Audition pieces?

Question

Can anyone suggest any good pieces to use for my audition to get into university? They want 1) a classic piece, 2) a contemporary piece and 3) an unaccompanied song.

I'm just fishing for ideas. Maybe you can help me?

Answer 1

For contemporary monologues try "Faces In The Raft" and "Voices From The Cafe". Both are stage plays consisting of eight monologues ranging from a few minutes to about 10 to 15 minutes long.

They can be found, and printed out for free, at www.geocities.com/absaroka2001...

The monologues in "Faces In The Raft" are spoken by refugees from different time periods who are passengers on a raft built from the ruins of an abandoned building and the dead.

The monologues in "Voices From the Cafe" are spoken by refugees from different time periods who must rebuild a destroyed bridge if their city is to survive.

Both stage plays have been produced.

Answer 2

Since the piece will be acapella, you need to avoid slow pieces with significant breaks for the accompaniment, as these will create awkward pauses in your audition. Instead, look for uptempo pieces with lots of words (sometimes called "patter" songs). These are all different voice ranges, but try:

I'm Not Getting Married Today from Company (THE quintessential patter song, but HARD and FAST, so you'd really need to nail it for it to work)
I Wish I Were in Love Again from Babes in Arms
Anything Goes from Anything Goes
That'll Show Him from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to theh Forum
Don't Tell Mama from Cabaret
Me and My Baby from Chicago
Buenos Aires from Evita
Much More from The Fantasticks (I forget if this piece has instrumental breaks, better check)
I Know Things Now or the Witch's part of the intro. from Into the Woods (the intro. song is 16 minutes long, and the Witch has a great section in the middle listing all these different vegetables. It's worth a listen.)
The Other Side of the Tracks from Little Me (more ballad-y, but worth listening to)
I Can Cook, Too from On the Town

Try these. And here's some stuff to avoid: http://www.musicaltheatreaudition.com/performance/auditions/overdoneauditionsongs.html

Break a leg at your audition.

Answer 3

Whatever you do choose, try to get a good contrast. So don`t do 2 comic pieces or they will think that is all you can do. Go for a light comedic piece and then a straight dramatic piece. A good song would be "On My Own" from Les Mis, although it will be a popular one. It has lots of emotion and does`nt need any music. Or you could try "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom. And be prepared for their questions, "Why do you want to go to that University ?" Why that course ? Break a leg !!

Answer 4

Choose pieces from plays you already know well (or be prepared to get to know well the play from which you pick a monologue). You will be expected to be able to talk about the character, and the speech in the context of the play as a whole. Choose a character you can identify with, and whose situation you can identify with. Make sure the song you choose suits your vocal range (sounds common sense but believe it or not many people don't!).

Answer 5

relies upon on technique point and your potential at musical expression. when I performed piano as a grade college/intense college student, I had great potential at musical expression and comparatively undesirable technique. I tended to do products that confirmed off my expression potential in auditions. products like Prelude 2 by utilising Gershwin, Lotus Land by utilising Scott, any Joplin rag, and great Gate of Kiev by utilising Moussorgsky have been favourite standbys for me.

Answer 6

from this point on- NEVER get an audition piece from a monologue book or website. trust me, whomever you're auditioning for will have heard that monologue a thousand times. always get your monologues from plays that you are continually reading.

Answer 7

Rogers and Hammerstein

maybe something from
State Fair
Sound of Music
Cinderella
Oklahoma...


break a leg!

Answer 8

At http://www.actorpoint.com/free_monologues/0a.html they have free monologues, is that what you're looking for? Or is it where you're acting out with someone else?