2026 Syllabus (still being updated as at 30Sep2026) - Songs from the Screen and More

Provincial requirements:  Memorization required.  

Solo (all levels): two (2) contrasting selections 

Duets & Trios (all levels): one (1) selection

Ensembles (all levels): one (1) or two (2) selections

Selections Permitted - please refer to the SSAM Song List (omfa.ca/ssam-chart) for suggested repertoire.
a) Songs that were written for, or first appeared in, a movie or film (for exceptions see the SSAM Song List)
b) Songs from animated films, anime, movies or television shows/series
c) Songs from film musicals - singers must use film version arrangement (eg. 'Santa Fe', Newsies; 'Breaking Free', High School Musical; 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow', The Wizard of Oz)
d) Songs from musicals that have only been workshopped (not fully staged)
e) Stand-alone songs in musical theatre style (eg. 'Girl in 14G'; 'Taylor the Latte Boy'; 'Darryl is a Boy').
f) Songs written for, but have been cut, from staged musicals (eg. 'More to the Story', Shrek, The Musical)
g) Songs from song cycles (eg. Edges, Tapes, Songs for a New World)
h) Duets that can be performed as a solo (eg. 'I see the Light, Tangled, 'A Whole New World', Aladdin)

Selections NOT Permitted - please refer to the SSAM Song List: omfa.ca/ssam-chart
a) Songs listed in the RCM or CC classical syllabi (Levels 1-6, Lists A and B, Levels 7-10, Lists A, B and C)
b) Songs that were originally written for live fully staged musical and that were later made into movies (eg. The Sound of Music; West Side Story; My Fair Lady; Hamilton; In the Heights; Dear Evan Hansen; Wicked)
c) Operetta/light opera selections (eg. Gilbert & Sullivan, Romberg, Lehar, Johann Strauss)
d) Selections that are primarily spoken patter (eg. 'Ya Got Trouble', The Music Man','Aaron Burr', 'Sir', Hamilton)
e) Songs that were originally released as a commercial pop song and are later used in a jukebox musical must be entered in "Voice-Other" eg. Moulin Rouge, Mamma Mia, Beautiful, &Juliet). See the SSAM Song List: omfa.ca/ssam-chart
f) Selections from Junior show versions or musicals that have been cut or simplified