Hi, can you help me with my audition song?
I'm auditioning for a show (The Last Five Years) at my college, and I need to sing a few bars from a song in the style of the music from "The Last Five Years." If I want to audition for Cathy, what would be some good songs to use for my audition? And, which of her songs should be the one(s) I use as the 'style' for my audition song?
Renee
The song I would use was the best song my choir director suggested. If they're is an alternative, make
a selection just in case the choir was the first song that you had choose . If you need any added help ask
the choir director could give you any voice lessons; which would be to your suggestion. Do you have a CD of the musical when you can practice? If you do ; then it'll be on your side altogether.
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Usually by style they mean a song that fits in with the musicality of the show, so since The Last Five Years is fairly contemporary but with a classic theatre sound so some from the Golden Age (like Oklahoma or West Side Story) will be too old fashioned while anything more experimental (like Spring Awakening) would be too alternative. I think something that's a but more intimate, not a big production number will be more successful.
My first suggestion would be to look up Parade and see if one of those songs would work, as they're by the same writer.
If that doesn't work then take a look at:
Anything Goes - I Get a Kick Out of You, All Through The Night, Goodbye Little Dream Goodbye
Song & Dance - Unexpected Song
Next to Normal - Everything Else, Superboy and the Invisible Girl
Once - Falling Slowly
Rent - I Should Tell You
Oliver - As Long as he Needs Me
Listen to these songs and pick the one that ties in the best (musically, not lyrically) with Cathy's songs, as well as the rest of the music, as well as will really showcase your voice.
Good Luck!