Fabulous Auditions songs for Sound of Music?

You can absolutely "nail" an audition....and still not get the part because the people holding the auditions may decide that Miss Snooty Neighbor fits their idea of what and who Liesl should be. Plus you two aren't going to be the only two girls auditioning for that part.

All you can do is try your very best and hope it works! Acting auditions can be brutal on the ego---even if they aren't for professional shows. Get used to it, or you won't ever realize your dream. And make sure you want to be in musicals because you enjoy acting and singing and will work hard---not just because you don't like this other girl.

Check directly with the audition people to find out exactly what requirements they have for auditions---and follow those directions to the letter. If they want you to sing something from "The Sound of Music", then you do want to pick one of Liesl's songs to try out with.

Other than that, generally you want to pick anything that is similar in style and range of songs in "The Sound of Music". Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote a bunch of musicals and there are plenty of soprano songs to choose from.

Some possiblities:

"Many a New Day" from "Oklahoma"

"Whistle a Happy Tune" from "The King and I"

"No Other Love" from "Me and Juliet"

"So Far" from "Allegro"

"I Am Going to Like it Here" from "Flower Drum Song"

"A Lovely Night" from "Cinderella"

A non Rodgers & Hammerstein song to try:

"How Lovely to Be a Woman" from "Bye, Bye Birdie"

It's not the song--it's how well you can sing the song. You must pick something that you can realistically sing well. No strained notes, no straying off pitch. You need to understand what you are singing about and convey emotions convincingly when you sing--singing is acting too when you are in a musical.

Make sure you practice your song EXACTLY how you will have to do the audition. It's fine to look up these songs on Youtube if you aren't familiar with them, but if you need to bring sheet music, get the music ahead of time and make sure it's in the correct key for you to sing. Make sure you practice with the actual accompaniment---some sheet music arrangements don't even have a melody line in the piano part to help you along. Trust me on this! If you need to do an acapella audition, practice over and over until you know you can begin without any false starts searching for the correct pitch to begin with---and you don't want to go changing keys midway through because you started either too high or too low.

Singing well really isn't easy. You do have to work at it, and it really helps if you truly love singing so you want to practice all the time!