<p>Several colleges have requested her repertoire list which states which songs she has memorized and performed in the past. My question is do any of the colleges at auditions look at the list and say "sing this one"? Some of her memorized or performed songs were from 3 years ago. She's afraid if they do this she might not be fresh and forget some of the words. She has been reviewing them but of course hasn't picked out 16 or 32 bars of each song on the list. </p>
<p>Was just curious of any experiences in this regard from you seasoned pros. :)</p>
<p>I honestly don't think that the rep list will be used as a "challenge" to see if she <em>really</em> memorized the song, though I guess that's possible. My impression is that schools such as Michigan ask for such a list to get a feeling/impression of the kid's experience and type. If your D is worried that she <em>might</em> be asked to sing something from long ago, simply have her review the words. However, it's doubtful that any kid will come to college auditions with ALL those songs in her/his book (in other words, with the sheet music available and on hand), so again, I think it's really unlikely that they will ask for one of those songs. She will, after all, be coming with the two or more songs (and any requisite cuts) asked for by the program, and my guess is that will be more than enough. These programs audition so many kids that they just don't have the <em>time</em> to delve that deeply. Best of luck!!</p>
<p>I agree with NMR. The only school I've seen that asks for this repertoire list is University of Michigan and it is not used in the way you fear, MomOfAPrincess. No, they do not have it there in the audition room and ask for a song from that list. The list is used more in the capacity that NMR describes, to give them an idea of the candidate's experience and type and so forth as part of the application packet, along with the resume, etc. I doubt at Univ. of Michigan that your D will sing more than two songs at most. But it is always good to have a third and fourth one in her book as extras if they ever ask to hear something different. They will not name some song off her resume or rep list though! Your D does NOT need to review the songs on the rep list. She should have the required songs prepared and one or two extras (of each kind of song) in her audition book with her in case they want more (but like NMR says, they don't have THAT much time with each student). Also, remember, your D won't even have the sheet music to the long list of songs on that repertoire list with her! She will just have her audition book with a couple of ballads and a couple of uptempos on audition day.</p>
<p>Oh ok....somewhere...don't know if it was her voice teacher...she got the impression she needed to make a book with photocopies of her whole repertoire. So we have one. Good to know...then I won't pack that! Thanks!</p>
<p>^^^^^ Gosh, definitely not! </p>
<p>She should have an audition book of several songs beyond the required two and also from now on, and in college, she will be working on her audition book of songs of each type and situation, and buidling that book. But that is not the same as a book of all songs she knows. Yikes, I think it would take a lot of binders for that. I think my kid has an entire shelf like that at school in her room. She never made a book of the many songs on the Repertoire list for UMichigan. While my D owns lots of sheet music and scores, she has certain binders that are more audition material (and this is certainly part of what you do in a BFA program). She has far more sheet music of songs she knows than songs she may audition with. But anyway, for the purposes of BFA auditions, the audition book need not be big but just the required songs and additional ballads and upbeats in case (not a lot of extras though and certainly not all the songs she knows!)</p>