Help for VP rep

College Majors Music Majors
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Any ideas for repertoire?

I am looking for classical repertoire in English and Italian, as well as more contemporary songs in English or Spanish. I also need a jazz number, which my teacher is going to work with me on because he has significant experience with jazz performance for voice!

Strengths:

  • projection

  • song selection

  • accuracy (notes, rhythms)

  • pulse

Weaknesses:

  • Breath support

  • intonation (I think that’s different from accuracy. I got a 3/4 on my solo for that. it’s not perfect)

I will ask my teacher for a list of strengths and weaknesses, as far as he can see. Do you have any repertoire recs for the list above, to help work on the weaknesses while showing my strengths?

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@bridgenail I have been told you might want ot see this

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I will also mention @compmom for this

4

I am the parent of a kid that went to college for VP. But I am not musical. So I would have no knowledge of good repertoire etc.

For my D, I had here work with her private teacher and choir teacher. While I appreciate that you are reaching out online, I would think that the best information would come from a music teachers.

I hope that this helps.

5

There are many books available that contain standard art songs for young singers for each voice part. That is generally where you can find good audition pieces. Young singers (HS aged or younger) are generally advised not to try to tackle difficult arias, especially for college auditions. If you are auditioning, each school will have its own list of requirements but there is usually lots of crossover.

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Is voice different than other instruments? My musician had a list of repertoire the colleges expected him to know…and be able to play excerpts from. The repertoire was listed on the college website.

Maybe that is not the case for voice majors?