stagingpresence
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Martha Audition Pieces?Any suggestions?
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Sweeney Hyde
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As We Stumble Along from The Drowsy Chaperone
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from The Phantom of the Opera (I think this is what our Martha sang at her audition)
A New Life from Jekyll and Hyde
As If We Never Said Goodbye from Sunset Boulevard
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ConverseSneaker
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I personally like all of Lucy's songs from Jekyll and Hyde.
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Lyssie2113
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I'm auditioning for The Secret Garden in about a month and I would love to have the part of Martha because it's community theater, and she is the only character that is around my age, 18. I was just wondering what specific song I should try and audition with. I was thinking Adelaide's lament because it is a funny song and somewhat similar to If I Had a Fine White Horse. But I don't know if it's too overdone. I'm a soprano, so I also feel very comfortable with something like Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, Home from Beauty and the Beast, or I Don't Know How to Love Him, but again, I'm not sure if those are appropriate either because Martha is more of a belty mezzo. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
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ConverseSneaker
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Adelaide's lamet tends to be very overdone. When going for Martha, I'd probably stick to a more uptempo song than Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, Home or I Don't Know How to Love Him because Martha is generally more cheerful and optmistic than those songs. (Note I said generally because she does have an amazing ballad in Act 2 when D. Craven threatens to send Mary away.)
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Amy_Vocalist
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| Sweeney Hyde wrote: | Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from The Phantom of the Opera (I think this is what our Martha sang at her audition)
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I don't understand? That song is for a soprano. Martha is an Alto
WYWSHA would be better suited for a Lily Audition
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Sweeney Hyde
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I think of Marth more as either a mezzo or an alto belter. Her stuff is not THAT low. In addition if you have a good range an alto and diffinately a mezzo could hit WYWSHA pretty easily.
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Cake_in_Song
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| Sweeney Hyde wrote: | | I think of Marth more as either a mezzo or an alto belter. Her stuff is not THAT low. In addition if you have a good range an alto and diffinately a mezzo could hit WYWSHA pretty easily. |
Yeah. With the exception of, I believe, the last few notes, it's actually a really low song. Everybody thinks it's high because it's Christine, but people forget what a rangey part that is.
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happyguava
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It only goes up to F5 at the very end. Apart from that it stays pretty low. Especially compared to Christine's other material.
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elphclaudia
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I played Martha last November and I sang "If I Had A Fine White Horse". I got the role because I embrassed the accent for the audition. 
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music is my life!!!
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if you do something from the show, do if i had a fine white horse
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SillyGirl3
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For my Martha audition I plan on doing 'Wouldn't it be Loverly?' from My Fair Lady. Since it's a song for a soprano and I'm more of a mezzo, I'm taking it down two steps and even considering a third step.
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Anita4ever
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I used "Stranger to the Rain" from Children of Eden, and I got the role. I also did a monolgue with a Yorkshire accent, which I think was a plus.
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idTAPthat89
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| Sweeney Hyde wrote: | | I think of Marth more as either a mezzo or an alto belter. Her stuff is not THAT low. In addition if you have a good range an alto and diffinately a mezzo could hit WYWSHA pretty easily. |
Have you not listened to "Hold On"??
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music is my life!!!
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I actually really like the idea of wouldn't it be lovely, although its out of the period that secret garden was in its prime by about 30 years.... 
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LittleGavroche
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I would probably avoid "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" because the lyrics have a built in Cockney accent. Martha does not have a Cockney accent, but a Yorkshire accent. Unless of course your director is not a very discerning person.
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