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Post by possom on Aug 9, 2006 11:06:57 GMT
Hi all, i've decided to bite the bullet and do this exam alongside my classical grade 8 at the end of the year  I have some songs already in my repertoire that need tweaking and could use some help in putting a programme together. Waltz of my heart (Novello) Love this one! Wishing you were somehow here again (can do this one well although abit bored of it now) Getting to know you Various Gershwin songs (love Gershwin) On My Own (les mis) I dreamed a dream (les mis) Maybe this time (cabaret) O What a beautiful morning Another suitcase in another hall I need to pick a programme to last about 20 mins and am open to further suggestions. Am working on the confidence bit with an accompanist. Thanks  |
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Post by caz on Aug 9, 2006 14:16:52 GMT
Just a thought - maybe Oh what a beautiful morning is not such a good idea as it is really a guy's song? Maybe they don't count that against you, but you would think at diploma level you would better with songs more specific to your voice?
(disclaimer - I am a pianist!)
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Post by possom on Aug 9, 2006 15:01:40 GMT
true, hadn't thought of that! ;D I guess I could earn extra marks for pulling off both male and female in costume though  |
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Post by caz on Aug 9, 2006 15:05:58 GMT
true, hadn't thought of that! ;D I guess I could earn extra marks for pulling off both male and female in costume though I'm not sure they award extra marks for cross-dressing!  |
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Post by anacrusis on Aug 9, 2006 19:12:02 GMT
having just played in Handel's "Xerxes" last week...we had
1) a woman dressed as a man, and in love with a tree
2) a man who sounded like a woman, playing a man
3) a man who couldn't really have been anything else, whose character dressed up as a woman at one point
4) a woman who spent most of the opera dressed as a man, but eventually revealed herself to be a woman
Any of those appeal? ;D
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Post by meepmeep on Aug 9, 2006 23:08:49 GMT
lol............
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Post by possom on Aug 10, 2006 15:31:37 GMT
Have picked my programme:- Waltz of my heart Wishing you were somehow here again I dreamed a dream Cabaret Therefore no cross-dressing required |
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 10, 2006 15:34:03 GMT
Ooh I love I dreamed a dream!
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Post by possom on Aug 10, 2006 16:00:22 GMT
Ooh I love I dreamed a dream! Thanks Saxy, although you haven't heard me sing it yet!  |
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 10, 2006 16:09:01 GMT
Record it for me then!
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Post by anacrusis on Aug 10, 2006 16:30:40 GMT
Ah, Saxy, when are you going to record something for us to hear? (sorry - couldn't resist  ) |
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 10, 2006 16:31:03 GMT
When you've all gone deaf with old age . |
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Post by kflute on Aug 10, 2006 19:20:18 GMT
I've never heard my brothers piece that you played, so I think you should record it so that I can!!!!!
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Post by princessmoose on Aug 10, 2006 21:31:08 GMT
I've never heard my brothers piece that you played, so I think you should record it so that I can!!!!! No, get him to get someone to play it! |
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Post by stumac on Aug 29, 2006 16:25:33 GMT
How about "my secret love" from Calamity Jane? Was in Calamity a couple of years back and loved that song. I was Henry Miller, but sang male chorus parts too. "Adelaide" is really nice too - enjoyed singing that.
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