<p>Hi!!
I am having such trouble finding an uptempo song that isn't overdone/suits me/doesnt have good acting opportunities etc...</p>
<p>Please help!!</p>
<p>Info on me:</p>
<p>soprano-belter
I can belt super high but i DO NOT necessarily have to in the song
I prefer a good ACTING song
I'm good at character songs, as well as dramatic.
they can be either contemporary or pre 1960's</p>
<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH!!</p>
<p>Folks are probably not responding to you because it’s hard to determine songs for someone that they don’t know. Is there someone in your area that can advise you? </p>
<p>(Not sure if I’m allowed to post a .com link, but I’ll try. )</p>
<p>Best wishes to you!</p>
<p>This is an amazing book that all MT students should have under their pillows, IMO:</p>
<p>The New Broadway Song Companion: An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature by Voice Type and Song Style by David P. DeVenney.</p>
<p>With the above book, which is available on-line, you can find shows listed with all the songs and ranges, lists of songs for sops, belters, duos, etc. </p>
<p>Try to find songs that match your type and your personality if you can. Time is short, however, so don’t be too picky at this point! I remember hearing a prof from a very well regarded MT school saying she’d be glad to hear “I Could Have Danced All Night” if it was very well done.</p>
<p>One great tune is “A Change in the Wind” from Caddie Woodlawn. hardly anyone does it and it’s a knockout audition song.
[Caddie</a> Woodlawn A Musical Drama](<a href=“http://www.caddiewoodlawnmusical.com%5DCaddie”>http://www.caddiewoodlawnmusical.com)</p>
<p>The problem is of course that it needs to be a song they haven’t heard a bajillion times, but the accompanist has to be comfortable playing it. And we have to be comfortable TELLING the accompanist how to play it.
I’m a teacher/coach at South Coast Rep, and I’d rather see a song I know done well, than a song i’ve never heard of that gets mangled in the production.</p>
<p>What did you decide to do?</p>
<p>How about “Raise the Roof” from Wild Party?</p>