Is sheet music available for "The Girl in 14G? I love this song. Thanks, Carol
>From: "Christine Thomas" <Mezzoid@w...> >Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com >To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: Re: [vocalist] The Music Man >Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:48:28 -0600 > >Kristin Chenoweth trained at Oklahoma City University and is a wonderful >singer. As far as operatic capabilities, listen to her song "The Girl in >14-G" on her CD Let Yourself Go. It was written for her to show off her >belt, character voice, opera voice and scat. The song is about a little >mouse who moves into a quiet new apartment, only to find to her chagrin >that her downstairs neighbor is "an opera wannabe in 13G - a matinee of >some cantata, Wagner's RING and TRAVIATA," and then she sings excerpts from >Mozart, Wagner, etc. After that neighbor pipes down and she settles down >to sleep, she's awakened by the upstairs neighbor, "She's scattin' like her >name was Ella, guess who answers a cappella?" and proceeds to scat and >respond with soprano echos. > >Excellent CD - also features a Gershwin duo with Jason Alexander, who has >one really big "George" (SEINFELD) moment in the song (I ask my students to >listen to it and tell me if they know who it is, and they don't till then, >and then they say, "George!!"). Shows a real variety of style. Can't say >enough about her. > > >Christine Thomas >Voice Studio of Christine Thomas >Wauwatosa, Wisconsin > > > >"If you look goofy, you probably sound goofy." >--Marianna Busching > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sharon Szymanski > To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 7:50 PM > Subject: RE: [vocalist] The Music Man > > > > > I saw parts of it and thought Kristin Chenowith was a very good as > Marion the librarian. I would consider her an example of someone > who, while not an opera singer, certainly has a trained voice and has > some versatility in how she applies her singing talents. > > Michael: > My husband and I watched the first part and both remarked, when she > began singing, "Is that really her voice?" It sounded almost too good, > but that might have been due to recording enhancement. IF indeed, it is > her real voice, she is a wonderful example to our teenaged students of a > great "legit" broadway sound. I enjoyed what I watched, but just > couldn't enjoy Matthew Broderick in the main role. I think my mind > simply can't handle any substitutes for Robert Preston, who seemed so > perfect in the original movie. > > Sharon Szymanski > > > > > > > > > > >
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