Song choices WAAPA NIDA
Tue, 21 Oct 2003, 02:52 pmWalter Plinge8 posts in thread
Song choices WAAPA NIDA
Tue, 21 Oct 2003, 02:52 pmHi all,
I'm an 18y/o female, and next month I'm auditioning for, among other places, WAAPA m.t and NIDA.
Could I have some suggestions please for song choices (remembering that 2 songs should only come to 4 mins)?
I am a soprano with very strong technique and am comfy in most sub-genres of MT.
Is there any thing in particular I should take care to avoid in song selection, and do you have any additional audition tips besides those common to practically every audition.
How many people are on the panel and what is the interview like?
TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW! lol
Peace,
Jay
I'm an 18y/o female, and next month I'm auditioning for, among other places, WAAPA m.t and NIDA.
Could I have some suggestions please for song choices (remembering that 2 songs should only come to 4 mins)?
I am a soprano with very strong technique and am comfy in most sub-genres of MT.
Is there any thing in particular I should take care to avoid in song selection, and do you have any additional audition tips besides those common to practically every audition.
How many people are on the panel and what is the interview like?
TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW! lol
Peace,
Jay
Re: Song choices WAAPA NIDA
Thu, 23 Oct 2003, 01:34 amWalter Plinge
Hi Jay,
I can't enlighten you any further on what the audition process is like because my WAAPA audition was, oh my god I just worked it out, thirteen years ago and it has, no doubt, changed an awful lot since then. I can give you the tips I swear by though:
*Don't do a hugely popular song eg: On My Own, I Dreamed a Dream, Memory....
*If possible find an oldie that is, relatively, little known but a really great song.
*Don't do anything that isn't easy(ish) for the accompanist to sight read (or take your own accompanist).
*Do an oldie and a newie or two oldies.
*I was once told "don't do Lloyd Webber" but that was back in Milson's day! David might not mind a bit of LW....
*Most importantly, love the song you choose and know it backwards.
I think that's all but, of course, they say all rules are meant to be broken so...
Chookas and have fun.
I can't enlighten you any further on what the audition process is like because my WAAPA audition was, oh my god I just worked it out, thirteen years ago and it has, no doubt, changed an awful lot since then. I can give you the tips I swear by though:
*Don't do a hugely popular song eg: On My Own, I Dreamed a Dream, Memory....
*If possible find an oldie that is, relatively, little known but a really great song.
*Don't do anything that isn't easy(ish) for the accompanist to sight read (or take your own accompanist).
*Do an oldie and a newie or two oldies.
*I was once told "don't do Lloyd Webber" but that was back in Milson's day! David might not mind a bit of LW....
*Most importantly, love the song you choose and know it backwards.
I think that's all but, of course, they say all rules are meant to be broken so...
Chookas and have fun.