Voice Auditon Clothing

MezzoGirl
Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:54:42 +0000

Im posting this because in BassDad’s post of You want to be a Music Major: Our families Experience. He said that he noticed that the female vocalists seem to be ‘over done’. I do not know if anyone has formally addressed this. But,yes, it is custom for female vocalist to fallow tradition. Meaning, formal dresses that hit at the knee at least, no pants, they do not want to see women in pants. The only exception is for mezzos if they must wear them, because mezzos might play a male role in an opera. Otherwise, it is a dress or skirt. Also, in additon, they want to see the hair pulled off the face. This allows them to see facial expression better and your technique. The difference between instrumental and voice, is that a voice audition is based on two parts: sound,tech. ex and facial expression and portraying of the meaning of the peace. This is why appearance is so critical to vocalists. But most importantly wear a smile and be humble. Arrogance is something that will take you write off the list, especially in a field were vocalists are at a surplus.