REPERTOIRE & STUDY MATERIALS
Vaccai Metodo Pratico:
High Voice,
Medium Voice,
Low Voice.
Twenty Four Vocalises
Marchesi
Twenty-Six Italian Songs & Arias (Ed. John Glen Paton)
High Voice,
Low Voice.
Twenty-Six Italian Songs & Arias (Ed. John Glen Paton) with CD accompaniment:
High Voice,
Low Voice.
Twenty-Four Italian Songs & Arias (Schirmer)
Medium to High Voice,
Medium to Low Voice
Twenty-Four Italian Songs & Arias (Schirmer) with CD accompaniment:
High Voice (with 2 CDs),
Low Voice.
Anthology of Italian Songs of the 17th & 18th Century
Book 1
Anthology of Italian Songs of the 17th & 18th Century
Book 2
Italian Art Songs of the Romantic Era
High Voice
Low Voice (
Low voice with CD)
Gateway to German Lieder (John Glen Paton)
High Voice,
Low Voice.
Vincenzo Bellini –
Canzoni per Voce e Pianoforte
Bizet -
Carmen:
Vocal Score DVD CD &
Tracks
John Blow - Ten Songs for
High Voice
Brahms - Selected Songs
High Voice,
Low Voice
Frank Bridge -
Five Early Songs
Britten - Complete Folk Song Arrangements
High Voice
Britten - Twelve Selected Folk Songs:
High Voice,
Low Voice
Dowland Songs - Volume 1:
High Voice,
Low Voice; Volume 2:
High Voice,
Low Voice.
Gabriel Fauré - Twenty-Five Songs:
High Voice,
Low Voice.
Handel -
Semele:
English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary (1973).
English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson (1993),
MP3 TRACKS
Download the Study Score here from
IMSLP or
Abridged Edition
Haydn -
Songs for Voice & Piano,
The Creation
John Ireland -
Eight Songs for Upper Voice & Piano,
Five 16th Century Poems,
3 Arthur Symons Songs,
Eleven Songs,
The Land of Lost Content and other songs, Sea Fever
E-G,
B-D
Songs of the Linleys
High Voice
Mozart Lieder
High Voice,
Low Voice
Mozart Operas:
Cosi Fan Tutte,
Don Giovanni,
Die Zauberflöte,
Le Nozze di Figaro.
Purcell - Songs Volume 1
High Voice, Volume 5
Low Voice
Roger Quilter -
Twelve Songs, Three Shakespeare Songs
High (
+CD) Voice,
Low Voice
Betty Roe
These Growing Years,
Four Shakespeare Songs,
Nine Songs,
Madam Song (Soprano & Double Bass).
Rossini -
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia,
Pettite messa di solennelle,
Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti
Schubert - Fifteen Selected Songs
High Voice,
Low Voice,
PetersEdition (Urtext) Lieder Volume 1
High Voice,
Medium Voice,
Low Voice
Schumann -
Selected Songs
Stephen Storace - Seven Songs
High Voice
Sullivan -Vocal Score
The Gondoliers (
Libretto)
CD MP3 Tracks
Download the Study Score from
IMSLP
Cecil Sharp
One Hundred English Folk Songs
Hugo Wolf -
The Complete Morike Songs,
Spanish & Italian Song Books
45 songs of Goethe & Eichendorff
SONG ANTHOLOGIES
Soprano Songs,
Mezzo Soprano Songs,
Contralto Songs.
Tenor Songs,
Baritone Songs,
Bass Songs.
Early Georgian Songs: Book One
Medium Voice, Book Two
High Voice
English Songs Renaissance to Baroque
High Voice,
Low Voice.
French Songs:
Bergettes Romances et Chansons du XVIIIe Siecle (or
here)
REFERENCE
Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music
Oxford Concise Dictionary of Opera
Lieder Line by Line – Lois Phillips
Interpretation of French Song – Pierre Bernac
A History of Western Music – D. J. Grout
Essential Dictionary of Orchestration - Dave Black & Tom Gerou
And The Rest Is Noise - Alex Ross (
Kindle version)
Collins Dictionaries:
Italian (Italian
Kindle version),
German,
French,
Latin
SINGING GRADES
Associated Board:
Prep Test, Graded Songbooks:
1 2 3 4 5
The Art of Song Grade 6
High,
Medium,
Low
The Art of Song Grade 7
High,
Medium,
Low
The Language of Song Elementary:
High,
Low
The Language of Song Intermediate:
High,
Low.
The Language of Song Advanced:
High,
Medium,
Low.
Betty Roe - Ten
Ponder & William Songs
Songs of Ireland - arr. Margery Hargest Jones
Sing Together (Traditional Songs) Appleby & Fowler
Voice & Piano Edition,
Melody Edition
RUDIMENTS & THEORY
The Rough Guide to Reading Music & Basic Theory - Hugo Pinksterboer
AB Guide to Music Theory:
Part I,
Part II
Music Theory in Practice Grade
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.
Practise Theory exam papers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory Book
1,
2,
3
Theory is Fun - Maureen Cox Grade
1,
2,
3,
4,
5
MuseScore - Free music writing software (MAC & PC), alternative to Sibelius or Finale.
NOTEBOOKS & MANUSCRIPT BOOKS
ABRSM
Practice Notebook (for lesson notes and practise tips etc.)
Manuscript Books:
Small A5 Landscape,
small A5 Landscape 6 staves,
A4 12 Stave 32 pages,
A4 12 Stave 64 pages.
PIANO STUDENTS
Alfred Complete Adult Beginner Level
One,
Two,
Three
Keyboard Skills for the Reluctant Pianist - Sue Anderson
Tunes for Ten Fingers,
More Tunes for Ten Fingers. - Pauline Hall
Piano Time: Book
One, Book
Two, Book
Three - Pauline Hall
Piano Time
Carols - Pauline Hall
Piano Time Sight Reading Book
One,
Two,
Three - Pauline Hall
Barbara Kirkby Mason Duet Albulms:
First,
Second,
Third.
Alfred's Later Beginner, Complete Level
1
For the very young: Alfred's Prep Course Level
A
Associated Board Grades:
Prep Test
Piano Exam 2011-2012 Grade Books only:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Piano Exam 2011-2012 Grade Books with CD:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Scales & Arpeggios: Grade:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Scales and Arpeggios with Confidence by Yvonne Behar (practise CD) Grade
1 2 3 4 5
London College of Music Piano:
Step One,
Step Two.
Joining the Dots (Sight Reading) Grade:
1 2 3 4 5
J. S. Bach:
Well Tempered Klavier,
Two Part Inventions,
Short Preludes & Fugues,
48 Preludes & Fugues Book
One, Book
Two,
Selected Preludes and Fugues
Beethoven:
Sonatinas, Sonatas Volume
One, Volume
Two
Clementi:
Sonatinas
Mozart: Sonatas Volume
One, Volume
Two.
FOR LCM STUDENTS
LCM Music Performance and Diploma Syllabus
Diploma Repertoire List
Diploma Entry Forms
LCM Exams Contacts
B.Mus Semester 1 Timetables
All Years:
Ensemble Rehearsals
Level 4 (First Year):
Gen Mus/Hist/Skills
Level 5 (Second Year):
Gen Mus/Hist/Skills/Ind
Level 6 (Third Year):
Performance & Composition