african american girl looking for college audition songs!- Page 2

[WOSQ]

Posted: 1/5/06 at 4:33pm

I know I ought not use caps since they indicate 'shouting' and not fervency.

But "show your voice and your depth of feeling" (the quoted words are in caps) and to hell with whether the song is appropriate for a young African-American girl to sing. Everybody has the same feelings. If the people you are auditioning for don't get that, they are not worth studying with.

Play the doubt. Give an old song new meaning. Try all sorts of emotions. Sing a sad song as one of relief or a happy song sung sadly. "Happy Days Are Here Again" originally is a very quick tune.

This all said, Diahann Carroll did two Broadway musicals--House of Flowers and No Strings. The second was written for her but is not exactly race-specific. Buy the recordings and give them a listen.

Why not "Much More" from the Fantasticks? I don't think it is done to death any more. "Who Cares?" by the Gershwins is 16 bars long, so sing it twice through with a different meaning each time.

Go for the song and scr-w the suitability.

[MamaCita06]

Posted: 1/18/06 at 7:07pm

thanks for all the advice! my first audition is this FRIDAY! (Syracuse) and i'm going with:
uptempo:'Til We Reach That Day-- Ragtime
balladpre 1960)* You'll Never Walk Alone -- Carousel
x-tra:*And I am Telling You-- Dreamgirls

i'm happy with it. i know i don't have to sing ONLY songs for african americans... i feel i have much stronger prescence when i do--- and i want to have a strong/"unique" audition. I'm glad i picked you'll never walk alone (not only because my nickname IS Nettie ha but) because it shows my soprano-esque qualities... and it doesn't need to be done by a specific "type".

BUT i still have a bunch more auditions to do, so i'm sure i'll change it up soon. THANKS AGAIN!

[suchclumsytime]

Posted: 1/19/06 at 7:40pm

I second "The Spark of Creation!"