<p>How many songs should a person have in their binder by the time they are auditioning for a college?</p>
<p>And a completely different topic, could anyone tell me what show this is from? I'd love to find the whole song. </p>
<p>A Man of No Importance.
Lovely song!</p>
<p>Most colleges will not ask you for additional selections, but I always tell my students to have at least half a dozen in their rep books when they attend an audition. And to be prepared to sing any of them if asked.</p>
<p>I would agree with at least six. My daughter was asked to sing additional songs a couple of times, so like onstage says, be prepared at all times to perform any of the songs. At one audition, the auditioner asked to see her notebook and he picked out a song and asked if she could sing it. Fortunately, she had brushed up on everything so was ready!</p>
<p>mizlyn - Thank you! </p>
<p>And alright! I have about 4 that I am happy with but I have a year until college and will surely be able to get another 2 or 3</p>
<p>Make sure that the songs in your book represent different vocal and musical things: a good list for girls is:</p>
<p>1.belty uptempo
2.belty (or mixy-belt) ballad
3. legit ballad
4. legit uptempo (? possibly - not 100% necessary but good if you have a legit voice that moves well)
5. real pop-rock song (non MT pop-rock) - college program are beginning to like or request this now
6. charactery song (legit or belt)</p>
<p>Within those pieces, make sure some are pre-1960/65 and some are contemporary. Remember the purpose of having a book of songs for the college audition process is to give schools a sampling of your voice and acting within all vocal and musical realms that you currently do well. The above list is a good guide to what schools often ask for IF they look at your book after you’ve done your main audition pieces. (Note about #6: Schools don’t usually ask for a character-y song but if you’re a strong comedienne or a strong type of any kind - like a villainess, etc. - this can be something really fun to show schools if they look through your book.)</p>
<p>One other note - your book can have 1-2 of the “overdone” pieces - even something like Defying Gravity - IF you OWN them vocally. The idea behind this is if you’ve excited a school with your voice in your main, less-done-to-death audition songs, having something really known in your book as an additional piece can be a great choice - b/c at that point a school is excited to hear you sing something that has well-known vocal expectations, and may choose such a song to see how well you pull it off. </p>
<p>So, make sure you book shows you off as a well-rounded singer and actor, and have fun building it!</p>
<p>CoachC gives excellent advice.<br>
My D keeps a master song list in Excel that she updates as follows:
Song
Composer/year
Key and tempo
Sheet music/track
Full song/cut
Category (uptempo, ballad, legit, belt, mix, etc) Also contemporary, classic, pop/rock, character, standard</p>
<p>D is a freshman in college and has about 15 songs on this list.</p>