Music Sales OP40708
from The Essential Noel Coward Songbook
Love Is Here to Stay (The Goldwyn Follies)
36. F; c’–e” GERSHWIN Faber 0571525768
I Can’t Take My Eyes from You
37. F; bb–e” MENKEN Hal Leonard HL00313198
from Alan Menken Songbook
Abm; Anything Goes [all refrains]
38. PORTER Alfred VF1713
ab–c” from Cole Porter 100th Anniversary
Ridin’ High (Red, Hot and Blue)
39. C; b–e” PORTER Alfred VF1713
from Cole Porter 100th Anniversary
The Tale of the Oyster (Fifty Million Frenchmen)
40. Eb; bb–g” PORTER Alfred VF1713
from Cole Porter 100th Anniversary
Isn’t It? (Saturday Night) from The Singer’s Musical
41. D; a–e” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00740125
Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Baritone/Bass)
Not While I’m Around (Sweeney Todd) from The Singer’s
42. Ab; eb–ab’ SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00361073
Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Tenor)
Female voice
ANDERSSON/ Someone Else’s Story (Chess) from The Singer’s Musical

43. Gb; f–c” Hal Leonard HL00747031
ULVAEUS Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Mezzo-Soprano)
What It Means to Be a Friend
44. A; a–e” BROWN Hal Leonard HL00313435
from 13 The Musical: Vocal Selections
You Don’t Know This Man (Parade) from The Singer’s
45. Gm; g–eb” BROWN Hal Leonard HL00740123
I’ll Follow My Secret Heart (Conversation Piece)
46. G; a–g” COWARD Music Sales OP40708
If Love Were All (Bitter Sweet)
47. Eb; bb–g” COWARD Music Sales OP40708
Blue Fairy’s Aria — ‘I have come to be your mother’ (The
48. Am; c’–a’’ DOVE Peters EP 7898
Adventures of Pinocchio) from Songs & Arias for Soprano
Once You Lose Your Heart (Me and My Girl) from
49. Db; ab–db” GAY Hal Leonard HL00740122
The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Soprano)
Grade 6
Someone to Watch over Me (Oh, Kay) from The Singer’s Hal Leonard HL00740122
50. C; c’–d” GERSHWIN Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Soprano) or The Best or Faber 0571525768
of George and Ira Gershwin or All Woman: Blues or Faber 057153225X
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Show Boat)
51. Eb; bb–gb” KERN from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1
or Alfred MFM0001
(Soprano) or The Smash Broadway Collection
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Evita)
Db; ab–db” Hal Leonard HL00361072
52. LLOYD WEBBER from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1
[C] or Alfred MFM0001
(Mezzo-Soprano) or The Smash Broadway Collection
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
(The Phantom of the Opera) Hal Leonard HL00740122
53. a–g” LLOYD WEBBER
from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 or Chester CH61597
(Soprano) or Lesley Garrett: Song Collection
With One Look (Sunset Boulevard)
54. A; g#–c#’ LLOYD WEBBER from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3
or Music Sales AM953843
(Mezzo-Soprano) or 50 Showstoppers — The White Book
Just You Wait (My Fair Lady) from The Singer’s Musical
55. Cm; c’–eb” LOEWE Hal Leonard HL00740122
Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Soprano)
Without You (My Fair Lady) from The Singer’s Musical Hal Leonard
56. C; b–eb” LOEWE
Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Soprano) HL00747066
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Grade 6
A Change in Me
57. A; e(a)–c” MENKEN Hal Leonard HL00312511
from Beauty and the Beast: Vocal Selections
58. a–eb” MENKEN Never Again (King David) from Alan Menken Songbook Hal Leonard HL00313198
If I Loved You (Carousel) from The Singer’s Musical
59. G; c’–gb” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00361071
Johnny One Note (Babes in Arms) from The Singer’s
60. Eb; bb–eb” RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00747031
The Lady Is a Tramp (Babes in Arms) from The Singer’s
61. A; a–b’ RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00361072
How Many Tears? (Martin Guerre) from The Singer’s
62. C; a–f” SCHÖNBERG Hal Leonard HL00740122
63. A; e–b’ SCHWARTZ I’m Not That Girl from Wicked: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313267
How Could I Ever Know? (The Secret Garden)
64. Db; bb–f” SIMON from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2
or Alfred MFM0001
(Soprano) or The Smash Broadway Collection
Can You Find It in Your Heart? (Footloose)
65. C; a–db” SNOW from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 Hal Leonard HL00740123
(Mezzo-Soprano)
I Remember (Evening Primrose) from The Singer’s
66. C; c’–d” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00740122
Losing My Mind (Follies) from The Singer’s Musical
67. Ab; f–a#’ SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00361072
Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Mezzo-Soprano)
Gimme Gimme (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
68. Gb; ab–d” TESORI from Broadway Presents! Teens’ Musical Theatre Alfred 32024
Anthology (Female Edition)
Till There Was You (The Music Man) from The Singer’s
69. Eb; d’–g” WILSON Hal Leonard HL00361071
Simple (Nine) from The Singer’s Musical Theatre
70. F; a–e” YESTON Hal Leonard HL00747066
Male voice
Promises, Promises (Promises, Promises)

71. F; A–e’ [G] BACHARACH from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2
or Music Sales AM953843
(Baritone/Bass) or 50 Showstoppers — The White Book
Lucky to Be Me (On the Town)
72. F; Bb–f’(g’) BERNSTEIN from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3
or Alfred MFM0001
(Baritone/Bass) or The Smash Broadway Collection
73. F; c#–d’ HENEKER She’s Too Far Above Me (Half a Sixpence) Faber 0571539949
All I Care About (Chicago)
74. D; A–f’ KANDER from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 Hal Leonard HL00740125
(Baritone/Bass)
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)
75. Bb; c–eb’ LEIGH from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 Hal Leonard HL00361074
(Baritone/Bass)
Luck Be a Lady (Guys and Dolls)
76. Db; db–eb’ LOESSER from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 Hal Leonard HL00747033
(Baritone/Bass)
77. C; c–d’ LOEWE The Seven Deadly Virtues from Camelot (revised edition) Faber 0571536174
Me (Beauty and the Beast)
78. E; B–f’ MENKEN from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 Hal Leonard HL00740125
(Baritone/Bass)
Proud of Your Boy
79. D; e–f#” MENKEN Hal Leonard HL00126656
from Aladdin the Musical: Vocal Selections
This Nearly Was Mine (South Pacific)
80. G; B–d’ RODGERS from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 Hal Leonard HL00361074
(Baritone/Bass)
You Are Beautiful (Flower Drum Song)
81. F; eb–g’ RODGERS Hal Leonard HL00361073
from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Tenor)
82. c–f#’ SONDHEIM Giants in the Sky from Into the Woods: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313442
Lost in the Darkness
83. B; G#–e’ WILDHORN Music Sales CLM02502211
from Jekyll & Hyde: Vocal Selections
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Grade 6
Eb; d’– Schirmer GS27973 (high),

bb”(gb”) GS28597 (medium),
1. ADAM O Holy Night
[Db] [C] GS28151 (medium low),
[Bb] GS27974 (low)
Db; f’–ab” The Holy City Hal Leonard HL40051 (high),
2. ADAMS
[Ab] from Sacred Classics 40052 (low)
Dm; d’–g” ARMSTRONG The Cherry Tree Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
3.
[Bm] GIBBS from Trinity Singing Grade 6 TCL 017949 (low)
D; c#’–f#” Thou Soft Flowing Avon Hal Leonard HL40018 (high),
4. ARNE
[Bb] from English Songs: Renaissance to Baroque HL40019 (low)
Under the Greenwood Tree
5. Eb; c’–g” ARNE Chester CH55317
A Child’s Prayer Novello (special order)
6. f’–f” BLISS
from 9 Songs for Voice and Piano NOV170309
Gm; f’–g’’ Down by the Salley Gardens Boosey M051933853 (high),
7. CLARKE
[Em] from Art Song in English M051933860 (low)
Mrs Worthington
8. Eb; bb–d” COWARD Music Sales OP40708
9. Bm; d’–d” CUNNINGHAM I Am Alone from Songs from The Okavango Macbeth Goodmusic GM135
Bb; f’–g” Summer Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
10. CUNNINGHAM
[G] from Trinity Singing Grade 6 TCL 017949 (low)
11. F; c’–c” DOWLAND Clear or Cloudy from English Lute Songs book 2 Stainer B617
If My Complaints Could Passions Move
12. Gm; f#’–f” DOWLAND Stainer B617
13. Dm; f’–f” DRING To Daffodils from Dedications Thames TH978395
ELWYN-
14. D; d’–e’’ The Cloths of Heaven Roberton 1068
EDWARDS
15. F; a–d” FINZI Who Is Sylvia? from Let Us Garlands Bring Boosey M060030345
16. Em; b–d” FORD Fair Sweet Cruel from English Lute Songs book 1 Stainer B616
(M) The Sun Has Spread His Shining Wings
17. bb–eb” FREED Sounz
from Five Fairburn Songs
C#m; I Know a Bank from The Boosey & Hawkes
18. HARRISON Boosey M060104657
d#’–f#” Shakespeare Song Album
19. Gm; d’–eb” HAYDN The Wanderer from O Tuneful Voice OUP 9780193457461
Cm; c’–g” Boosey M060831362 (high),
20. HEAD (M) Ave Maria
[Am] M060801303 (low)
Ab; eb’–ab” A Blackbird Singing Boosey M060032479
21. HEAD
[F] from Over the Rim of the Moon (high), M060032462 (low)
22. D; d’–f#” HOPKINS A Melancholy Song Chester CH04044 Grade 6
Hope the Hornblower
23. Bb; f’–f” IRELAND Stainer B040 or B600
from Eleven Songs or Complete Songs vol. 5
24. F; f’–d” KEATS I Will Build My House in the Water Wirripang HKAW201
Eb; g’–g” The Lamb Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
25. KEATS
[C] from Trinity Singing Grade 6 TCL 017949 (low)
Bm; e’–g” Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
26. L’ESTRANGE
[Gm] from Trinity Singing Grade 6 TCL 017949 (low)
Still the Lark Finds Repose
27. A; e’–f#” LINLEY Stainer B569
from Songs of the Linleys (Soprano)
28. g–e” MATTHEWS Strugnell’s Haiku [complete] Faber 0571511732
Novello (custom print)
29. Eb; c’–eb” PARRY Love Is a Bable
NOV170106
30. G; d’–e” PINTO A Shepherd Lov’d a Nymph So Fair from O Tuneful Voice OUP 9780193457461
Dear Pretty Youth Z631 from The Junior Recitalist
31. G; d’–f” PURCELL Stainer D82
book 2 (Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto)
Dm; d–f’ (M) Since from My Dear (The Prophetess Z627) IMC 2071 (high),
32. PURCELL
[Bm] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)

