audition songs/ monologues

<p>"Spitfire Grill" has some great audition songs...and I don't think it is too overly used. Music may be bought at Samuel French.</p>

<p>Hi! i went on line to samuel french, called colony and even tried sheet music plus---no one can provide music for spitfire grill--can you be more explicit on how to obtain sheet music? thanks!</p>

<p>Also, look at musicnotes.com where you can download music directly (even transposed into a different key) for a fee of about $4 or $5.</p>

<p>I just want a couple people's honest opinions on my choices for my OCU audition, on November 18th:</p>

<p>art song/aria: Se Tu Ma'ami, Se sospiri
musical theatre pre-1970: Little Bit in Love
contrasting musical theatre: Green Finch and Linnet Bird
monologue: opening monologue from Ostrovsky's "It's a Family Affair, We'll Settle it Ourselves"</p>

<p>also, since OCU insists on the music being the original, does that mean no putting it nice and neatly on cardboard or whatever, since I've heard about doing that, as well?</p>

<p>Last year my son brought music in original form and in a notebook in sheet protectors. He asked the accompanist which he would rather use, and he chose the notebook. You just have to be sure to show them that you have the originals.
As students, they use a notebook for their accompanist at their lessons, but have to start with originals. They are told to make only one copy of each piece they are working on.</p>

<p>be a star,
Which character from Family Affair?.
btw, good choice </p>

<p>xxx,Mary Anna</p>

<p>sareccasmom....you are right sheet music isn't at Samuel French, but they do sell the rights to the musical...I would contact them directly to see if it can be purchased through them.</p>

<p>They do however offer the libretto and CD if anyone is interested. <a href="http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/advanced_search_result.php?osCsid=689176eb2db9c4627a8878e240233936&search_in_description=1&keywords=the+spitfire+grill&pfrom=&pto=&categories_id=&x=0&y=0%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/advanced_search_result.php?osCsid=689176eb2db9c4627a8878e240233936&search_in_description=1&keywords=the+spitfire+grill&pfrom=&pto=&categories_id=&x=0&y=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>My Ss have a friend who auditioned with a song from "Spitfire" and got into Emerson. So it must be obtainable from somewhere.</p>

<p>SUE</p>

<p>thanks! samuel french directed me to their new york store...apparently one can rent the music (i suppose i will have to say i am putting on a production of some kind--i dont know)...here is another question about music...i know through CC that it has been suggested that copies of music placed in a loose leaf binder (for audition purposes) be accompanied by the music book itself...is this true for an audition where there will be no accompanist, only taped music provided by the auditionee herself...in otherwords, does the auditionee have to show proof of where the music came from when not performing to live music? Of the dozens of auditions my D has been on, she has never been asked to produce the book from which her audition music came...is this new or something particular to college auditions only or am I more out of the loop than I dare think? as always, thanks for any help.</p>

<p>My daughter did not have to show the original music anywhere. I think the reason you may find such a requirement at OCU and perhaps places like it is that it is a music school. When my kids have done National Piano Auditions or All States for Music and things like that for either instrumental or vocal music, they must show the original music to those who are adjudicating. This is typical in the music field and adjudication.</p>

<p>For college Musical Theater programs, this was not a requirement for auditions at the schools on my child's list. I would think that IF this were a requirement, it would be listed in the audition requirement materials. For the record, these schools did not ask for this and nor did my child even bring the originals but rather had her music in a binder and marked: NYU/Tisch, UMich, Carnegie Mellon, Syracuse, Ithaca, Penn State, Emerson, and Boston Conservatory. I've not seen this in theater auditions in general either.</p>

<p>Susan</p>

<p>Thanks for the excellent advice, Susan. My D's list of schools is of course almost the exact list your D's was, so I feel comfortable in her going into her auditions with her audition book alone. Since you are so forthcoming and generous with your time and knowledge, may I ask another question? i have heard rumors (not on CC) that regionals are not considered as serious an audition as auditions at the college in question and therefore fewer kids are chosen from regionals and "less important" representatives from the schools are sent to sit in on regionals. is there any basis to this rumor? all except one of our schools is a regional audition because being from the west coast you can imagine the rocket science it has entailed just getting to regionals no less individual colleges. As it is, my D is missing school most of the month of February, with individual auditions it could have been worse! thanks, julie</p>

<p>Last year this question was raised over and over again. And again and again representatives said "it does not matter". "We take candidates from the unified auditions" etc etc. You might try searching under "unifieds" as a search term, maybe?</p>

<p>Sacreccasmom,
The colleges maintain that there is NO difference in your chances of admissions whether you audition at Unifieds or on campus. I know kids who were admitted in either situation. You should be fine. I do undertand the limitations from the West Coast at these schools. It was even a major undertaking last winter from the East Coast to travel to 8 college auditions. I was traveling every other weekend pretty much and it is costly besides but not as bad as for you. </p>

<p>There are advantages and disadvantages to auditioning on campus vs. at regionals and that has been discussed on these forums quite a bit. I'd run down those now but am very pressed for time this evening.</p>

<p>Mary Anna, it's Lipochka's, the one where she's talking about dancing. And I'm glad that's a good play choice! :)</p>

<p>At the Unifieds last year, all the programs had their Dept. heads, MT coordinators, faculty members and even admission counselors. There were many head honchos --all pretty important folks. The schools spend their $$ and precious time to attend the Unifieds. They take them very seriously.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=101147&highlight=unifieds%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=101147&highlight=unifieds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>thank you so much for that thread about unified vs on site auditions! it was fascinating and eye opening. the upshot is that i feel a lot better about my D's unified auditions--just one less thing to worry about for a change! </p>

<p>julie</p>

<p>Another example where doing a search on the archives will be beneficial!!!</p>

<p>Se Tu Ma'ami is a great song; my daughter won with it at NATS in the spring and will probably continue to use it. (It will be a couple of years before her audition at OCU!)</p>

<p>I love Green Finch and Linnet Bird, too.</p>

<p>Break a leg!</p>

<p>Thanks dramama! I'm just scared, because I don't have my monologue memorized yet!</p>

<p>Green Finch & Linnet Bird is a good song, but Sondheim is usually not a good idea at auditions. You might wonder to reconsider that one.</p>

<p>Also, I've seen that song used at auditions a lot in the past.</p>