Good belting song for a soprano?

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 7/28/05 at 8:16pm

I am looking for a good belting song for a soprano for some college auditions. most of the ones i know and do are currently on broadway or from les miz, so i know thats a no no. thanks

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 7/28/05 at 8:32pm

Buddie Beware or Heaven Hop from Anything Goes are good belting songs for mezzos/sopranos.

[Blair]

Posted: 7/28/05 at 10:33pm

Try "Waiting For Life" from Once on this Island.

[o_kheem_o]

Posted: 7/28/05 at 10:36pm

try belting the last few measures of "think of me".
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heh heh heh...

[hot_brdwy_diva]

Posted: 7/28/05 at 11:16pm

Unusual Way from Nine -Linda Eder sings it. I know for me the lower notes were hard at first for me and the high notes at the end sound beautiful if you can hit them. I have the sheet music and the high notes at the end are not on it, so I don't know if that is Something Linda Eder added. So it shows a very nice range.

You've Got Possibilities from It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! - A really cute song, the key gets higher towards the end and it's really great for belting.

I'm Not Afraid from Songs for a New World - not especially memorable but if you sing it right it could be very powerful

There's lots others... I just have to think.

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 7/29/05 at 12:49am

ignore hot_brdwy_diva's saying that "i'm not afraid" is a good song to sing...it's not. the pianist will hate you, and that's a bad thing. plus (i know i've mentioned it on other threads..if you've already read it there, i'm sorry) at one college audition, the 3 girls in front of me sang it....you wouldn't want to be competing on the same song with THAT many people.

i would suggest "a new life" if you're looking for a ballad. it goes up to a d/d# at the end but if you can hit it strongly - i didn't hear that once at auditions.

i'm a soprano, and i sang "shy" from once upon a matress. i only heard one other girl doing it...but she didn't belt it which was sorta weird...it was completely head voice.

i've always thought of "waiting for life" as a mixed song...if you were to belt something from OOTI it would HAVE to be "mama will provide" but that's not really an audition song.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 7/29/05 at 9:06am

A good soprano song that could be belted is "If I Were A Bell" from Guys and Dolls.

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 7/29/05 at 11:17am

thanks, i love a new life and if i were a bell, some of the other songs are new to me but i will definitley look them up. :)

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 7/29/05 at 4:39pm

Unusual Way isn't belted.