Grade 6
G; d–g’ (M) O Mistress Mine Boosey M060021893 (high),

33. QUILTER
[Eb] from 3 Shakespeare Songs, op. 6 M060021886 (low)
Under the Greenwood Tree Boosey M060021671 (high),
34. F; f’–f” QUILTER
from 5 Shakespeare Songs, op. 23 M060021664 (low)
Boosey M051933952
Love
35. E; c#’–g” ROREM (high), M051933969
from 50 Collected Songs
(medium/low)
36. Gm; eb’–d” RUBBRA Rune of Hospitality Lengnick AL0866
37. Eb; cb’–f” SALOMON Go, Lov’ly Rose from O Tuneful Voice OUP 9780193457461
38. Eb; d’–ab” SALOMON O Tuneful Voice from O Tuneful Voice OUP 9780193457461
(F) The Willow Song from The Junior Recitalist book 2
39. E; b–e” SULLIVAN Stainer D82
(Mezzo–Soprano/Contralto)
F; eb’–f” TRAD. She Moved through the Fair from Trinity Singing Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
40.
[Eb] arr. HUGHES Grade 6 [NB only this version may be used] TCL 017949 (low)
G;
TRAD. Over the Mountains Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
41. d’–d”(g”)
arr. QUILTER from Trinity Singing Grade 6 TCL 017949 (low)
[E]
Eb; d’–f” Pretty Ring Time
42. WARLOCK Banks OSS 602
(g”) from A First Book of Songs
Sleep from Songs 1920–1922: Warlock Society vol. 3 Thames TH978102
43. Gm; d’–eb” WARLOCK
or A First Book of Songs or Banks OSS602
The First Mercy from Warlock Songs Boosey M060029233
44. f’–f” WARLOCK
or Songs 1927–1928: Warlock Society vol. 7 or Thames TH978375
Walking the Woods
45. F; c’–f” WARLOCK Thames TH978375
from Songs 1927–1928: Warlock Society vol. 7
Lord, Make Me an Instrument OUP 9780193365810 (high),
46. Eb; d’–g’’ WILLCOCKS
from Oxford Solo Songs Sacred 9780193365803 (low)
F#m; When I Am Dead, My Dearest
47. WILLIAMSON Weinberger M570052783
A–eb” from Six English Lyrics
Group C: German Lied
1. A; e’–g#” BEETHOVEN Der Kuss from Ausgewählte Lieder Peters EP 731

Eb; bb–eb” Dein blaues Auge, op. 59 no. 8
3202b (low) or Faber
2. [D] BRAHMS from Lieder vol. 2
0571523455 (high),
or Eb [C] or The Language of Song: Elementary
0571523463 (low)
G; f#’–a” Geheimnis, op. 71 no. 3
3. BRAHMS 3201b (medium),
[Eb] [D] from Lieder vol. 1
3201c (low)
D; f#’–a” O liebliche Wangen, op. 47 no. 4
[C] [A] from Lieder vol. 1
3201c (low)
Sapphische Ode, op. 94 no. 4 Alfred 17611 (high),
5. F; c’–f” [D] BRAHMS
from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
Alfred 17611 (high),
Vergebliches Ständchen, op. 84 no. 4
A; e’–f#” 17617 (low) or Faber
6. BRAHMS from Gateway to German Lieder
[G] 0571523439 (high),
or The Language of Song: Intermediate
0571523447 (low)
Süsses, Begräbnis Alfred 17611 (high),
7. B; b–e’’ [A] LOEWE
E; b–g#” Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen IMC 1214 (high),
8. MAHLER
[C] from 24 Songs vol. 2 1232 (low)
9. Eb; d’–c” MENDELSSOHN Abendlied from Songs for Voice and Piano Dover DP19426
10. F; d’–f” MENDELSSOHN Das Erste Veilchen from Songs for Voice and Piano Dover DP19426
Eb; d’–eb” Nachtlied Alfred 17611 (high),
11. MENDELSSOHN
[C] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
Das Veilchen Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
12. F; e’–f” [D] MOZART
from Trinity Singing Grade 6 TCL 017949 (low)
13. F; e’–g” SCHUBERT An den Frühling D 245 from Lieder vol. 7 Peters EP 2270

Grade 6
G; g’–g” An die Nachtigall D 497 Alfred 17611 (high),

14. SCHUBERT
[Eb] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
15. G; f#’–e” SCHUBERT An mein Klavier D 342 from Easy German Classic Songs Ditson 431 41002
Faber 0571523439 (high),
Db; eb’–gb” Die Forelle D 550
0571523447 (low)
16. [A] or Db SCHUBERT from The Language of Song: Intermediate
or Peters EP 20a (high),
[B] [A] or Lieder vol. 1
20b (medium), 20c (low)
Ab; eb’–ab” Geheimes D 719 Peters EP 20a (high),
17. SCHUBERT
[F] [Eb] from Lieder vol. 1 20b (medium), 20c (low)
Db; f’–eb” Liebst du um Schönheit, op. 12 no. 4 Alfred 17611 (high),
18. C SCHUMANN
[Bb] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
Alfred 17611 (high), 17617
Der Nußbaum, op. 25 no. 3
G; d’–f#” (low) or Peters EP 2383a
19. R SCHUMANN from Lieder vol. 1
[F] [Eb] (high), 2383b (medium),
or Gateway to German Lieder
2383c (low)
Alfred 17611 (high), 17617
(low) or Peters EP 2383a
Die Lotosblume, op. 25 no. 7
F; c’–g” (high), 2383b (medium),
20. R SCHUMANN from Lieder vol. 1 or Gateway to German Lieder
[Eb] [Db] 2383c (low) or Faber
0571523439 (high),
0571523447 (low)
Fm; f#’–e#” Auf ein altes Bild (Mörike Lieder no. 23) Peters EP 4290a (high),
21. WOLF
[Em] from Ausgewählte Lieder 4290b (low)
Group D: French mélodie
Hal Leonard
Eb; eb’–g” Mots d’amour
1. CHAMINADE HL00740270 (high),
[C] from Women Composers: a Heritage of Song
HL00740271 (low)
D; e’–e” Hébé Leduc AL26431
2. CHAUSSON
or Bb [G] from Mélodies pour chant et piano or Changing Voices or Peters EP 72482
3. G; c#’–f” CHAUSSON Les papillons from Mélodies pour chant et piano Leduc AL26431
G; e’–g” Chanson d’amour Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
4. FAURÉ
[F] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
Hal Leonard HL47071
Ab; e’–eb” Dans la forêt de septembre
5. FAURÉ (high), HL47070
[Gb] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice)
(medium/low)
F; f’–g” Le secret
7520b (medium/low) or
6. [Db] FAURÉ from The Art of French Song vol. 2
Faber 0571523439 (high),
or E [Db] or The Language of Song: Intermediate
0571523447 (low)
F; d’–g” Rêve d’amour Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
7. FAURÉ
Grade 6
[Eb] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
Hal Leonard HL47071
Ab; g’–ab” Sylvie
8. FAURÉ (high), HL47070
[F] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice)
(medium/low)
G; d’–a” Sérénade Lemoine HX26736 (high),
9. GOUNOD
[F] from 11 Melodies HX26735 (medium)
10. F; f’–f” GOUNOD Viens! Les gazons sont verts! from Les mélodies favorites Lemoine HX26370
F#; f#’–f#” Quand je fus pris au pavillon Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
11. HAHN
Élégie
12. Dm; a–eb” MASSENET Schirmer GS82065
from The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos Part II
13. Bb; c’–g” RAVEL Sainte Durand DR00724801
14. G; d’–g” SATIE La diva de I’empire Salabert SLB 00462100
G; f’–g” Les deux roses Peters EP 7520a (high),
15. VIARDOT
[Eb] from The Art of French Song vol. 2 7520b (medium/low)
16. G; d’–g” VILLETTE Premier aveu, op. 4 from Trois Mélodies UMP 9790224405446

Grade 6
Group E: General song repertoire in other languages
(M) If I Climb the Rocky Mountains [in Hungarian or

1. d’–e” BARTÓK Boosey M060011528 (high)
German or English] from Eight Hungarian Folksongs
(M) Skies Above are Heavy with Rain [in Hungarian or
2. d’–e” BARTÓK Boosey M060011528 (high)
German or English] from Eight Hungarian Folksongs
3. Ab; eb’–ab” BELLINI Ma rendi pur contento from 15 Composizioni da Camera Ricordi NR 12328200
(M) Deh più a me non v’ascondete from Anthology of
4. Ab; eb’–f” BONONCINI Schirmer GS25401
Italian Song of the 17th and 18th Centuries book 1
Fm; eb’–g” Non posso disperar
5. BONONCINI 3403 (medium low)
[Dm] from 26 Italian Songs and Arias
[with CD: 3396/3397]
6. Am; e’–a” CACCINI Ave Maria from Lesley Garrett: Song Collection Chester CH61597
G; d’–f#” Alma del core 3403 (medium low)
7. [D] CALDARA from 26 Italian Songs and Arias [with CD: 3396/3397]
or C [Bb] or The Language of Song: Elementary or Faber 0571523455 (high),
0571523463 (low)
D; d’–g” Vittoria mio core
8. CARISSIMI 3403 (medium low)
[A] from 26 Italian Songs and Arias
[with CD: 3396/3397]
A; e’–f#” Canción Chester CH52563 (high),
9. DE FALLA
[G] from Siete canciones populares españolas CH04050 (medium)
C#m;
El paño muruno Chester CH52563 (high),
10. g#’–f#” DE FALLA
from Siete canciones populares españolas CH04050 (medium)
[Bm]
F#; f#’–f#” Nana Chester CH52563 (high),
11. DE FALLA
[E] from Siete canciones populares españolas CH04050 (medium)
12. Ab; c’–f” DONIZETTI Amore e morte from Compozioni da camera vol. 1 Ricordi NR 13033000
Alfred 3402 (medium
Bm; a#–f#” Danza, danza fanciulla gentile
13. DURANTE high), 3403 (medium low)
[Gm] from 26 Italian Songs and Arias
[with CD: 3396/3397]
Songs My Mother Taught Me [in Czech or German or
14. D; f#’–g” DVOŘ ÁK Simrock EE582
English] (no. 4) from Gipsy Songs
Am; d’–g” ELWYN- Gaeaf (Winter) [in Welsh only] Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
15.
[Fm] EDWARDS from Trinity Singing Grade 6 TCL 017949 (low)
Ave Maria OUP 9780193457843 (high),
16. F; f–g” [D] FRANCK
from Sing Solo Sacred 9780193457850 (low)
El majo discreto Schirmer GS81173 or
A; e’–a”
17. GRANADOS from First Book of Soprano Solos Faber 0571523439 (high),
or A [E]
Ein Schwan (A Swan), op. 25 no. 2
18. Eb; c’–eb’’ GRIEG Peters EP 3208b
from Album of 60 Selected Songs (medium/low voice)
En Svane (A Swan), op. 25 no. 2
19. F; d’–f’’ GRIEG Peters EP 7958
from Grieg Centenary Song Album (high)
20. Bm; d’–ab” LARA Granada from Voices Chester CH65252
E; e’–f#” Pur dicesti
21. LOTTI 3403 (medium low)
[C] from 26 Italian Songs and Arias
[with CD: 3396/3397]
22. C; c’–e” MARCELLO (F) Non m’è grave from Arie Antiche vol. 2 Ricordi NR 05398300
Corazón porque pasais…?
23. E; e’–e” OBRADORS Music Sales UMV34070
from Canciones clásicas españolas vol. 1
F; e’–a” T’intendo, si, mio cor Trinity TCL 016867 (high),
24. RIGHINI
[D] from Trinity Singing Grade 6 TCL 017949 (low)
25. A; e’–f#” RIGHINI Vorrei di te fidarmi from 12 Ariettas Southern HL03770714
Em; d#’–e” Sento nel core
26. SCARLATTI 3403 (medium low)
[with CD: 3396/3397]
27. c’–g” TURINA Saeta en forma de Salve UME UMV16618
28. Eb; d’–eb” VERDI (M) Stornello from Composizione da camera Ricordi NR 12338100

