| To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist> Subject: musical theatre fachs Date sent: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 15:56:40 -0800 Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Hi all: There's been some discussion on this so I'd thought I'd add my 2Cents: First of all: There are repertoire books which I use often that break down the general voicings. They are called The Singers Musical Theatre Anthology and they are published by Hal Leonard. There's probably 2 volumes each for Soprano...Mezzo/belter....mezzo/alto...tenor... baritone...and there's a male/female duet book. Personally, when I teach musical theatre pieces I often favour proper classical training over the "belt". Since they've lumped the mezzo/alto/belter as one voice range it is correct to assume that a mt mezzo range is much lower than an opera mezzo. Also, I think the show you choose is really important if you're singing an opera style piece and a mt piece. There's some lovely music from "Nine" that sits in a nice range for a female. Also...the musical Phantom with music by Maury Yeston is GREAT. There's a real diva song that completely imitates light classical music with a short coloratura run also. The piece is called "This Place is Mine" by Maury Yeston. It can be found in another good set of books called Contemporary theatre songs. Also publ. by Hal Leonard. Hope this helps! Jacqueline
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