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From:  "Carol Johnson" <singer49cjohnson@h...>
Date:  Thu Feb 27, 2003  4:12 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] The Music Man

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
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>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.
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>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.
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>Christine Thomas
>Voice Studio of Christine Thomas
>Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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>"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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Sharon Szymanski
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