Grade 6
Own composition
for this grade.
TECHNICAL WORK
a. The Sleeping Giant (pitch and tone) Trinity TCL 016775
b. America (rhythm)
c. A Mango Mystery (diction)
— Lektion V (Semitones: Delira dubbiosa) Peters EP 2073a (high), EP 2073b

folk song a. The Wee Weaver Faber 0-571-53733-2
b. Maid on the Shore [verses 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6]
SUPPORTING TESTS
Candidates prepare:
◗◗ Aural or improvisation
1. Sight reading
2. Aural
Harmonised Listen to the piece twice i) Identify the time signature

ii) Comment on the dynamics
Grade 6
8 bars
iii) Comment on the articulation
Major key
Listen to the piece twice Identify and comment on two other characteristics of the piece
, , or
Listen to the first four bars of the Identify the key to which the music modulates as subdominant,
piece once dominant or relative minor (answers may alternatively be given
as key names)
Study a copy of the piece, and listen Locate and describe the changes as pitch or rhythm
to it twice with two changes to the
melody line
3. Improvisation
◗◗ Stylistic
◗◗ Motivic
◗◗ Harmonic
59
Grade 7
Grade 7
SONG 1 17
SONG 2 17
SONG 3 17
SONG 4 17
TECHNICAL WORK 12
◗◗ Aural
TOTAL 100
SONGS
Key;

Soprano
Quia respexit [end on first note of following chorus]

1. Bm; d’–f#” J S BACH Bärenreiter BA 5103-90
from Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Barbarina’s Remorse (L’Augellino Belverde)
2. Cm; c’–bb’’ DOVE Peters EP 7898
from Songs & Arias for Soprano
Pie Jesu (Requiem) from Sacred Soprano Arias Mayhew 3611728
3. Bb; eb’–f” FAURÉ
or Sing Solo Sacred (high) or OUP 019 345784 9
He Shall Feed His Flock (version 1) [with recit: Then shall
4. Bb; f’–g” HANDEL Novello NOV070137
the eyes] (Messiah)
O Had I Jubal’s Lyre (Joshua) from 45 Arias from IMC 1695
5. A; d#’–f#” HANDEL
Operas & Oratorios vol. 2 (high) or Sacred Soprano Arias or Mayhew 3611728
6. Em; d’–g” HANDEL O That I On Wings Could Rise (Theodora) Novello NOV070459
60
Grade 7
V’adoro, pupille (Guilio Cesare) from 45 Arias from IMC 1697

7. F; f’–g” HANDEL
Operas & Oratorios vol. 3 (high) or vocal score or Bärenreiter BA 4078-90
8. Dm; f’–a” MARQUÉS Lagrimas mías (El anillo de hierro) from Zarzuela! UME UMV24369
Vedrai carino (Don Giovanni) Schirmer GS81097
9. C; g’–g” MOZART
from Arias for Soprano or The Prima Donna’s Album or GS32555
Sorry Her Lot (HMS Pinafore)
10. F; f’–bb” SULLIVAN Hal Leonard HL00740214
Domine Deus (Gloria RV 589) OUP 9780193457805
11. C; f’–f” VIVALDI
from Sing Solo Soprano or vocal score or Novello NOV078441
Seguidilla: Près des remparts de Séville (Carmen)

12. Bm; b–f” BIZET Peters EP 7553
from French Operatic Arias for Mezzo-Soprano
Il segreto per esser felici (Lucrezia Borgia)
13. C; c’–f” DONIZETTI Schirmer GS81098
from Arias for Mezzo-Soprano
Faites-lui mes aveux (Faust)
14. C; d’–g” GOUNOD Peters EP 7553
Father of Heav’n (Judas Maccabæus)
15. F; c’–e” HANDEL IMC 1694
from 45 Arias from Operas & Oratorios vol. 1 (low)
Hence, Iris, Hence Away (Semele)
16. Fm; bb–eb” HANDEL Novello NOV070146
(custom print vocal score)
17. C; b–a’ MONTEVERDI Arnalta’s Lullaby (L’incoronazione di Poppea Act II Scene X) Novello NOV200184
Chacun a son gout (Die Fledermaus)
18. Db; c’–ab” J STRAUSS Schirmer GS32584
from Operatic Anthology vol. II (Mezzo-Soprano and Alto)
Were I Thy Bride (Yeoman of the Guard)
19. Eb; bb–eb” SULLIVAN Dover DP11040
Me voici dans son boudoir (Mignon)
20. Eb; bb–f” THOMAS Schirmer GS32584
from Operatic Anthology vol. II (Mezzo-Soprano and Alto)
Tenor
Gentle Airs, Melodious Strains! (Athalia) Hal Leonard

21. A; e–f#’ HANDEL
from The Oratorio Anthology (Tenor) HL00747060
22. A; e–a’ HANDEL Lay Your Doubts and Fears Aside (Semele) Novello NOV070146
23. G; f#–a’ HANDEL Would You Gain the Tender Creature? (Acis and Galatea) Novello NOV070122
Now Nature Sinks Beneath the Weight [with recit:
24. E; B#–e’ HAYDN Novello NOV072493
The noonday sun] (The Seasons)
Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast (Pirates of Penzance)
25. Db; ab–bb’ SULLIVAN [cutting chorus part and ending after cadenza ‘I’ll love you’] Hal Leonard HL00740124
Baritone and bass
Wohlzutun und mitzuteilen from Cantata no. 39:

26. Dm; G–e’ J S BACH Breitkopf EB 7039
Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot BWV 39
Leave Me, Loathsome Light (Semele)
27. D; A–d’ HANDEL Schirmer GS32962
from Great Art Songs of Three Centuries (low)
More Sweet Is That Name (Semele)
28. D; A–d’ HANDEL Novello NOV070146
Grade 7
(custom print vocal score)

29. Gm; c#–f’ HUMPHREY A Hymne to God the Father Schott ED11908
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Die Zauberflöte)
30. F; B–d’ MOZART Schirmer GS32586
Ho capito, Signor, sì (Don Giovanni) Ricordi ER 00229100
31. F; c–c’ MOZART
from Mozart Arie Scelte vol. IV or vocal score or Schirmer GS33818
In diesen heil’gen Hallen (Die Zauberflöte)
32. E; F#–c’# MOZART Schirmer GS32587
Non siate ritrosi [with recit: Le nostre pene] (Cosí fan tutte)
33. G; d–e’ MOZART Schirmer GS32586
Fair Moon to Thee (HMS Pinafore)
34. D; c–f’(a’) SULLIVAN Hal Leonard HL00740217
from Gilbert and Sullivan for Singers: Baritone/Bass
61
Grade 7
ii) Musical theatre

Any voice
(I’ll Build a) Stairway to Paradise (George White’s Scandals

35. C; c’–f” GERSHWIN Faber 0571525768
of 1922) from The Best of George and Ira Gershwin
Fascinatin’ Rhythm (Lady, Be Good!)
36. Eb; eb’–f” GERSHWIN Faber 0571525768
Nice Work If You Can Get It (A Damsel in Distress)
37. G; b–e” GERSHWIN Faber 0571525768
What More Do I Need? (Saturday Night)
38. Eb; bb–eb” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00313531
from The Stephen Sondheim Collection
It Never Was You (Knickerbocker Holiday)
39. F; c’–f”(a”) WEILL Alfred PF9921
from Kurt Weill Songs: A Centennial Anthology vol. 1
Female voice
I Had Myself a True Love (St Louis Woman) from The

40. Bb; f–c” ARLEN Hal Leonard HL00740123
Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Mezzo-Soprano)
Will He Like Me? (She Loves Me) from The Singer’s
41. G; b–f#” BOCK Hal Leonard HL00747066
My Brother Lived in San Francisco (Elegies for Angels,
42. C; f#–db” HOOD Punks and Raging Queens) from The Contemporary Hal Leonard HL00740192
Singing Actor (Women’s Voices) vol. 1
Maybe This Time (Cabaret) from The Singer’s Musical
43. G; e–c” KANDER Hal Leonard HL00740123
44. C; c’–eb” KANDER Roxie from Chicago the Musical: Vocal Selections IMP 4863A
Take Back Your Mink (Guys and Dolls) from The Singer’s
45. Bb; bb–c” LOESSER Hal Leonard HL00361072
Show Me (My Fair Lady) from The Singer’s Musical
46. G; d’–g” LOEWE Hal Leonard HL00361071
47. D; b–d’’ MARGOSHES Think of Meryl Streep from Fame: The Musical Alfred 28453
48. F; g–c’’ SCHWARTZ Popular from Wicked: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313267
Another Hundred People (Company) from The Singer’s
49. C; c’–eb” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00747031
One More Kiss (Follies) from The Singer’s Musical Theatre
50. Db; d’–a” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00361071
Take Me to the World (Evening Primrose) from
51. Bb; bb–eb” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00747066
The Girls of Summer (Marry Me a Little) from
52. E; b–e” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00740122
Uptown, Downtown (Follies) from The Singer’s Musical
53. Am; g–b’ SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00740123
Not for the Life of Me
54. G; ab–c” TESORI Hal Leonard HL02500565
from Thoroughly Modern Millie: Vocal Selections
In His Eyes (Jekyll and Hyde) from The Singer’s Musical
55. Bb; bb–f” WILDHORN Hal Leonard HL00740122
Male voice
The Mason (Working) from The Singer’s Musical Theatre

56. F; Bb–g’ CARNELIA Hal Leonard HL00740124
Anthology vol. 3 (Tenor)
57. Am; A–e’ COLEMAN Funny from City of Angels: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313356
Hey There, Good Times [cut duet section]
58. Bb; Bb–f’ COLEMAN Hal Leonard HL00313371
from I Love My Wife: Vocal Selections
Mr Cellophane (Chicago)
59. A; c#–g’ KANDER Hal Leonard HL00740124
Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
60. Db; Ab–ab’ LLOYD WEBBER Really Useful RG10054
from The Andrew Lloyd Webber Anthology
61. G; b–g” LOPEZ/MARX Purpose from Avenue Q: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313269
If I Can’t Love Her (Beauty and the Beast)
62. C; B–f’ MENKEN from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 3
or HL00313169
(Baritone/Bass) or Contemporary Disney
62
Grade 7
Bring Him Home (Les Misérables)

