Each book in Faber Music's forthcoming Sing Musical Theatre series, produced in association with Trinity Guildhall, features fifteen musical theatre songs in a range of styles, both classic and contemporary, with useful background and performance notes, handy singing tips and exercises, and backing track CD. The books are suitable for Singing and Musical Theatre candidates or for anyone looking for a new, practical compilation of the repertoire, carefully selected to be appropriate for the grade:
Any Dream Will Do (Grades 1-3)
Contents: Any Dream Will Do (Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat); Be Kind To Your Parents (Fanny); A Common Boy (Great Expectations); Fat Sam’s Grand Slam (Bugsy Malone); Flash, Bang, Wallop! (Half A Sixpence); Just One Person (Snoopy The Musical); Let’s Go Fly A Kite (Mary Poppins); A Lovely Leggy Potion (The Mermaid); Maybe (Annie); Moonshine Lullaby (Annie Get Your Gun); My Favourite Things (The Sound Of Music); Part Of Your World (The Little Mermaid); Round-Shouldered Man (The Secret Garden); The Waspish Tango (The Bees Knees); Where Is Love? (Oliver!).
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? (Grades 1-3)
Contents: Alone In The Universe (Seussical The Musical); Colder Now (The Bees Knees); Curiouser (Alice In Wonderland); The Girl I Mean To Be (The Secret Garden); I Want To Be Happy (No, No, Nanette); It’s A Lovely Day Today (Call Me Madam); Mr Mistoffelees (Cats); No One Knows Who I Am (Jekyll And Hyde); A Place Called Neverland (Peter Pan); So You Wanna Be A Boxer (Bugsy Malone); A Spoonful Of Sugar (Mary Poppins); Under The Sea (The Little Mermaid); We’re Off To See The Wizard (The Wizard Of Oz); Who Will Buy? (Oliver!); Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? (My Fair Lady).
Over The Rainbow (Grades 4-5)
Contents: Beautiful (Mort); But Not For Me (Girl Crazy); Feed The Birds (Mary Poppins); I Can Hear The Bells (Hairspray); I Want To Go Home (Big); Legally Blonde (Blonde); Les Poissons (The Little Mermaid); My Defenses Are Down (Annie Get Your Gun); My Ship (Lady In The Dark); Notice Me, Horton (Seussical The Musical); Only Love (The Scarlet Pimpernel); Over The Rainbow (The Wizard Of
Oz); Reviewing The Situation (Oliver!); Something Good (The Sound Of Music); Warts And All (Honk!).
Whistle Down The Wind (Grades 4-5)
Contents: Brush Up Your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate); Close Every Door (Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat); Different (Honk!); Far From The Home I Love (Fiddler On The Roof); I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady); I Love Paris (Can–Can); I Want To Know (Big); I’m Not That Girl (Wicked); Mister Snow (Carousel); Oh, The Rio Grande (Johnny Johnson); Oom Pah Pah (Oliver!); There Must Be More (Grace Online); When I Get My Name In Lights (The Boy From Oz); When I Look At You (The Scarlet Pimpernel); Whistle Down The Wind (Whistle Down The Wind).
Available for purchase via the Faber Music Store in September 2011.