Contemporary Vocal

563 VCE Contemporary Vocal Solo: VCE Contemporary Vocal Syllabus (Song Selection)

Musical Theatre Sections

556 Contemporary Stage Musical Solo under 14 years
562 Contemporary Stage Musical Solo 14 - 18 years
567 Contemporary Stage Musical Solo over 18 years

Following is a list of musicals post 1985. You may choose songs for section 556, 562, 567 from any of these shows, however this is not an exhaustive list. New shows are constantly being introduced and you may choose outside this list, as long as you are satisfied that the criteria of ‘Contemporary Music Theatre’ is being met. Singers would be expected to sing in a vocal style appropriate to the musical eg. Mix, belt, legit, speech quality. For further enquiries or advice please contact the 82,111,121,97,108,32,83,111,117,116,104,32,83,116,114,101,101,116,32,111,102,102,105,99,101.

13 – Jason Robert Brown
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – William Finn
9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
A Hatful of Snow – Matthew Breindel
A Little Princess – Mel Atkey
A New Brain – William Finn
The Addams Family – Andrew Lippa
Aida – Elton John and Tim Rice
Assassins – Stephen Sondheim
Avenue Q – Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Bat Boy The Musical – Laurence O’Keefe
Big, The Musical – David Shire
Billy Elliot The Musical – Elton John
Bombay Dreams – A.R. Rahman
Bonnie and Clyde – Frank Wildhorn and Don Black
Boobs! The Musical – Ruth Wallis
Bounce – Stephen Sondheim
The Boy From Oz – Peter Allen
Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story – Various
Caroline or Change – Jeanine Tesori
Catch Me, If You Can – Mark Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Catered Affair – John Bucchino
Children of Eden – Stephen Schwartz
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (stage version) – Sherman Brothers
City of Angels – Cy Coleman
The Civil War – Frank Wildhorn
Closer than Ever – Richard Maltby Jr and David Shire
The Color Purple – Gary Griffin
Curtains – Fred Ebb and John Kander
Dangerous Games – William Finn
Dessa Rose – Stephen Flaherty
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – David Yazbek
Dracula, The Musical – Frank Wildhorn
Dreamgirls – Henry Kreiger
The Drowsy Chaperone – Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Dusty, The Original Pop Diva – Howson, Mitchell and Morrow
Elegies – William Finn
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens – Janet Hood and Bill Russell
Falsettoland – William Finn
Falsettos – William Finn
Five Guys Named Moe – Louis Jordan
Footloose, The Musical – Tom Snow
Frankenstein, A New Musical – Mark Baron
The Fully Monty – David Yazbek
Grey Gardens – Scott Frankel
Hairspray – Marc Shaiman
The Hatpin – Peter Rutherford
Honk! – George Stiles
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Joe DiPietro
Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim
Jane Eyre – Paul Gordon
Jekyll and Hyde – Frank Wildhorn
Jersey Boys – Frankie Valli
Kiss of the Spider Woman – Kander and Ebb
The Last Five Years – Jason Robert Brown
Legally Blond – Laurence O’Keefe
The Life – Cy Coleman
The Light in the Piazza – Adam Guettel
Little Women – Jason Howland
The Lord of the Rings (stage musical) – A.R. Rahman
Love Never Dies – Andrew Lloyd Webber
Mamma Mia! – Abba
Marguerite – Claude Michel Schonberg and Alan Boublil
Martin Guerre – Claude Michel Schonberg and Alan Boublil
Mary Poppins (Broadway version) – Sherman Brothers
Miss Saigon – Claude Michel Schonberg and Alan Boublil
Movin’ Out – Billy Joel
My Favourite Year – Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Next To Normal – Tom Kitt
Once on this Island – Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Parade – Jason Robert Bronw
Passion – Stephen Sondheim
The Producers – Mel Brooks
Ragtime – Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
The Red Shoes – Jule Styne
Rent – Jonathan Larson
The Scarlett Pimpernell – Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton
The Secret Garden – Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman
Suessical – Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Shout! – Johnny O’Keefe
Shrek the Musical – Jeanine Tesori
Songs for a New World – Jason Robert Brown
Spamalot – John Du Prez
Spring Awakening – Duncan Sheik
Steel Pier – Kander and Ebb
Tarzan (broadway musical) – Phil Collins
Thoroughly Modern Millie – Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan
Tick, tick... Boom! – Jonathan Larson
Titanic – Peter Stone and Maury Yeston
Urinetown – Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis
Urban Cowboy – Jason Robert Brown
We Will Rock You – Queen
The Wedding Singer – Matthew Sklar
Whistle Down the Wind – Andrew Lloyd Webber
Wicked – Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Party – Andrew Lippa
The Witches of Eastwick – John Dempsey
The Woman In White – Andrew Lloyd Webber
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown – Clark Gesner
Young Frankenstein – Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

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Wave Pad Sound Editor

Wave Pad Sound Editor

Instructions on how to alter backing tracks to ensure they are kept within the time limit. Click here to access Wave Pad Sound editor

• Open WavePad Sound Editor
• Select ‘Open File’ in the top menu
• Select the song file that you want to alter
This will bring up a visual of the whole song in the main screen of WavePad.
You can play and stop the song using the controls on the bottom left of your screen.
You can highlight sections with your curser and play just the highlighted section (this is handy when you are selecting the area you want to cut)

Fading the ending
• If you want to shorten the backing track to fit into the 4 minute guideline, using your curser you can highlight and delete the end section (by either pressing backspace on your keypad or clicking on the delete button on the top menu).
• Then, using your curser highlight the final few bars of the song and select the ‘fade out’ option on the submenu under the main top menu (if you are unsure, hover the curser over each symbol and it will tell you what function that symbol has).
• You can always use the ‘undo’ button if you are unhappy with the cut or fade you have made.
• When you are happy you can select ‘Save File As’ from the file menu at the top of your screen and rename the file as the shortened version. You can save as wave or mp3 or a variety of other file types.

Cutting the middle section out of a track
• If you want to cut the second verse and chorus from a track (for example) you simply need to highlight the area you wish to get rid of and select delete or backspace.
• For a very accurate cut, you can zoom your view of the wave file so that you can see individual beats.
• Make a note of the track timer at the start and end of the section you want to cut.
• To zoom, select the magnifying glass of the bottom right of your screen (underneath the wave file visual). Press the ‘+’ magnifying glass until you can clearly see the beat divisions and you will get an accurate cut.
• When you are happy you can select ‘Save File As’ from the file menu at the top of your screen and rename the file as the shortened version. You can save as wave or mp3 or a variety of other file types.

There are many other functions that you can use in WavePad, this is just the start!

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