<p>When people discourage auditioning with Sondheim it has more to do with the difficulty of sightreading the accompaniment and also sometimes the difficulty of the song. This would not be the case in a song composed by Bernstein where Sondheim just wrote the lyrics. So, the Bernstein song would be OK in this regard.</p>
<p>I always thought stuff from WSS was very overdone...J&H I would most definitely avoid.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough I actually don't see material from WSS all that much. maybe Something's Coming and I Feel Pretty, but really for college auditions I find it tends to be more of the contemporary stuff that is overdone.</p>
<p>I don't think you have to find obscure songs but just avoid the MOST overdone ones. I don't know which WSS song you mean but perhaps it is either Somewhere or I Feel Pretty. I Feel Pretty is a common audition song but I don't think it is the most overdone but just common and not unique. I think it would be OK to use. I can't recall if you are the same mom but I recall someone recently talking about J and H for audition songs. Most are overdone but I think if you were talking of Once Upon a Dream, that it is not that overdone, nothing like Someone Like You and while it is from an overdone musical, the song itself is not one that TONS of girls will sing. I personally think it is OK to sing something that perhap someone else may sing, as long as it is not a song that girl after girl will sing.</p>
<p>alwaysamom...My friend was able to get the sheet music because she had made the final callbacks for Martha for the Spring Awakening tour.</p>
<p>thanks! also... i have a school just asking 16 measures of a ballad and uptempo songs. that's all they give me regarding songs. any... ideas? classical? contemp? i don't know where to start.</p>
<p>Any opinions on using Gilbert and Sullivan?</p>
<p>Some schools allow G&S, some don't. Check with the school.</p>
<p>"Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded." Yogi Berra</p>
<p>I perplexed at just how many songs/shows can be labelled as "overdone."</p>
<p>It's actually only a tiny fraction compared to the songs that are available out there - but most people never bother with (don't mean you personally).</p>
<p>Just wanted to share my joy in finally have my songs and monologues lined up, AND I have the music AND a voice lesson to go over them tomorrow. I feel sooo much better now. (yeah, I don't really have anything new to add, but I'm just so happy about having it all squared away, haha)</p>
<p>Congrats, letscrshtheparty. I know that is a good feeling!</p>
<p>Ok, I'm freaking out. I have a month till my college auditions and I havn't found a monolouge. I need something age appropriate, contemporary, and funny. Any suggestions at all would be MUCH appreciated.</p>
<p>EdenRic, go immediately to the public library and read through monologue books that have monologues taken from published plays. See if you find some that strike a chord with you. When you do, track the entire play down. It's very hard for people who don't know you to suggest monologues for you. Best of luck!</p>
<p>NMR is right. also, many monologue books give an age/character description before the monologue-- this will help you to skip over ones that are way out of range for you. i'd advise reading ones that you like aloud, to see how they sound in your voice. and READ THE PLAY it's from!</p>
<p>What's everybody's opinion on using an obscure Shakespeare piece for an MT audition? </p>
<p>I have always considered acting a strong point for me and would think they would like to see the how diverse I can be.</p>
<p>LizMT - Check the audition requirements for your schools, carefully. Most MT auditions ask for contemporary monologues, not classical, I think.</p>
<p>All of my schools just say "contrasting"</p>
<p>When picking your two songs, how imporant is range? I feel that "Shopping Around" from the show Wish You Were here really suits my type, voice, and is an oppurtunity to show my performance ability. However, the highest note is a B flat. Would it be alright if I paired it with a song where I showed off more of my vocal ability and overall range? Keep in mind, that I want to have the most successful audition possible and want a better audition more than I want to sing a paticular song! :)</p>
<p>mtfortiffany - that is absolutely the way to go :). It is important in both cases to show that you "connect" with the song however, that you understand what you are saying and what message you are trying to relay. </p>
<p>However, doing so with for example a belty uptempo, and contrast it with a lyric soprano ballad would be exactly what an adjudicator will help in terms of getting a feeling for what your range is.</p>
<p>You are on the right track :)!</p>