hmmm this is what i have heard regarding auditions for colleges:
1) a song or a monologue is EXACTLY the same as the essay, the whole point is to showcase yourself. so try to pick songs or monologues that actually mean something to you. if you can steer clear of trite pieces you'll have an easier time, because i mean really, every teenage girl feels that on my own is EXACTLY about her, so you'll have a slight advantage over the other applicants. it's like the typical essay on places you've lived: you've moved a gazillion places, and you've just learned SOOOO much...it's probably true, and moving, and says a lot about you...but it doesn't really make you very original.
2) as for the females singing male songs: for some reason the song "being alive" is a lot more popular when sung by a woman, although its originally meant for a man. its an example. they told me this when i asked about monologues: it is very interesting if a woman auditions with a male monologue from hamlet, even if its to be or not to be, because its a MALE role, and it may make you look very good...plus, shakespeare wrote ALL his roles for men, even the female ones, so why should it matter? but the same impression that you get from the image of a girl acting to be or not to be, might happen if a girl is reaaaally original and picks a male song....not while i'm around is a great song for a girl to sing, by the way, i saw it at a concert and it was just one of those songs that transferred sex VERY easily...as always, its about being original, but being YOURSELF. if they ask you why you picked a song, don't just say that you relate to the song and its your favorite song in the whole world. but say what that song says about you...its just another essay!
im also auditioning for college this year. my strength as a singer is the belts, like, im serious, im LOUD AS HELL. (it works to my disadvantage in everything else i do, people always scream at me to stop yelling, for example - but it helps me sooo much when i sing)....for example, a song like defying gravity is PEFECT for me, because i can really belt it. but then again, its overdone and overused. should i pick a quieter, unbeltable song over such an easy belter??
also,does anybody know if there's an actual accompanist or if you can bring a tape with the background music (to solve the sondheim problem for example?
another issue i have is that, although i can appear really young (12) and really old (24 or 25), im really flexible for roles. in fact, most of the characters ive done in high school performances have been women in their 30's (baker's wife) 40's (miss hannigan, mrs paroo possibly), and women in their old age (arsenic and old lace). i guess that means i can act convincingly mature...should i try a maturer song or monlogue, or stick with something that's my age that i may not be able to perform as well??
thnx a lot!!
to those who submitted monologues and songs, thank you SOOO MUCH!!!!
ps. what do you guys think of singing home, the finale from the wiz? im not african american and i know that this character is usually played by african american girls...should i still give it a shot? ....and what about singing in another language? or opera? oo...and is "meadowlark" from the bakers wife too overdone???
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