There is this show comming up that is holding auditions, this show consist of songs of the american standard...i think thats from the 40s and 50s , bringing back the classics its the shows purpose ....i am a tenor and have no clue which song or songs to audition with can anybody help?
2006-11-21 16:54:01 · 6 answers · asked by domart18 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
As a music teacher, I'm more interested to find out if you can sing. I don't put as much importance on the song choice. Excpet I dislike hearing auditioners with songs like the ABC song, Happy Birthday, The Star Spangled banner. It makes me think they didn't take the time to learn something new.
Stick with songs from musicals. There are so many and they are GREAT for tenors. Think West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Pippin, Oliver, Godspell, The King and I, The Wizard of Oz, and on and on. If not from musicals, then folk songs like Shenandoah, Loch Lomond.
Go to the library and look up Broadway solos and see what your library has to offer.
2006-11-25 11:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by MusicalFab 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Great American Songbook" isn't just the 40s and 50s. It goes back to the 20s and 30s.
What will work best for you depends on what you like to sing and can sing convincingly and best. Are you good at ballads? How about up-tempo songs? Character pieces?
I'm not a popular music expert, but I would try to sing something classic by one of the greats such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, or Rogers & Hammerstein.
You might also want to take a look at YouTube or in a record store and see what videos /recordings they have of great performers of american standards such as Frank Sinatra, Barbara Cook, or Judy Garland.
2006-11-22 04:53:00 · answer #2 · answered by David H from Arlington MA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok why no longer attempt somthing by annie lennox or in line with threat madonna, stable success with it and undergo in recommendations practice practice practice. im additionally occurring a practice next year such as you so il be working in the direction of additionally.
2016-10-04 05:51:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do they have to go back that far? If not, you could also look at Copland and Ives and Michael Head.
2006-11-23 17:07:04 · answer #4 · answered by chelleedub 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i might sound stupid if i am wrong but was elvis from the 50's? if so u should sing one of his songs. (he's the oldest musician ive heard of.) lol
2006-11-21 17:34:22 · answer #5 · answered by @ |* ! @ n @ ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"All the Things You Are?"
2006-11-21 17:23:23 · answer #6 · answered by Arrow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