The London College of Music (LCM) is known for cornering the exam market when it comes to musical theatre – although, admittedly, recent offerings from ABRSM have started to encroach on this – and for their more flexible approach to exams, enjoyed by teachers and students alike. An emphasis on the performance, still unique across the major exam boards, has incorporated spoken dialogue and staging into the grades while still placing singing front and centre.
New exam syllabus releases are not always the most exciting of events for singing teachers. Updates have often resulted in already-hefty lists receiving small adjustments, rather than a total overhaul, and with many exam boards now moving to the ‘living syllabus’ model, we don't even have that to look forward to! However, 2023 has already proved more exciting. Just a few months ago Trinity College London revamped its singing syllabus, offering, among other things, new sight-reading tests and more contemporary musical theatre options. Now, we have a totally reinvented offering from LCM.
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