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30 Mar 01 - 09:45 AM (#429200) Subject: HELP! audition song From: AggieBethie I am auditioning soon to be a player at Texas Rennaisance Festival and I need an acapella song of about 2 minutes. Does anyone have any good ideas? I'm a soprano so no low notes! :-) |
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30 Mar 01 - 10:07 AM (#429213) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: MMario Do you know "Nonesuch"? And she shall bring the birds in spring and dance among the flowers...
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31 Mar 01 - 04:50 AM (#429858) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: The Shambles Refresh. |
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31 Mar 01 - 06:47 AM (#429875) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Do you want a slow, sad song or an upbeat song? What era is this RenFest focused on? Do you want something Elizabethan, or medieval, or? What's your vocal range? |
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31 Mar 01 - 08:08 AM (#429914) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: MMario refresh |
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31 Mar 01 - 01:17 PM (#430039) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: Amos There's a lovely Dyer-Bennett tune that starts: Do you happen to know of a fair maid in need, Of a sweetheart -- here's one, who is anxious to plead It's a shame that a handsome young fellow like me Should be left while the nightingal sings in the tree! which would win any heart in a pure lilting soprano! A |
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02 Apr 01 - 11:55 PM (#431730) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: AggieBethie Thank you. |
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03 Apr 01 - 08:19 AM (#431903) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: Margaret V Let us know how it goes, AggieBethie. I don't know the words to Nonesuch but do know the tune and think it would suit your voice very nicely, so it may be worth seeking it out. Good luck! Margaret |
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03 Apr 01 - 08:24 AM (#431906) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: sophocleese Go No More A Rushing, or The Willow Song would be lovely ones to do. Both in the DT. |
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03 Apr 01 - 08:53 AM (#431929) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: MMario nonesuch |
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04 Apr 01 - 09:55 AM (#432952) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: pattyClink In the Digitrad window, search for "A small bird or two". (Two Maidens Went Milking One Day) It's light, easy to learn, sounds baroque/old, might be a good match for your soprano range. |
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04 Apr 01 - 01:06 PM (#433099) Subject: RE: HELP! audition song From: Uncle_DaveO Amos: I sing the Nightingale song, but I've never heard Richard Dyer-Bennett sing it, or heard of him singing it. Which record? Many of his records are still available through Smithsonian/Folkways. The only recorded version I've run across was Burl Ives. Dave Oesterreich |