I had the most abysmal audition on Sunday and it started with finding out about the audition the night before, submitting for ensemble and receiving a principal track audition packet at 1 am that day, (Anatoly in Chess...and I'm a bass-baritone), and having little time to work on it because I closed a production of Something Rotten that day. But I did what you two say on this channel. I kept my cool, I rolled with the punches. I just signed my contract last night. I booked my first paid musical theatre gig. It feels awesome. And I can't thank Austin and Adrienne enough for it ❤
Congratulations, Drew!! Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. These are the experiences we love to hear. We are so happy for you! 👏👏👏 We are cheering you on. Break a leg!!
finding this channel is a god send. I just moved to NYC and honestly had no clue where to start and this is the most helpful advice ever. Thank you so so so much
I really LOVE and appreciate this channel. I’ve lived in New York for a time and auditioned for Telsey casting mostly during the ‘RENT’ days but I’ve been out of the business for a good minute now. Making a splashing reentry (heheh) and I can’t tell you how much your channel is bringing me up-to-date!! Subscribed and binging. I’m so grateful and just wanted to say thank you!!!
hi austin! im a guy and i was wondering, is singing a song originally sung by a female character looked down up in auditions? ive a bunch of "female" songs that i wanna use as audition pieces but it seems like a lot of people advise against it, like comments ive read on reddit and other forums. do you think this holds true still in the current musical theater landscape? tysm
Hello, I just got a new singing teacher/ vocal coach. He's the director of vocal studies at a well known college. He says that when you audition for a Broadway show you must audition with a piece of music from (another) Broadway show that's similar to the music in the show. - this I know and I'm ok with. He says that the song that one auditions with needs to be in the same key as the original song was done in the show (from where it came from) - this I'm not ok with. Most of the songs that I have picked to be in my songbook have 1- been transposed from their original key 2- not in the style of the original song- let's say a cover of a particular showtune sung and arranged by a famous singer 3- I like it/ it moves me. He asked me to sing a song that I would audition with right now if I were at a Broadway audition. I did. He liked my movements, my vocals (for the most part- ((a couple of places I ran out of breath but he said we'll work on that)), he discovered I have a higher range than he thought originally (just by looking at me) - that was nice. He didn't like my choice of song. He thought it was too "pop oriented", He said it was a great song choice if I were to sing/ perform it for a cabaret show or "An Evening of Sondheim" show but not for an audition for a Broadway musical even if it wasn't for the play: Company. He says this may be ok for local/ community theaters, they just want to know if you can sing and will work with you on the songs within the show during rehearsals but bigger theaters, those off-Broadway and on Broadway probably wont accept that as an audition piece- meaning I wont get booked for the show. Is this true? Audition songs for big theaters and Broadway need to be sung in the same style/ arrangement and original key as the song was originally in whatever show it's from? On a positive note, he loves my voice (in all aspects) we just have to work on some vocal terminology ( i.e. frontal placement) and breathing techniques. He says there are hundreds of songs that I could sing that would be better choices that shows off my voice and fits the criteria I talked about above. He'll help me discover and work on those songs. Thoughts? Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and respond.
@@32BARCUT The channel has been my savior! I started in musical theatre late in the game (a month short of 26) and I basically learned through the school of hard knocks. As of late, I’ve been getting in the rooms of some major callback auditions. I’ll get there one day!!
@@shanwilliamsii9009 We both joined the party late too! That’s why we are so passionate about helping folks navigate this business. We learned EVERYTHING the hard way. Good luck to you!
Thank you so much for your wisdom!
These videos are so helpful. Thank you!
I had the most abysmal audition on Sunday and it started with finding out about the audition the night before, submitting for ensemble and receiving a principal track audition packet at 1 am that day, (Anatoly in Chess...and I'm a bass-baritone), and having little time to work on it because I closed a production of Something Rotten that day. But I did what you two say on this channel. I kept my cool, I rolled with the punches. I just signed my contract last night. I booked my first paid musical theatre gig. It feels awesome. And I can't thank Austin and Adrienne enough for it ❤
Congratulations, Drew!! Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. These are the experiences we love to hear. We are so happy for you! 👏👏👏 We are cheering you on. Break a leg!!
This channel is a hidden treasure ✨
Thank you Victoria!
Thank you so much for this series! Finally making an OFFICIAL audition book, question! how do you feel about filing sheet music accordion style?
finding this channel is a god send. I just moved to NYC and honestly had no clue where to start and this is the most helpful advice ever. Thank you so so so much
Happy to help!
I really LOVE and appreciate this channel. I’ve lived in New York for a time and auditioned for Telsey casting mostly during the ‘RENT’ days but I’ve been out of the business for a good minute now. Making a splashing reentry (heheh) and I can’t tell you how much your channel is bringing me up-to-date!! Subscribed and binging. I’m so grateful and just wanted to say thank you!!!
Thats wonderful C R! Thanks so much for the kind words. Keep us posted on your journey back into the audition scene!
hi austin! im a guy and i was wondering, is singing a song originally sung by a female character looked down up in auditions? ive a bunch of "female" songs that i wanna use as audition pieces but it seems like a lot of people advise against it, like comments ive read on reddit and other forums. do you think this holds true still in the current musical theater landscape? tysm
Hello,
I just got a new singing teacher/ vocal coach. He's the director of vocal studies at a well known college.
He says that when you audition for a Broadway show you must audition with a piece of music from (another) Broadway show that's similar to the music in the show. - this I know and I'm ok with. He says that the song that one auditions with needs to be in the same key as the original song was done in the show (from where it came from) - this I'm not ok with. Most of the songs that I have picked to be in my songbook have 1- been transposed from their original key 2- not in the style of the original song- let's say a cover of a particular showtune sung and arranged by a famous singer 3- I like it/ it moves me.
He asked me to sing a song that I would audition with right now if I were at a Broadway audition. I did. He liked my movements, my vocals (for the most part- ((a couple of places I ran out of breath but he said we'll work on that)), he discovered I have a higher range than he thought originally (just by looking at me) - that was nice.
He didn't like my choice of song. He thought it was too "pop oriented", He said it was a great song choice if I were to sing/ perform it for a cabaret show or "An Evening of Sondheim" show but not for an audition for a Broadway musical even if it wasn't for the play: Company.
He says this may be ok for local/ community theaters, they just want to know if you can sing and will work with you on the songs within the show during rehearsals but bigger theaters, those off-Broadway and on Broadway probably wont accept that as an audition piece- meaning I wont get booked for the show.
Is this true? Audition songs for big theaters and Broadway need to be sung in the same style/ arrangement and original key as the song was originally in whatever show it's from?
On a positive note, he loves my voice (in all aspects) we just have to work on some vocal terminology ( i.e. frontal placement) and breathing techniques. He says there are hundreds of songs that I could sing that would be better choices that shows off my voice and fits the criteria I talked about above. He'll help me discover and work on those songs.
Thoughts?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and respond.
Loved this series!
Thank you so much!
I know you’re pretty busy, but thank you so much for this series!
Thank you for watching and subscribing!
@@32BARCUT The channel has been my savior! I started in musical theatre late in the game (a month short of 26) and I basically learned through the school of hard knocks. As of late, I’ve been getting in the rooms of some major callback auditions. I’ll get there one day!!
@@shanwilliamsii9009 We both joined the party late too! That’s why we are so passionate about helping folks navigate this business. We learned EVERYTHING the hard way. Good luck to you!