"Individual Showcase"

                                                        Individual Showcase


Here Is the list of my 3 songs:
1)"Before its over" from Dogfight Musical
2)"I know where I've been " from Hairspray Musical
3)"Somebody to love" from We will rock you Musical

Also that's the order of the songs for the showcase.

My first choice is song from Dogfight called "Before Its over".
Playwright: Peter Duchan
Composer: Pasek and Paul
Lyricists: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Here I'm pasting the video when I practise this song at home before the main showcase:

My comments for this song:

I chose this song because first of all I really like this musical and I always wanted to sing some songs from it. I think this song can show of my soft side of singing but at the same time my range in high notes in refrain at end of the song. Also I think this song can be a good example to show all my acting skills such as characterisation (of young woman). This song will allow me to express my emotions through acting the song. This a calm song, I think it is a good song to start my showcase because with every following song will have a faster pace and will be stronger. Also, I like the mood in this song and the way how it is built; from slow and quiet to the big ending. I think that kind of songs are more interesting for the audience because they always build tension and the audience don't know what to expect.

My another choice is from Hairspray- "I know where I've been"
Music: Marc Shaiman
Lyric: Marc Shaiman and Scot Wittman



Here I'm pasting the video when I practise this song at home before the main showcase:

My comments:

I chose this song because I think it can show of my range (low and high pitch) and the control of my voice. This song is quite powerful with strong characters. I think I can connect with this song and the character easily because I understand how difficult it was for them to fight for equal rights in that time and even now some people still have to do this. This song is suitable for me because I can show my full vocal range (not just high note as in first song), also I can show power of my voice (how strong it is) and a little improvisation at the end where I can play around with my voice . From the acting side, this song allowed me to show the leader of the crowd of people which follow me and fight at the same time for the same thing as me. I will be able to present a strong character who knows what she’s fighting for. In this song I am a kind of person which is an example, a role model for people to mobilise themselves to revolution.

My last choice is song from musical "We will rock you" called "Somebody to love":
Playwright: Ben Elton
Lyricists: Queen, Ben Elton

Here I'm pasting the video when I practise this song at home before the main showcase:

My comments:

This is my last choice . I think these 3 songs are similar to each other but different at the same time.  They are  kind of  contemporary-rocky songs which will show off all my acting and vocal skills such as: range(high and low pitches) truthfulness, connection with the characters and lyric, power of my voice in soft and strong ways. Also, I can show how clearly and easily I can sing as well as how well I can manipulate and control my voice. Moreover, from vocal skills these songs will allow me to show my colour, tune and emission of my voice. From the acting side I can show off: good voice emission, diction, ability to analyse and understand the text, dramaturgy, the ability to evoke feelings and play, improvisation, stage fight, observation and imitation of my characters. These songs are very hard to sing but I know I can do this. Now I need to just practise them before the showcase.

My general comment:

I think these songs suits me a lot in each aspect of my acting and singing side. This showcase will take place in Leyton Sixth form College in music room (A5),which is quite small which is going to help me with my singing. My songs are powerful and I really have to use my voice a lot what can make it tired in-between songs but actually I would not have to use my voice that much as I thought. Due to the fact the room is small and I will sing with a microphone so it will make a big echo so that means I can use just 50% of my voice because the microphone and the echo around the room will do the rest for me. This is good because I'm ill and I cant sing with my full potential and power. Also I think theses songs are suitable for the new talent agency “Foundry Talents”   because they show off my best vocal and acting sides what makes me a good sale product straight away for the sponsors. I think it is important to choose the right songs that are right for us and our voice capability rather than picking a song that we may have troubles singing with and therefore not showing our full potential and voice scale. I believe that I have chosen the right songs for myself and I know I will give all of me when performing them in the showcase.