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| Bianca. |
Building a repertoireOkay.. So.. I've been attempting to build myself a vocal repertoire for a very long time now.. But I've FINALLY decided to get serious about it.What I'm looking for is an outline.. or a format.. of the types of songs and different things I should look to cover. www.musicaltheatreaudition.com has a version of an outline here: http://www.musicaltheatreaudition.com/joomla/content/view/176/64/ It's basically broken into 9 categories which I've condensed and taken all their explanation out of to look like so: Musical Theatre Repertoire I. 16 Bar Cuts II. “Pick Hits” III. Standard Broadway IV. Early Broadway V. Contemporary VI. Non Musical Theatre Standards VII. Opera/Operetta VIII. Comic Song IX. Idiot Proof Song From there.. one could continue to subdivide into 'belt' and 'legit' pieces.. or.. one could even further think into the need for all different emotional ranges through each of these musical styles? What emotional ranges should be looked for in the types of songs? IF taking the route of breaking each musical style further into emotional range.. does the 'comic song' not belong there? Does anyone have a better outline that doesn't require QUITE as much tweaking as this one does? What is this one missing in terms of musical style? (I'd eventually like to do the same sort of outline for monologue repertoire .. so be on the look out for a coming thread.. or.. if you've any ideas now.. post them here?) |
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| sunshinekate |
This is great...I am looking to do the exact same thing. So I can't wait for some responses.
Sorry I can't help lol. |
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| Emilala |
Re: Building a repertoire
You DEFINITELY need a comic song in your book--one that is actually funny. (They are harder to come by for women than for men.) A category I'd recommend adding is a pop/rock song. Pure pop or rock--not from a pop or rock musical. Something by, like, Kelly Clarkson or Incubus or something...anything from the radio that you can sing really well. |
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| Chevstriss |
my book has been reduced to only category IX. | ||||
| wicked_diva |
Is it good to also go for one song from each major composer, too? That's what I've been working on lately... | ||||
| MaryMag |
mwahahahaha! MaryMag's thoughts... everything in my book is 16 or 32 bar cuts. I have NEVER had a director say "oh i must hear 8 more bars of that song in order to make a decision!" If they ask for additional songs, they usually want me to sing just 8 measures or so. I think III and IV should be the bulk of your book, because that is the bulk of shows you will be auditioning for. Yeah, yall may love Aida and Rent, but theaters aren't doing shows like that. They're doing Fiddler for the 1000th time. What are pick hits? And I've NEVER been asked for a pop or opera song. I have them, yes, but I think they're fairly low priority on your list. Build up your III and IV categories before you worry about pop and opera, I think. III and IV are your priorities. Here's my goal for my rep book, but God knows when it will be accomplished... one of each of these: - belt ballad - belt uptempo/comedy - legit ballad - legit uptempo/comedy for each of these decades: - 20's - 30's - 40's - 50's - 60's - 70's - 80's - 90's - today + a random operetta (probably G&S) song + a random pop (not musical theater) song + finally, a random country song. I know that's a lot of songs. That's approximately 40 songs. But when you're doing only 32 or 16 bar cuts, that's not too hard to memorize. por ejemplo, my country song cut is 8 bars. That's NOTHIN! |
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| MaryMag |
That's DEFINITELY a good idea. That's the format jazzy suggested that i quoted in the READ ME thread. I tried adjusting my rep book to that for a while, but I think it's a little repetitive. I'm finding that my Loesser songs do just fine for my Bock and Harnick auditions. So I'm gearing my book more toward decades. But if you go the decade route like me, you OF COURSE want to have songs from the big important composers in there! Here's some of the composers jazzy listed: rodgers and hammerstein lerner and loewe loesser wildhorn alw flaherty and ahrens Cole Porter Gershwin Sondheim (Only to be used either when auditioning for a Sondheim show or at the request of the producers) |
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| Vice |
Is it okay to use a song that's in a Jukebox musical for VI? Like something from We Will Rock You? | ||||
| kozafluitmusique |
I'm definately going to start doing this once I can borrow sheet music. | ||||
| Bianca. |
Quoting from the read me thread for more easier reference:
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| Bianca. |
Where is the break off for the Contemporary period?
What's considered contemporary, and what's considered classic? |
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| JIJane |
Contemporary is 1980 onwards to my knowledge. |
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| wicked_diva |
Bianca, if you're thinking about it for college auditions, I would go with pre and post 1960. Some schools say that explicitly, but others don't, so I'd say it's a safe bet.
And what's better to have - two seperate rep book binders, or one giant one? And if they are seperate, what's a good way to sort them? My binder is about to explode. |
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| MaryMag |
Seconded. 
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