63. A; e–a’ SCHÖNBERG from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 Hal Leonard HL00747032
(Tenor) [NB must be sung in A]
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Les Misérables) from The
64. A–g’ SCHÖNBERG Hal Leonard HL00747033
Stars (Les Misérables) from The Singer’s Musical Theatre
65. E; B–e’ SCHÖNBERG Hal Leonard HL00747033
Anthology vol. 2 (Baritone/Bass)
In Pursuit of Excellence
66. Am; G–f#’ SCHWARTZ Alfred 0320B
from Children of Eden: Vocal Selections
Winter’s on the Wing (The Secret Garden) from The
IMP 22053
67. Am; d’–f#” SIMON Secret Garden: Vocal Selections or Broadway Presents!
or Alfred 32027
Teens’ Musical Theatre Anthology (Male Edition)
Good Thing Going (Merrily We Roll Along) from The
68. F; c–f’ SONDHEIM Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Baritone/Bass)
or Alfred MFM0001
or The Smash Broadway Collection
Johanna (Sweeney Todd) from The Singer’s Musical
69. Eb; c–eb’ SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00361073
Theatre Anthology vol. 1 (Tenor)
Abm; Where’s the Girl? from The Scarlet Pimpernel:
70. WILDHORN Alfred PF9806
Bb–eb’ Vocal Selections, Broadway Edition
F#m; ARMSTRONG
1. Silver Boosey M060030918
c#’–f#” GIBBS
Ebm; ARMSTRONG The Fields are Full
2. Boosey M051909230
db’–gb” GIBBS from A Heritage of 20th Century British Song vol. 4
Jewels Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
3. F; d’–a” [C] BENNETT
4. Db; db’–ab” BOYCE (F) By Thy Banks, Gentle Stour from Sing Solo Soprano OUP 9780193457805
5. Am; b–e” BRITTEN Tit for Tat from Tit for Tat Faber 057150292X
6. Ab; eb’–f” DELIUS The Homeward Way Banks OSS 590
Bm; d’–f#” Twilight Fancies Banks OSS 588 (high),
7. DELIUS
[Gm] from 19 Songs OSS 47 (low)
8. Fm; c’–c” DOWLAND Sorrow, Sorrow, Stay from English Lute Songs book 2 Stainer B617
9. D; d’–f#” DRING (F) Business Girls from Five Betjeman Songs Weinberger M570052974
Crabbed Age and Youth Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
10. F; f’–f” [Eb] DRING
11. Gm; d’–g” DRING The Enchantment from Six Songs Thames TH978717
12. D; a#–d” FINZI Come Away, Death from Let Us Garlands Bring Boosey M060030345
13. E; a–e” FINZI It Was a Lover and His Lass from Let Us Garlands Bring Boosey M060030345
FLANDERS & Ill Wind
14. Eb; g(eb)–d’ Faber 0571529208
SWANN from The Songs of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
I Will Go with My Father A-Ploughing
15. Em; d’–e” GURNEY Boosey M051909117
from A Heritage of 20th Century British Song vol. 1
(M) Droop Not Young Lover
16. Am; G–e’ HANDEL Boosey M051904501
Grade 7
(F) Sea Wrack

17. Bb; bb–eb” HARTY Boosey M051904204
from The New Imperial Edition of Contralto Songs
(F) The Hag from The Junior Recitalist book 2
18. Dm; a–f” HATTON Stainer D82
(Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto)
A Green Cornfield
19. F; d’–f” HEAD Boosey M051922260
20. Fm; eb–g” HEAD A Piper from Song Album 1: Songs of the Countryside Boosey M051922260
(F) Foxgloves
21. C; g’–g” HEAD Boosey M051922260
Gm;
22. HEAD Money, O Boosey M060060601
bb(g)–d”
Ships of Arcady Boosey M060032479 (high),
23. D; d’–g” HEAD
from Over the Rim of the Moon M060032462 (low)

Grade 7
Am; a–e”
24. HOLST The Sergeant’s Song Curwen EA 12610A/B
[Gm]
Gavotte from A Century of English Song vol. 1 (Soprano) Thames TH978421
25. G; d’–g” HOWELLS
or Sing Solo Soprano or OUP 9780193457805
F; d’–g” If There Were Dreams to Sell Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
26. IRELAND
[Db] from Trinity Singing Grade 7 TCL 017956 (low)
27. Em; b–d” IRELAND Sea Fever from Eleven Songs or Complete Songs vol. 2 Stainer B040 or B597
(F) Mother I Will Have a Husband
28. G; d’–e” JACOB Thames TH978614
from A Century of English Song vol. 4 (Medium/low)
29. Gm; d’–g” KEATS (M) Love’s Secret Wirripang HKWB102
20. Dm; g’–f” KEATS Plucking the Rushes Wirripang HKAW105
31. G; d’–d” L’ESTRANGE (M) She Walks in Beauty from Love’s Philosophy Faber 0571532152
32. Gm; Bb–c’ LILBURN (M) Once the Strength from Sings Harry Wai-te-ata
33. Cm; eb’–g” MACONCHY Ophelia’s Song OUP 9780193455559
C#m;
34. MALASHKIN Oh Could I But Express in Song Chester CH61610
b–e”(g”)
Gm; (M) O Fair Enough Are Sky and Plain
35. MOERAN Chester CH55318
db’–eb” from The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs book 2
(F) Dirge in Woods from The Junior Recitalist book 2
36. G; g–e” PARRY Stainer D82
(Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto)
(F) My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird
37. F; c’–a” PARRY Stainer B525
from Seven Songs for High Voice
G; d’–g” An Evening Hymn (Harmonia Sacra Z193) IMC 2071 (high),
38. PURCELL
[Eb] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
Hark, How All Things (The Fairy Queen Z629) IMC 2071 (high),
39. G; d’–f” [E] PURCELL
from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
Gm; d’–g” If Music Be the Food of Love (first version: Z379A) IMC 2071 (high),
40. PURCELL
[Ebm] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
Am; e’–f” Music for a While (Oedipus Z583) IMC 2071 (high),
41. PURCELL
[Fm] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
Bbm; Autumn Evening Hal Leonard HL00740225
42. QUILTER
eb’–g” from 55 Songs (high), HL00740226 (low)
Em; e’–g” Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind Boosey M060021893 (high),
43. QUILTER
[Cm] from 3 Shakespeare Songs, op. 6 M060021886 (low)
Db; f’–ab” Fair House of Joy Boosey M060021879 (high),
44. QUILTER
[Bb] from 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12 M060021862 (low)
Stop All the Clocks (‘Funeral Blues’) Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
45. D; a–g” [C] ROE
F#m; c#’–f#” The Nightingale Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
46. ROREM
[Em] from Trinity Singing Grade 7 TCL 017956 (low)
47. Am; d’–g” RUBBRA Hymn to the Virgin from Two Songs Lengnick AL1163
F; c’–gb” The Fairy Lough Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
48. STANFORD
[D] from Trinity Singing Grade 7 TCL 017956 (low)
Am; e’–a” Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
49. STOVE Love Song from Trinity Singing Grade 7
[F#m] TCL 017956 (low)
TRAD. Death and the Lady
50. D; b–d’’ Chester CH55318
arr. HOLLOWAY from The Chester Book of Celebrated Songs 2
VAUGHAN The Bird’s Song (The Pilgrim’s Progress)
51. Eb; db’–f” OUP 9780193459298
WILLIAMS from Collected Songs vol. 3
Dm;
52. WARLOCK Bethlehem Down Boosey M060029141
c#’–eb”
(M) Captain Stratton’s Fancy from Songs 1920–1922: Thames TH978102
53. F; c’–f” WARLOCK
Warlock Society vol. 3 or Thirteen Songs for High Voice or Stainer B060
The Countryman Boosey M060029233
54. F; c’–f” WARLOCK
from Warlock Songs or Thames 978375
The Lover’s Maze from Songs 1927–1928: Warlock Society Thames TH978375
55. Fm; eb’–f” WARLOCK
vol. 7 or A First Book of Songs or Banks OSS602
56. — YATES No. 1, 2 or 4 of Four Epigrams Wirripang

Grade 7
Eb; d’–ab” Bist du bei mir [in German]

1. J S BACH Universal UE 9559
[Db] [Bb] from Elisabeth Schumann Liederbuch
Ab; d’–gb” Feldeinsamkeit, op. 86 no. 2
[G] [F] from Lieder vol. 1
3201c (low)
D; e–g’(a’) (M) Minnelied, op. 71 no. 5
[C] [Bb] from Lieder vol. 1
3201c (low)
Fm; db’–a” Nachtigall, op. 97 no. 1
[Dm] [Cm] from Lieder vol. 1
3201c (low)
G; d’–g#” Ständchen (‘Der Mond steht’), op. 106 no. 1
[E] [Eb] from Lieder vol. 1
3201c (low)
F#m;
Schilflied, op. 71 no. 4 Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
6. c#’–f#” MENDELSSOHN
[Dm]
F; c’–f’’ MENDELSSOHN- Nachtwanderer Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
7.
[Eb] HENSEL from Trinity Singing Grade 7 TCL 017956 (low)
Bb; f’–f” Ave Maria (Ellen’s dritter Gesang) D 839 [in German, Peters EP 20a (high),
8. SCHUBERT
[Ab] [G] not Latin] from Lieder vol. 1 20b (medium), 20c (low)
Ab; c–gb’ (M) Das Fischermädchen (Schwanengesang D 957) Peters EP 20a (high),
9. SCHUBERT
[G] [F] from Lieder vol. 1 20b (medium), 20c (low)
Ab; eb’–f” Frühlingsglaube D 686, op. 20 no. 2 Peters EP 20a (high),
10. SCHUBERT
[G] [F] from Lieder vol. 1 20b (medium), 20c (low)
Cm; c’–fb” Schäfers Klagelied D 121 Peters EP 20a (high),
11. SCHUBERT
[Cm] [Bbm] from Lieder vol. 1 20b (medium), 20c (low)
12. Eb; eb’–g” C SCHUMANN Liebeszauber from Sämtliche Lieder vol. 1 Breitkopf EB 8558
A; f#’–f#” Röselein, Röselein, op. 89 no. 6 Peters EP 2385a (high),
13. R SCHUMANN
[G] from Lieder vol. 3 2385b (medium)
All mein’ Gedanken, op. 21 no. 1 Universal UE 5464a/b/c
E; c#’–g#”
14. STRAUSS from Lieder vol. 2 (high/medium/low)
[D] [C]
or Elisabeth Schumann Liederbuch or UE 9559
Am; e’–f” Das verlassene Mägdlein (Mörike Lieder no. 7) Alfred 17611 (high),
15. WOLF
[Gm] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
D; a’–g” Der Gärtner (Mörike Lieder no. 17) Peters EP 4290a (high),
16. WOLF
[C] from Ausgewählte Lieder 4290b (low)
B; ab’–g” (F) Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag (Mörike Lieder no. 3) Peters EP 3140a (high),
17. WOLF
[Ab] from Mörike Lieder vol. 1 3140b (low)
Em; g’–f#” Nun wandre Maria (no. 3 of Spanisch Liederbuch 1) Peters EP 4290a (high),
18. WOLF
[Cm] from Ausgewählte Lieder 4290b (low)
Choudens AC2485
F; e’–g”
1. BIZET Chanson d’avril from 20 Mélodies (soprano/tenor), AC2486
[Eb]
(mezzo/baritone)
Grade 7
Choudens AC2485
Fm; d’–g”
2. BIZET Pastorale from 20 Mélodies (soprano/tenor), AC2486
[Em]
(mezzo/baritone)
Mignonne Hal Leonard HL00740270
3. F; a–f” [Eb] CHAMINADE
from Women Composers: A Heritage of Song (high), HL00740271 (low)
Romance: l’âme évaporée
4. D; d’–g#” DEBUSSY Hal Leonard HL00660283
from Songs of Claude Debussy vol. 2 (medium voice)
Em; e’–g” Au cimitière Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
5. FAURÉ
[Cm] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
Cm; g’–g” Hal Leonard HL47071
Clair de lune
[Am] (high), HL47070 (medium/
6. FAURÉ from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice)
or Cm low) or Faber 0571523439
[Gm] (high), 0571523447 (low)

