songs from composers that are usually avoided
songs from composers that are usually avoided
#0songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/15/06 at 4:11pmWhat are some songs from composer that should usually be avoided at auditions (Sondheim, JRB...) that are actually good audition songs? I'm talking about possible problems with the pianist, not style-wise. I only ask because usually these composers suit my voice best. No specific audition in mind, just wondering...
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
mrslovett7
Leading Actor Joined: 3/18/06
#1re: songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/15/06 at 4:28pmI learned my lesson after singing Unworthy of Your Love from Assassins at an auditon. The pianist messed up in the middle of it and then played off key for the rest. I don't blame him, I mean it's Sondheim. But it was really hard to finish
~H*
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-Michael Cerveris
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#2re: songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/15/06 at 6:22pmStill Hurting and Summer in Ohio are great songs that I would avoid. Also, for guys, Giants in the Sky is an amazing song, but is Sondheim so I would probably stay away from.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#3re: songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/15/06 at 6:43pmYes, but what are the GOOD audition songs from composers like these?
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
#4re: songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/15/06 at 7:18pmNone? haha.... I guess That'll Show Him from Forum isn't bad, and Green Finch isn't too difficult for an accompanist to play.
#5re: songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/15/06 at 7:55pmI use Not a Day Goes By from Merrily We Roll Along because it really shows off my range, but its not crazy hard to play.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#6re: songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/15/06 at 10:27pm
Sorry I must have missed that part. 
I'm not sure which are good.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#7re: songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/15/06 at 10:53pmNo worries
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
zannadont
Stand-by Joined: 2/13/06
#8re: songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/15/06 at 11:14pm
it's really hard to find music for a guy to sing that a) shows off his range, b) sounds amazingly fantastic, c) be easy to play, and d) not over-cooked. it's soo annoying!
DAMN AUDITIONS!!!
#9re: songs from composers that are usually avoided
Posted: 5/16/06 at 11:27am
Don't do greenfinch unless your classical technique is flawless!
My advice would be to continue avoiding those composers. There is a plethora of material out there. ANd think of it this way...it's better to do a song that is maybe easier but that the pianist will be able to play, so your audition will go flawlessly rather than struggling with the pianist with a harder piece. It's really just better to not use those composers.
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