Book

[Devonte32896]

<p>I'm Using Musical Theatre Anthology For Teens by Hal Leonard, Is this a good book to use? I heard that usually these songs are overdone. :confused:</p>

[AlexaMT]

<p>Honestly, just sing what shows you off the best and you feel the most comfortable and confident with. In the world of college auditions, I don’t think it is as frowned upon to do something “overdone”. I have never heard of anyone having a successful singing audition but then not be under consideration simply because the monitors had heard that sing a lot. As long as you avoid shows currently on Broadway, you should be safe. Especially with your pre-1965 piece, popularly done songs are classics for a good reason.</p>

[kksmom5]

<p>Check out the websites of the schools you’re applying to as they may have a list of songs that are overdone. I certainly wouldn’t sing a song that is listed there as they may think that you didn’t do your homework and research their school. Either that, or it may give the impression that you’re thumbing your nose at their suggestions.</p>

[EmsDad]

<p>As others have said, always carefully check each school’s audition requirements and follow all the requirements. They may or may not give “do not do” lists. CCM has a good generalized summary of “do’s and don’ts”:</p>

<p>[The</a> Do’s & Don’ts, University of Cincinnati](<a href=“http://ccm.uc.edu/theatre/musical_theatre/auditions1/dos_and_donts.html]The”>http://ccm.uc.edu/theatre/musical_theatre/auditions1/dos_and_donts.html)</p>

<p>I am not an expert, but IMHO generalized “Overdone” lists with like 200 songs on them are, “Overdone.” I like this quote from the Otterbein BFA Audition Guidelines.</p>

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We used to have such a list. We were hearing too many people doing the song of the year like “Astonishing” in 2005, or trying to do Barbra Streisand standards like “Don’t Rain on My Parade”. But we have dropped the list because every time we put a song on the list, someone comes along and makes it their own.

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<p>Otterbein’s Audition Guidelines have some very solid advice - if you have not read them, you should read them:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.otterbein.edu/Theatre/On%20Campus%20BFA%20Guidelines%202012-13.pdf[/url]”>http://www.otterbein.edu/Theatre/On%20Campus%20BFA%20Guidelines%202012-13.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Of course, it never hurts to put in the time and energy to find a song that works well for you that is off-the-beaten path.</p>