Grade 7
Ab; eb’–f” Mandoline (Cinq mélodies ‘de Venise’) Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
7. FAURÉ
[G] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
Gb; gb’–ab” Nell Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
8. FAURÉ
[D] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
Cm; g–ab” (M) Sérénade toscane Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
9. FAURÉ
[Bbm] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
10. A; c#’–f#” HAHN (F) L’incrédule from Mélodies vol. 1 Heugel HE8315
Db; db’–f” Fleurs Peters EP 7520a (high),
11. POULENC
[Db] from The Art of French Song vol. 2 7520b (medium/low)
12. b–f#” POULENC Le disparu Salabert SLB 00536300
Db; c#’–
13. POULENC (F) Les chemins de l’amour Eschig ME6222
gb”(eb”)
Chanson triste Trinity TCL 016874 (high),
14. F; e’–f” [D] SAINT-SAËNS
15. C; d’–g” SATIE Je te veux Salabert SLB 00461400
TRAD. Gai lon la
16. Eb; eb’–eb” Chester CH04051
arr. HOPKINS from Five French Folksongs
F; c’–a” J S BACH/ Ave Maria OUP 9780193457843 (high),

1.
[D] GOUNOD from Sing Solo Sacred 9780193457850 (low)
Vaga luna Ricordi M 041 23282 9
Ab; c’–eb”
2. BELLINI from 15 Composizioni da Camera or Faber 0571523439 (high),
or Bb [Ab]
Per la gloria d’adorarvi [ornaments must be included, Alfred 3402 (medium
3. F; d’–f” [D] BONONCINI either those published or candidate’s own] high), 3403 (medium low)
from 26 Italian Songs and Arias [with CD: 3396/3397]
(M) Pupille nere [in Italian only]
4. F; c–d’ BUONONCINI Boosey M051904501
La conocchia (Nuits d’été à Pausilippe)
D; c#’–f#” Faber 0571530753
5. DONIZETTI from The Language of Song: Advanced — High Voice
(a’’) or Ricordi NR13033000
or Composizioni Da Camera vol. 1
Cm; f’–f” Oh, Lord, Have Mercy and Turn Thou Thy Face to Me Bärenreiter Praha H 1758
6. DVOŘ ÁK
[Abm] from Biblical Songs, op. 99 (high), H 1560 (low)
E; e’–f#” Oh, My Shepherd Is the Lord Bärenreiter Praha H 1758
7. DVOŘ ÁK
[B] from Biblical Songs, op. 99 (high), H 1560 (low)
ELWYN- Y Gwanwyn (Spring) [in Welsh only]
8. G; e’–g” Cyhoeddiadau 9003
EDWARDS from Caneuon y Tymhorau (Songs of the Seasons)
9. Dm; G–d’ LEGRENZI (M) Cessa d’esser amante from Three Cantatas Green Man Leg1
Alfred 3402 (medium
A; e’–f#” Le Violette
10. SCARLATTI high), 3403 (medium low)
[F] from 26 Italian Songs and Arias
[with CD: 3396/3397]
Verirrt, op. 17 no. 4 [in Finnish, German or English]
11. F; c–eb’ SIBELIUS Breitkopf EB 6943
from 15 Selected Songs
12. A; d–g’ STRADELLA (M) Region sempre addita from Arie Antiche vol. 1 Ricordi NR 05025100
None but the Lonely Heart, op. 6 no. 6 Boosey M060097980
Eb; d’–g”
13. TCHAIKOVSKY [in Russian or English] (high) or M060097997
[C]
from Songs vol. 1 (high) or Songs vol. 2 (low) (low)
14. F; a–e” VILLA-LOBOS Tu passaste por este jardim Eschig ME00261000
Own composition
for this grade.

Grade 7
TECHNICAL WORK
a. The Sea (pitch and tone) Trinity TCL 016775
b. A Tuscan Morning (rhythm)
c. Homeward Bound (diction)
— Lektion VI (Syncopes: Nel contrasto amor s’accende) Peters EP 2073a (high), EP 2073b

folk song a. Dance to Your Daddy Faber 0-571-53733-2
b. T Stands for Thomas
SUPPORTING TESTS
Candidates prepare:
1. Sight reading
2. Aural
Harmonised Listen to the piece twice i) Identify the time signature

8 bars
Major or minor key
Listen to the piece twice Identify and comment on two other characteristics of the piece
, , or
Listen to the first four bars of the Identify the key to which the music modulates as subdominant,
piece once dominant or relative key (answers may alternatively be given
as key names)
Study a copy of the piece, and listen Locate and describe the changes as pitch (melody line only)
to it twice with three changes or rhythm
3. Improvisation
◗◗ Stylistic
◗◗ Motivic
◗◗ Harmonic
Grade 7
67
Grade 8
Grade 8
SONG 1 17
SONG 2 17
SONG 3 17
SONG 4 17
TECHNICAL WORK 12
◗◗ Vaccai exercises
◗◗ Aural
TOTAL 100
SONGS
Key;

Soprano
1. Bm; e#’–g” J S BACH Blute nur, du liebes Herz (Matthaus Passion BWV 244) Bärenreiter BA 5038-90
2. D; c#’–f#” J S BACH Et exultavit (Magnificat in D, BWV 243) Bärenreiter BA 5103-90

3. A; c#’–a” J S BACH Nur ein Wink (Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248) Bärenreiter BA 5014-90
Sylphinia’s Aria (Only a Miracle)
4. C; f#’–g” BARAB Schirmer GS81197
from American Arias for Soprano
De que me sirve (Los diamantes de la corona)
5. Eb; f’–ab” BARBIERI UME UMV24369
from Zarzuela!
Be Kind and Courteous (Midsummer Night’s Dream)
6. e’–c’’’ BRITTEN Boosey M051922949
from Opera Arias Soprano vol. 2
Embroidery aria (Peter Grimes)
7. b–bb” BRITTEN Boosey M051922932
from Opera Arias Soprano vol. 1
68
Grade 8
Ah! Spietato! (Amadigi)

8. Em; e’–g” HANDEL IMC 1693
9. Eb; d’–g” HANDEL Care speme, questo core (Giulio Cesare) Bärenreiter BA 4078-90
Ch’io mai vi possa (Siroe)
10. Em; e’–g” HANDEL IMC 1693
11. Dm; a’–b” HANDEL Credete al mio dolore (Alcina) Bärenreiter BA 4061-90
Gm;
12. HANDEL If God Be for Us (Messiah) Novello NOV070137
eb’–ab”
The Soft Complaining Flute (Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day)
13. Bm; f#’–g” HANDEL Schirmer GS32578
from Anthology of Sacred Song vol. 1 (Soprano)
14. A; e’–a” HANDEL Venere bella (Giulio Cesare) Bärenreiter BA 4078-90
Vilia (The Merry Widow) from The Singer’s Musical
15. G; g’–b” LEHAR Hal Leonard HL00747066
The Black Swan (The Medium)
16. Gm; d’–g” MENOTTI Schirmer GS81197
from American Arias for Soprano
Bester Jüngling (Der Schauspieldirektor)
17. Eb; eb’–bb” MOZART Schirmer GS81097
from Arias for Soprano
Un marito, donne care (La finta semplice) from
18. G; d’–g” MOZART IMC 1688
Mozart Arias from Operas for Soprano and Piano vol. 1
Marenka’s Aria (The Bartered Bride) [in Czech or English]
19. Ab; c’–ab” SMETANA Schirmer GS32583
from Operatic Anthology vol. 1 (Soprano)
Ab; Poor Wand’ring One (The Pirates of Penzance)
20. SULLIVAN Dover DP11040
eb’–db’’’ from The Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Songbook
21. Am; c’–e” J S BACH Bereite dich, Zion (Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248) Bärenreiter BA 5014-90
F#m;
22. J S BACH Buß und Reu (Matthaus Passion BWV 244) Bärenreiter BA 5038-90
b#–e”
23. E; a–d” J S BACH Esurientes implevit bonis (Magnificat in D, BWV 243) Bärenreiter BA 5103-90
24. D; c#’–f#” J S BACH Et exultavit (Magnificat in D, BWV 243) Bärenreiter BA 5103-90
25. Bm; c#’–e” J S BACH Qui sedes (Mass in B minor, BWV 232) Bärenreiter BA 5935-90
26. Bm; b–e” J S BACH Schließe, mein Herze (Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248) Bärenreiter BA 5014-90
Must the Winter Come So Soon? (Vanessa)
27. Fm; eb’–f” BARBER Schirmer GS81098
Habanera: L’amour est un oiseau
28. Dm; d’–f#” BIZET Peters EP 7553
29. Cm; c’–eb” HANDEL Cor ingrato (Rinaldo) Bärenreiter BA 4033-90
Heroes When with Glory Burning (Joshua)
30. F; c’–f” HANDEL Schirmer GS32579
from Anthology of Sacred Song vol. 2 (Alto)
31. Am; d’–g” MONTEVERDI Addio, Roma (L’Incoronazione di Poppea; Act III Scene VI) Novello NOV200184
32. Dm; c’–e” MONTEVERDI In un fiorito prato (Orfeo; Act II bars 240–285) Novello NOV070214
Voce di donna (La Giocanda)
33. Eb; a–g” PONCHIELLI Schirmer GS81098
Ah Tanya, Tanya (Eugene Onegin)
34. a–f” TCHAIKOVSKY Peters EP 7581
from Russian Operatic Arias for Mezzo-Soprano
Connais-tu le pays (Mignon)
35. Db; c’–f” THOMAS Peters EP 7553
36. Bm; c#’–d” VIVALDI Qui sedes (Gloria RV 589) Novello NOV078441
Tenor
Grade 8
37. Bm; e–a’ J S BACH Benedictus (Mass in B minor BWV 232) Bärenreiter BA 5935-90
Seht, was die Liebe tut [with recit: Wenn die Mietlinge
38. Eb; d–bb’ J S BACH Breitkopf EB 7085
schlafen] (Cantata no. 85: Ich bin ein guter Hirt BWV 85)
Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore)
39. Bbm; f–ab’ DONIZETTI Schirmer GS32585
from Operatic Anthology vol. III (Tenor)
Call Forth Thy Pow’rs [with recit: ‘Tis well my friends]
40. D; d–a’ HANDEL Novello NOV072486
(Judas Maccabæus) 69
Grade 8
Love in Her Eyes Sits Playing [with recit: Lo, here my love]
41. Eb; f–ab’ HANDEL Novello NOV070122
(Acis and Galatea)
No Unhallowed Desire [with recit: Ambition If ever honour
42. Bb; f–g’ HANDEL Novello NOV072486
was thine aim] (Judas Maccabæus)
Sound an Alarm! (Judas Maccabæus) Mayhew 3611735
43. D; d–a’ HANDEL from Sacred Tenor Arias or 45 Arias from Operas & or IMC 1695
Oratorios vol. 2 (high) or vocal score or Novello NOV072486
44. Bb; d–g’ HANDEL Thus When the Sun (Samson) Novello NOV070144
Total Eclipse (Samson)
45. Em; e–g’ HANDEL IMC 1697
Be Thou Faithful unto Death (St Paul)
46. C; e–g’ MENDELSSOHN Schirmer GS32580
from Anthology of Sacred Song vol. 3 (tenor)
If with All Your Hearts (Elijah) Mayhew 3611735
47. Eb; f#–a’ MENDELSSOHN
from Sacred Tenor Arias or vocal score or Novello NOV070201
Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes (The Gondoliers)
48. Gb; gb–ab’ SULLIVAN Dover DP11040
Baritone and bass
Gebt mir meinem Jesum wieder

