KINIKIA
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auditioning for the narratori am auditioning for the narrartor and need good suggestions for audition songs with awesome range....any ideas?
thanks!
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MademoiselleMusicals
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Look at the audition song thread! I would advise to practice 'trying to tell a story,' with your moment, gestures and facial expressions. A good narrator engages the audience. 
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convict24601
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YES! do not stand there and deliver the song... i find those narrators (though lovely voiced) are boring. Be sure to be engaging in the audition, cuz that could determine whether or not you are given the role. Make them want to listen to you sing, instead of thinking "oh theres another singer." That works best with narrators, and Maria Freidman IMHO is the best example of this. (If you get the part, I would recommend watching the dvd once more and studying how she draws you into the story.)
Break a leg 
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Beagle On Stage
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Find the balance between star quality and storyteller. The narrators I've seen tend to fall into three categories: showstopping stars (think the Laurie Beechman production), beautiful singers (the company's favorite soprano standing stock still in the corner singing "Joseph's Coat"), and storytellers (who stop all but short of pulling in a fireplace, rocking chair and trusty cat).
You'll have the edge if you've worked out the balance between those three elements. You're not Grandma Beatrice telling a story about your childhood during the great depression. But you do have her engaging storytelling skills combined with awesome stage presence and a great voice.
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KINIKIA
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thanks!I am thinking of auditoning with phantom of the opera to show my range and power. They posted that they want us to learn potipher's song. do you think it will be ok to audition with the serious song and bring major character in the potipher song or do you have any idea for a audition song with an awesome range and good char.?
thanks!
cyn
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KINIKIA
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alto vs. sopranook i have also found out they are spliting the role into a sop narrator and alto narrator. so ther will be 2 people singing the role and i am not sure if i should focus on one or the other....i can sing both so i guess it would be better to audition for both and hope they hear enough of both ranges during my audition song.
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the_musical_youth
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I've been in this show twice as the narrator, and each time I've sang something from "Anything Goes" and I also always though "Kiss me Kate" would be good! Oh, Not sure about phantom though.. Do not forget to (like everyone else has said ) show that you can tell a story. Both times I did it they told me "act like a Sunday school teacher" which eventually I could do! Its quite hard so I found that reading stories to a wall or to someone would help! I know lame,lame. Its all about what works though right? I don't know though, just some feedback hahaha 
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Beagle On Stage
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Re: alto vs. soprano | KINIKIA wrote: | | ok i have also found out they are spliting the role into a sop narrator and alto narrator. so ther will be 2 people singing the role and i am not sure if i should focus on one or the other....i can sing both so i guess it would be better to audition for both and hope they hear enough of both ranges during my audition song. |
I wouldn't worry too much about trying to show both ranges. The Narrator's range is two octaves, A to A. Very little is really alto; even the lower songs go up fairly high. Besides her one line in "Joseph's Dreams," I can't think of one song where the Narrator doesn't need at least a solid E-flat. They probably just mean they'll harmonize together at some points, but I'd bet they'll end up casting a second soprano as the "alto."
Either is probably as good as the other for you. They'll decide which one you'd be best at. When I did the show with two narrators, one a definite soprano and the other more of a second soprano/mezzo, this is how they broke it up. Prologue together with harmony, then the mezzo did "Jacob and Sons" through "Poor, Poor Joseph," then the soprano did "Potiphar" and "Go Go Go Joseph." "Pharaoh Story" together, then the soprano did "Poor, Poor Pharaoh" through "Stone the Crows," and the mezzo did "Brothers Come to Egypt" through "Joseph All the Time." They finished the show together. Of course your production may choose to do it any other way as well. Personally, I think it's best when they alternate every other song instead of each one doing blocks of the show like mine did.
I think "Bless the Lord" from "Godspell" is a great audition song for the Narrator. It shows both ends of the Narrator's range really well and is appropriate for the character. I really advise against "Phantom of the Opera" just because it's so unlike any of the music from "Dreamcoat." They could very easily dissociate you subconsciously just because it's harder to picture you singing the "Dreamcoat" songs.
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KINIKIA
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sick!ok so now i am getting sick and can't sing much in my upper register....i hate being sick and having an audition!! now i have to change my song because i can't reach te notes. grrrrrr...my audition is on sunday and i have no song. help!!!!! cyn
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