[MimixRose]

I need a song for my college audition. I already went through the audition songs thread, and didn't find anything I liked.

I have my one classical song and my one contemporary upbeat song, but I can't pick a pre-1970's ballad.

My original choice was I Remember Sky from Evening Primrose, but then I read about how it's a bad idea to use Sondheim, so I changed my mind about that.

I consider myself a mezzo, but I can go as high as Christine's last note in Phantom (of The Opera), and as low as a G below middle C (I really can't go lower than that.)

So I need a ballad that's pre-1970's.
My ideas are:

Once You Lose Your Heart from Me and My Girl

I've Never Said I Love You from Dear World

Boys and Girls Like You and Me from R&H (It was used in pretty much EVERYTHING, does this even count as a ballad?)

Possibly Hold On from Secret Garden, but that seems to be Overdone, and it's not really a ballad.

If anyone has any other ideas, or thinks that one of these songs will be best in terms of uniqueness/showing off range, please let me know.

[I'm showing my high range in my classical song, and I'm belting in my contemporary song.]

Thank you in advance!

[Oli-Ol]

Hold On is quite low and probably isn't suitable.

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with any of the other songs you are considering.
Good luck

[Nettik]

I'm also not familiar with any of the songs other than "Hold On," but I just wanted to add "The Secret Garden" isn't a pre-1970 show, it opened on Broadway in 1991.