49. G; A–e’ J S BACH Bärenreiter BA 5038-90
(Matthaus Passion BWV 244)
Mache dich [with recit: Am Abend]
50. Gm; G–eb’ J S BACH Bärenreiter BA 5038-90
(Matthaus Passion BWV 244)
Quia fecit from Magnificat in D, BWV 243 Bärenreiter BA 5103-90
51. A; G#–d#’ J S BACH
or Sacred Bass and Baritone Arias or Mayhew 3611740
Hat man nicht auch Gold bei neben (Fidelio)
52. Bb; bb–d” BEETHOVEN Peters EP 737
from Arien Album Baritone/Bass
Tickling a Trout (Albert Herring)
53. C#; a#–g#” BRITTEN Boosey M051933297
from Operatic Arias for Baritone
Arm, Arm Ye Brave [with recit: I feel the Deity]
54. C; b–e’ HANDEL Novello NOV072486
(Judas Maccabæus)
55. D; a–e’ HANDEL Go My Faithful Soldier (Theodora) Novello NOV070459
Honour and Arms (Samson) from 45 Arias from Operas & IMC 1698
56. Bb; G–eb’ HANDEL
Oratorios vol. 3 (low) or Sacred Bass and Baritone Arias or Mayhew 3611740
O Ruddier Than the Cherry [with recit: I rage, I melt] (Acis and
57. Gm; F–f’ HANDEL IMC 1694
Galatea) from 45 Arias from Operas & Oratorios vol. 1 (low)
58. Eb; Bb–eb’ MENDELSSOHN Lord God of Abraham (Elijah) Novello NOV 070201
Non più andrai (Le nozze de Figaro)
59. C; c–e’ MOZART Schirmer GS32587
A More Humane Mikado (The Mikado)
60. A; A–d’ SULLIVAN Dover DP11040
My Name Is John Wellington Wells (The Sorcerer)
61. Eb; Bb–f SULLIVAN Dover DP11040
De son coeur j’ai calmé la fièvre (Mignon)
62. D; b–d’’ THOMAS Schirmer GS32587
ii) Musical theatre
Any voice
Blah Blah Blah (Delicious)

63. Bb; d’–d” GERSHWIN Hal Leonard HL00322187
from The Gershwin Song Collection vol. 2 (1931–1954)
By Strauss (The Show Is On)
64. F; c’–f” GERSHWIN Faber 0571525768
The Lorelei (Pardon My English)
65. Bb; c’–f” GERSHWIN Hal Leonard HL00694999
from 50 Gershwin Classics
By the Sea (Sweeney Todd) from The Singer’s Musical
66. E; g#–e” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00361072
Speak Low (One Touch of Venus)
67. F; c’–eb” WEILL Alfred PF9922
What Good Would the Moon Be? (Street Scene)
68. Eb; c’–g” WEILL Alfred PF9922
70
Grade 8
Female voice
69. C; a–d” BROWN Still Hurting from The Last 5 Years: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313206
Your Daddy’s Son (Ragtime) from Broadway Presents!
70. Gm; g–f” FLAHERTY Alfred 32024
Teens’ Musical Theatre Anthology (Female Edition)
The Light in the Piazza
71. C; g–e” GUETTEL Hal Leonard HL00313307
from The Light in the Piazza: Vocal Selections
Art Is Calling for Me (The Prima Donna Song)
72. Eb; eb’–bb” HERBERT (The Enchantress) from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Hal Leonard HL00747066
Moon Fall from The Singer’s Musical Theatre
73. Am; b–g” HOLMES Hal Leonard HL00747066
Rosa’s Confession (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) from
74. a–ab” HOLMES Hal Leonard HL00747066
75. Dm; c’–e” LIPPA Pulled from The Addams Family: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313506
Adelaide’s Lament (Guys and Dolls) from The Singer’s
76. ab–c” LOESSER Hal Leonard HL00740123
77. G; g–d” LOPEZ/MARX There’s a Fine, Fine Line from Avenue Q: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313269
I’d Give My Life for You (Miss Saigon) from The Singer’s
78. g–e” SCHÖNBERG Hal Leonard HL00740123
Gifts of Love (The Baker’s Wife)
79. g#–c” SCHWARTZ Hal Leonard HL00313325
from The Baker’s Wife: Vocal Selections
Broadway Baby from The Singer’s Musical
80. G; g–b’ SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00361072
Could I Leave You (Follies) from The Singer’s
81. Bb; f#–a’ SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00361072
Happiness (Passion)
82. G; b–f” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00313531
In Buddy’s Eyes (Follies) from The Singer’s Musical
83. G; f#–d” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00361072
Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along)
84. d’–f#” SONDHEIM from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1
or Alfred MFM0001
or The Smash Broadway Collection
The Little Things You Do Together (Company)
85. A; f#–b’ SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00313531
Surabaya Johnny (Happy End)
86. Cm; cb–gb” WEILL Alfred PF9922
The Princess of Pure Delight (Lady in the Dark)
87. F; c’–d” WEILL Alfred PF9922
C#m; Unusual Way (Nine) from The Singer’s Musical
88. YESTON Hal Leonard HL00747066
g#–e” Theatre Anthology vol. 2 (Soprano)
Male voice
89. C; Ab–g’ BERNSTEIN Maria from West Side Story: Vocal Selections Boosey M051933457
Something’s Coming
90. C; d–f’ BERNSTEIN Boosey M051933457
If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof) from Broadway Alfred MFM0106
91. C; B–eb’ BOCK
Showstoppers or The Smash Broadway Collection or MFM0001
Tonight at Eight (She Loves Me)
92. D; d#–e’ BOCK Hal Leonard HL00747032
93. C; c–g’ BROWN Pretty Music from Parade: Vocal Selections Hal Leonard HL00313148
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
94. C; G–e’ KERN from The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology vol. 1
or Alfred MFM0001
(Baritone/Bass) or The Smash Broadway Collection
Grade 8
MALTBY & If I Sing (Closer Than Ever) from The Singer’s Musical
95. A; A–f’ Hal Leonard HL00740125
SHIRE Theatre Anthology vol. 3 (Baritone/Bass)
Out There [start from C major section: ‘Safe behind
96. d–a’ MENKEN these windows’] Hal Leonard HL00313045
from The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Vocal Selections
Where Is the Life that Late I Led? (Kiss Me, Kate) from The
97. F; b–f’’ PORTER Hal Leonard HL00361074
71
Grade 8
A Bit of Earth (The Secret Garden) from The Secret

IMP 22053
98. A; db’–f#” SIMON Garden: Vocal Selections or The Singer’s Musical Theatre
or Hal Leonard HL00747032
Anthology vol. 2 (Tenor)
Pretty Women (Sweeney Todd) from The Stephen Hal Leonard HL00313531
99. G; c–e’ SONDHEIM
Sondheim Collection or The Smash Broadway Collection or Alfred MFM0001
F#m; The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
100. SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HL00313444
f#–c#” from Sweeney Todd: Vocal Selections
The Road You Didn’t Take (Follies)
101. C; a–e” SONDHEIM Hal Leonard HLE90000869
from Theatre Songs For Singers (Baritone/Bass)
What Do I Need with Love? (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
102. d’–g” TESORI from Broadway Presents! Teens’ Musical Theatre Alfred 32027
She Was There from The Scarlet Pimpernel:
103. c#–g’ WILDHORN Alfred PF9806
Vocal Selections, Broadway Edition
This Is the Moment (Jekyll and Hyde)
104. E; b–g’ WILDHORN Hal Leonard HL00747032
Barrett’s Song (Titanic)
105. Am; a–g” YESTON Hal Leonard HL00740124
e’–e’’ Dirge (from Six Elizabethan Songs) Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
1. ARGENTO
[d’–d’’] from Trinity Singing Grade 8 TCL 017963 (low)
ARMSTRONG (F) A Song of Shadows
2. Eb; eb’–gb” Thames TH978421
GIBBS from A Century of English Song vol. 1 (Soprano)
Gm; ARMSTRONG Ballad of Semmerwater
3. Thames TH978614
gb–eb” GIBBS from A Century of English Song vol. 4 (Medium/low)
ARMSTRONG To One Who Passed Whistling through the Night
4. g’–g” Novello NOV170364
GIBBS from Song Album 2
5. G; b–g” BANTOCK (F) Song to the Seals Cramer 90206
Schirmer HL50490044
e’–g#” Sleep Now
6. BARBER (high), HL50490045
[c’–e”] from 65 Songs
(medium/low)
Schirmer HL50490044
Solitary Hotel
7. Em; c’–f” BARBER (high), HL50490045
from 65 Songs
(medium/low)
8. C; c’–f” BERNSTEIN (F) A Simple Song from Leonard Bernstein Song Album Boosey M051922376
Eb; d’–f” Boosey M060802218 (high),
9. BRIDGE Come to Me in My Dreams
[Db] M060829673 (low)
A; c’–f#” Go Not, Happy Day Boosey M060802218
10. BRIDGE
[G] from Song Album (high), M3109101742 (low)
11. Ab; c’–f” BRITTEN A Song of Enchantment from Tit for Tat Faber 057150292X
Nurse’s Song Boosey (custom print)
12. Bb; a–e” BRITTEN
from A Charm of Lullabies, op. 41 M060014130
Sephestia’s Lullaby Boosey (custom print)
13. Em; a–e” BRITTEN
from A Charm of Lullabies, op. 41 M060014130
14. G; c’–g’’ BUSH Nonsense Song from Old Rhymes Reset Stainer B785
Is My Team Ploughing?
15. Bb; e’–e” BUTTERWORTH Stainer B333
from A Shropshire Lad and Other Songs
16. c’–gb” DICKINSON A Red, Red Rose from Songs in Blue Novello NOV170373
17. db’–f#” DIXON Nature’s Changes Wirripang
18. Gm; c’–d” DOWLAND Flow My Tears from English Lute Songs book 2 Stainer B617
C; b–f”(g”) A Bay in Anglesey Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
19. DRING
[A] from Trinity Singing Grade 8 TCL 017963 (low)
Blow, Blow thou Winter Wind
20. Gm; db’–f” DRING Thames TH978390
from Seven Shakespeare Songs
21. E; b–g” DRING It Was a Lover from Seven Shakespeare Songs Thames TH978390
22. Gm; c’–eb” DRING (F) Song of Nightclub Proprietress from Five Betjeman Songs Weinberger M570052974

Grade 8
Take, O Take Those Lips Away

23. Bm; g–d” DRING Thames TH978390
from Seven Shakespeare Songs
24. Eb; d’–g” ELGAR The Shepherd’s Song Banks BSS 2029
Bm; (F) Where Corals Lie
25. ELGAR Schirmer GS82069
d’(a#)–d” from The Second Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos
Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun
26. Db; bb–eb” FINZI Boosey M060030345
from Let Us Garlands Bring
27. D; a–e” FINZI Rollicum-Rorum from Earth and Air and Rain, op. 15 Boosey M060066610
28. c’–f” FREED Tom’s A-Cold from Five Fairburn Songs Sounz
E; c’–g#” Spring Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
29. GURNEY
Do Not Go, My Love Schirmer GS82645 (high),
30. F; c’–g” HAGEMAN
from 15 American Art Songs GS82607 (low)
31. c’–gb” HARRIS (F) The Swans from Wild Daisies Wai-te-ata
32. Fm; b–gb” HAYDN The Spirit’s Song from 35 Canzonettas and Songs Peters EP 1351a
Dear Delight
33. Ab; eb’–ab” HEAD Boosey M051922277
from Song Album 2: Songs of Romance & Delight
The Singer [must be sung unaccompanied]
34. Fm; c’–ab” HEAD Boosey M051922277
from Song Album 2: Songs of Romance & Delight
35. Ab; d’–ab” HOWELLS (F) Come Sing and Dance OUP 9780193454514
King David
36. E; c#’–f” HOWELLS Boosey M051909230
37. Ab; c’–g” IRELAND The Trellis from Eleven Songs or Complete Songs vol. 1 Stainer B040 or B596
38. F; F–c’ JEFFREYS Praise the Lord, O My Soule from Three Devotional Songs Green Man Jef6
39. F; d’–bb” KEATS Columbine Wirripang HKHM101
40. Em; e’–e” KEATS Sea Wraith Wirripang HKJJD103
W LLOYD A Rent for Love
41. G; eb’–f” Mayhew 3611169
WEBBER from The Songs of William Lloyd Webber
A; d’–f” If There Are Angels Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
42. MCDOWALL
[G] from Trinity Singing Grade 8 TCL 017963 (low)
(M) Arise Ye Subterranean Winds Z631
43. C; G–c’ PURCELL IMC 1657
from Six Songs for Bass and Piano
Bacchus Is a Pow’r Divine (Orpheus Britannicus Z360)
44. D; D–d’ PURCELL Green Man Pur12
from Songs for Bass Solo
Novello (custom print)
45. Gm; d’–f” PURCELL (M) Celia Has a Thousand Charms (The Rival Sister Z609)
NOV460100
C; e’–a” (F) Hark the Ech’ing Air (The Fairy Queen Z629) IMC 2071 (high),
46. PURCELL
[Ab] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
Bb; c–g’ (M) I’ll Sail Upon the Dog Star (A Fool’s Preferment Z571) IMC 2071 (high),
47. PURCELL
[G] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
Cm; d’–ab” O, Lead Me to Some Peaceful Gloom (Bonduca Z574) IMC 2071 (high),
48. PURCELL
[Am] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
Em; d#’–g” The Fatal Hour Z421 IMC 2071 (high),
49. PURCELL
[Cm] from 40 Songs 2072 (low)
Cm;
By a Fountainside Boosey M060021879 (high),
50. c#’–g#” QUILTER
from 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, op. 12 M060021862 (low)
[Bbm]
Em; e’–g” Come Away Death Boosey M060021893 (high),
51. QUILTER
[Cm] from 3 Shakespeare Songs, op. 6 M060021886 (low)
52. F; e’–f” QUILTER Go, Lovely Rose from The First Book of Tenor Solos Schirmer GS81175
Love’s Philosophy
Grade 8
53. F; d’–f#’’ QUILTER Boosey M051909230

To Daisies, op. 8 no. 3
54. Db; eb’–ab” QUILTER Boosey M051909230
F#; e’–g#’’ Stopping By Woods Boosey M051933853
55. ROREM
[Em] from Art Song In English (high), M051933860 (low)

Grade 8
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud from The Junior Recitalist

56. Db; d’–f” THIMAN Stainer D82
book 2 (Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto)
57. Dm; d’–eb” TIPPETT Where the Bee Sucks from Songs for Ariel Schott ED10871
VAUGHAN Silent Noon
58. Eb; c’–eb” Schirmer GS81174
WILLIAMS from The First Book of Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Solos
F; f’–ab” VAUGHAN The Roadside Fire Boosey M060028618 (high),
59.
[Db] WILLIAMS from Songs of Travel M060028601 (low)
Em; db–g” VAUGHAN The Vagabond Boosey M060028618 (high),
60.
[Cm] WILLIAMS from Songs of Travel M060028601 (low)
1. D; c#’–a” BERG Die Nachtigall from 7 Early Songs Universal UE 8853

E; d’–g” An die Nachtigall, op. 46 no. 4
[D] [C] from Lieder vol. 1
3201c (low)
F#; c#’–g” Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, op. 105 no. 2
[Eb] from Lieder vol. 1
3201c (low)
Ebm; Peters EP 3201a (high),
Liebestreu
4. eb’–ab” BRAHMS 3201b (medium),
from Lieder vol. 1
[Cm] [Bm] 3201c (low)
Eb; d’–f#” Wie bist du meine Königin Peters EP 3202a (high),
5. BRAHMS
[Db] from Lieder vol. 2 3202b (low)
C; c’–f#” Wie Melodien zieht es mir, op. 105 no. 1 Alfred 17611 (high),
6. BRAHMS
[A] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
Db; eb’–gb” Wir wandelten, op. 96 no. 2 Alfred 17611 (high),
7. BRAHMS
[Bb] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
8. Em; b–e” CORNELIUS (F) In der Mondnacht, no. 16 from Ausgewählte Lieder Breitkopf EB 2083
Cm; c’–ab’’ Im Herbst Alfred 17611 (high),
9. FRANZ
[Am] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
Ab; eb’–ab” Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder IMC 1216 (high),
10. MAHLER
[Eb] from 24 Songs vol. 4 1234 (low)
d’–a” Erinnerung
11. MAHLER IMC 1213 (high), 1237 (low)
[c’–g”] from Songs vol. 1
F; c’–a” (F) Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? from 24 Songs vol. 1 IMC 1213 (high), 1237 (low)
12. MAHLER
[Eb] or Elisabeth Schumann Liederbuch or Universal UE 9559
Cm; f#’–g” Herbstlied Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
13. MENDELSSOHN
[Am] from Trinity Singing Grade 8 TCL 017963 (low)
A; e’–a” Arie aus dem Spiegel von Arcadien Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
14. SCHOENBERG
[E] from Trinity Singing Grade 8 TCL 017963 (low)
Em; b–g” Aufenthalt (Schwanengesang D 957) Schirmer GS25443 (high),
15. SCHUBERT
[C#m] from First Vocal Album GS25444 (low)
G; f#’–g” Der Musensohn D 764 Peters EP 20a (high),
16. SCHUBERT
[E] [D] from Lieder vol. 1 20b (medium), 20c (low)
Eb; eb’–ab” Du bist die Ruh D 776 Peters EP 20a (high),
17. SCHUBERT
[C] [Bb] from Lieder vol. 1 20b (medium), 20c (low)
F; e’–g” Erlafsee D 586 Peters EP 178a (high),
18. SCHUBERT
[D] [C] from Lieder vol. 2 178b (medium), 178c (low)
G; e’–f#” Im Frühling D 882 Peters EP 178a (high),
19. SCHUBERT
[F] [D] from Lieder vol. 2 178b (medium), 178c (low)
Em; c’–g” Mignon 1: Heiß mich nicht reden D 877 no. 2 Peters EP 178a (high),
20. SCHUBERT
[D] [C] from Lieder vol. 2 178b (medium), 178c (low)
Dm; d’–g” Ständchen (Schwanengesang D 957) Peters EP 20a (high),
21. SCHUBERT
[Cm] [Bm] from Lieder vol. 1 20b (medium), 20c (low)
Bm; Peters EP 2383a (high),
Die beiden Grenadiere, op. 49 no. 1
22. c#’(d’)–f#” SCHUMANN 2383b (medium),
from Lieder vol. 1
[Am] [Gm] 2383c (low)
A; e’–f#” (F) Lied der Suleika, op. 25 no. 9
23. SCHUMANN 2383b (medium),
[G] [F] from Lieder vol. 1
2383c (low)
Grade 8
E; d#’–f” (F) Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden, op. 24 no. 5 Peters EP 2384a (high),
24. SCHUMANN
[D] from Lieder vol. 2 2384b (medium)
Eb; d’–g” Singet nicht in Trauertönen, op. 98 no. 7 Peters EP 2385a (high),
25. SCHUMANN
[D] from Lieder vol. 3 2385b (medium)
Ab; b–gb” Widmung, op. 25 no. 1 Alfred 17611 (high),
26. SCHUMANN
[F] from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
F#; c#’–g#” Glückes genug, op. 37 no. 1 Universal UE 5466a/b/c
27. STRAUSS
[F] [D] from Lieder vol. 4 (high/medium/low)
G; f#’–g” Morgen, op. 27 no. 4 Universal UE 5463a/b/c
28. STRAUSS
[F] [E] from Lieder vol. 1 (high/medium/low)
Universal UE 5464a/b/c
F#; c#’–gb” Traum durch die Dämmerung, op. 29 no. 1
29. STRAUSS (high/medium/low)
[E] [Eb] from Lieder vol. 2 or Elisabeth Schumann Liederbuch
or UE 9559
A; e’–f#” Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken (Italienisches Alfred 17611 (high),
30. WOLF
[F] Liederbuch no. 1) from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
Eb; cb–g” Auf einer Wanderung (Mörike Lieder no. 15) Peters EP 4290a (high),
31. WOLF
[Eb] from Ausgewählte Lieder 4290b (low)
(M) Fussreise (Mörike Lieder no. 10) Alfred 17611 (high),
32. F; e’–f” [D] WOLF
Bb; d’–f” In dem Schatten meiner Locken (Spanisch Liederbuch 1 Alfred 17611 (high),
33. WOLF
[G] no. 2) from Gateway to German Lieder 17617 (low)
Eb; d’–g” Verborgenheit (Secrecy) (Mörike Lieder no. 12) Peters EP 4290a (high),
34. WOLF
[Db] from Ausgewählte Lieder 4290b (low)
A; e’–f#” Villanelle Bärenreiter BA 5784-90

1. BERLIOZ
[F] from Les nuits d’été (high), BA 5786-90 (medium)
Fm; d’–g” (M) Pastorale Peters EP 7519a (high),
2. BIZET
[Dm] from The Art of French Song vol. 1 7519b (medium/low)
F; c’–f#” Vieille chanson Peters EP 7520a (high),
3. BIZET
[E] from The Art of French Song vol. 2 7520b (medium/low)
Ab; eb’–g” Villanelle des petits canards Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
4. CHABRIER
[F] from Trinity Singing Grade 8 TCL 017963 (low)
5. B; c’–e” CHAUSSON Sérénade italienne from Mélodies pour chant et piano Leduc AL26431
Sonnet mélancolique Alfred 36533 (high),
6. Gm; d’–g” DE CASTILLON
from Gateway to French Mélodies 36534 (low)
G#m; La grotte
7. DEBUSSY Hal Leonard HL00660283
b–d#” from Songs of Claude Debussy vol. 2 (medium voice)
C; c’–g” Mandoline Peters EP 7519a (high),
8. DEBUSSY
[Bb] from The Art of French Song vol. 1 7519b (medium/low)
Eb; d’–g” Nuit d’étoiles Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
9. DEBUSSY
D; g’–a” Extase Peters EP 7519a (high),
10. DUPARC
[Bb] from The Art of French Song vol. 1 7519b (medium/low)
F; f’–g” (M) Sérénade florentine
11. DUPARC IMC 1112 (high), 1113 (low)
[Db] from 11 Songs (high) or 12 Songs (low)
D; d’–g” Chanson des noisettes Peters EP 7519a (high),
12. DUPONT
[C] from The Art of French Song vol. 1 7519b (medium/low)
Dm; d’–g” Après un rêve Peters EP 7519a (high),
13. FAURÉ
[Cm] from The Art of French Song vol. 1 7519b (medium/low)
C#m;
Automne Peters EP 7520a (high),
14. e’–g#” FAURÉ
from The Art of French Song vol. 2 7520b (medium/low)
[Bm]
Grade 8
A; e’–f#” Dans les ruines d’une abbaye Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
15. FAURÉ
[Gb] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
Cm; bb–g” Les berceaux Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
16. FAURÉ
[Bbm] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
D; d’–f#” Les roses d’Ispahan Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
17. FAURÉ
[C] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)

Grade 8
E; d#’–a” Notre amour Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),

18. FAURÉ
[C] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
Em; e’–f#” Prison Hal Leonard HL47071 (high),
19. FAURÉ
[Ebm] from 50 Songs — High Voice (or Medium/Low Voice) HL47070 (medium/low)
20. Bb; e’–g” GOUNOD Chanson de printemps from 11 Mélodies Lemoine HX26736
21. C; c’–e” HAHN (M) Paysage from Mélodies vol. 1 Heugel HE8315
Le voyage Alfred 36533 (high),
22. D; d’–f#” PALADILHE
from Gateway to French Mélodies 36534 (low)
23. Em; c’–e” POULENC Air romantique from Airs chantés Salabert SLB 00500900
Abm; C
24. POULENC Salabert SLB 00531000
eb’–ab” from Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon
25. F; c’–a#” POULENC Fêtes Galantes from Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon Salabert SLB 00531000
26. c’–gb” ROUSSEL Amoureux séparés Salabert SLB 00490800
27. Em; d#’–a” ROUSSEL Réponse d’une épouse sage Durand DF01131900
A; e’–a” Il est des mots d’amour, op. 11 Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
28. VILLETTE
(g#”) [F] from Trinity Singing Grade 8 TCL 017963 (low)
Ab; c’–e” (F) In questa tomba oscura Peters EP 731 (high),

1. BEETHOVEN
[Bb] from Ausgewälte Lieder 732 (low)
2. d#’–f” BERIO Ballo from Canzoni Popolari Italiani Universal UE 15947
G; g’–e” (F) Seguidilla Murciana Chester CH56523 (high),
3. DE FALLA
[F] from Siete canciones populares Españolas CH04050 (medium)
4. Ab; c’–a” DONIZETTI Eterno amore è fè from Composizioni da camera vol. 1 Ricordi NR 13033000
Alfred 3402 (medium
Fm; c’–g” O del mio dolce ardor
5. GLUCK high), 3403 (medium low)
[with CD: 3396/3397]
Faber 0571530753 (high),
Mattinata
E; c#–a” 0571530761 (medium),
6. LEONCAVALLO from The Language of Song: Advanced
[D] [C] 057153077X (low) or
or separate edition
Ricordi LD755/756/757
Alfred 3402 (medium
Am; b–a” Quella fiamma che m’accende
7. MARCELLO high), 3403 (medium low)
[Em] from 26 Italian Songs and Arias
[with CD: 3396/3397]
Ab; eb’–ab” (F) Dans un bois solitaire [in French only] Peters EP 4699a (high),
8. MOZART
[F] from Lieder 4699b (low)
F; c’–a” Ridente la Calma Peters EP 4699a (high),
9. MOZART
[D] from Lieder 4699b (low)
F#; c#’–f#” Del cabello más sutil (from Dos cantares populares) Trinity TCL 016881 (high),
10. OBRADORS
[E] from Trinity Singing Grade 8 TCL 017963 (low)
(F) Il mio ben quando verra from Anthology of Italian Song Schirmer GS25401
11. F; c’–a” PAISIELLO
of the 17th and 18th Centuries book 1 or Arie Antiche vol. 1 or Ricordi NR 05025100
Stizzoso mio stizzoso (La Serva Padrona)
12. Ab; bb–a” PERGOLESI Ricordi NR 05025100
from Arie Antiche vol. 1
13. F; e’–f” RACHMANINOV To the Children [in Russian or English] from Songs book 2 Boosey M060022210
14. G; d’–a” ROSSINI (M) La Partenza from Serate Musicali vol. 1 Ricordi NR 11104000
15. C; e’–g” ROSSINI (F) La Pastorella from Serate Musicali vol. 1 Ricordi NR 11104000
C#m; (M) At the Ball, op. 38 no. 3 [in Russian or English]
16. TCHAIKOVSKY Boosey M060097980
c#’–f#” from Songs vol. 1 (high)
17. D; A–d’ TCHAIKOVSKY To the Forest from The New Imperial Edition of Bass Songs Boosey M051904501
Teco, sì, vengo anch’io (La caduta dei Decemviri)
18. G; c#’–e’’ VINCI Faber 057153077X
from The Language of Song: Advanced — Low Voice
Poveri affetti miei (Orlando Furioso) from The Language
19. Gm; b–eb’’ VIVALDI Faber 0571530761
of Song: Advanced — Medium Voice

Grade 8
Own composition
for this grade.
TECHNICAL WORK
a. Song of the Sea (pitch and tone) Trinity TCL 016775
b. Indigo Shadows (rhythm)
c. Playground Adventures (diction)
2. Vaccai exercises Candidates perform BOTH of the following exercises, in Italian: Metodo Practico
a. Lektion IV (Skips of Sevenths only: Fra l’ombre un lampo solo) Peters EP 2073a (high), EP 2073b
b. Lektion VII (Introduction to Roulades: Come il candore) (medium), EP 2073c (low)

folk song a. Sair Fyel’d Hinny Faber 0-571-53733-2
b. Ho Ho Bonny Lass
SUPPORTING TESTS
Candidates prepare:
1. Sight reading
2. Aural
Harmonised Listen to the piece once i) Identify the time signature

12–16 bars
Major or minor key
Listen to the piece twice Identify and comment on three other characteristics of the piece
, , , or
Study a copy of the piece, and listen Locate and describe the changes as pitch or rhythm
to it twice with three changes
3. Improvisation
◗◗ Stylistic
◗◗ Motivic
◗◗ Harmonic
See page 15–17 for the requirements and parameters.

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SONGS TECHNICAL WORK SUPPORTING TESTS

EXAM STRUCTURE AND MARK SCHEME

Initial–Grade 5 Grades 6–8

TECHNICAL WORK 14 SONG 4 17

◗◗ Improvisation SUPPORTING TEST 2 10

Exam guidance: Songs

RANGES AND KEYS

Exam guidance: Songs

MUSIC AND COPIES OBTAINING MUSIC FOR THE EXAM

Exam guidance: Technical work

TECHNICAL ◗◗ They must be sung in Italian.

24 = Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade

= Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade 25

3. Unaccompanied Candidates perform ONE of the following: The Language of Folk 1

See pages 15–17 for the requirements and parameters.

Group A: Musical theatre & film

Where Is Love? (Oliver!) Trinity Faber

My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music) Trinity Faber

Group B: General song repertoire

1. Eb; c’–eb” BAYNON A Shepherd’s Carol Curwen JC72117

Group C: Folk song

MAGUIRE arr. The Gypsy Rover

= Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade 29

3. Unaccompanied Candidates perform ONE of the following: The Language of Folk 1

See pages 15–17 for the requirements and parameters.

Group A: Musical theatre & film

(M) Camelot (Camelot) from The Singer’s Musical

Group B: General song repertoire

32 = Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade

Group C: Folk song

Westering Home from Trinity Singing Grade 2

= Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade 33

3. Unaccompanied Candidates perform ONE of the following: The Language of Folk 1

See pages 15–17 for the requirements and parameters.

Group A: Musical theatre & film

If I Only Had a Brain [1st verse and chorus only]

Group B: General song repertoire

Dusk from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy

36 = Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade

Everyone Sang from The Boosey & Hawkes 20th

Group C: Folk song

= Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade 37

TRAD. Charlie Is My Darling [any 3 verses]

38 = Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade

3. Unaccompanied Candidates perform ONE of the following: The Language of Folk 1

See pages 15–17 for the requirements and parameters.

Group A: Songs in a dramatic context

i) Opera, operetta & oratorio

Silent Worship (Non lo diro col labbro) (Tolomeo) Chester CH55317

(F) I Feel Pretty

(M) Old Devil Moon (Finian’s Rainbow)

Group B: General song repertoire in English

(F) Willow Song from Forty Songs from Elizabethan

Mid-winter [candidates should sing the upper part

42 = Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade

Group C: General song repertoire in other languages

= Songs included in the Trinity repertoire book for the grade 43