Appropriate Repertoire
Audition repertoire should be carefully chosen to highlight the student’s strengths as a singer and not to try and “impress” the audition panel. The following anthologies all contain excellent repertoire choices for a college audition:
- 26 Italian Songs and Arias; Alfred Publishing
- 24 Italian Songs and Arias; G. Schirmer Publishing
- First Book, First Book Part II, and First Book Part III of (Soprano-Bass) Solos; Hal Leonard
- Standard Vocal Literature (Sop-Bass); Hal Leonard
- Gateway to German Lieder. Alfred Publishing
- French Song Anthology. Hal Leonard
Below is a list of songs and the number of times each song was offered during our 2018-19 auditions:
- Alma del core (2)
- Amarilli mia bella (2)
- Caro mio ben (2)
- Come again, Sweet Love (2)
- Nel cor piu non mi sento (2)
- Se tu m’ami (2)
- Vergebliches Standchen (2)
- At the River (1)
- Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair (1)
- Blow High, Blow Low (1)
- Can’t Find My Way Home (1)
- Cantiga (1)
- Chanson d’amour (1)
- Danza, danza (1)
- Der Alpenjäger (1)
- Do not go my Love (1)
- Everything I Own (1)
- Gia il sole dal Gange (1)
- Go way from my Window (1)
- God So Loved the World (1)
- Goodnight Moon (1)
- He Has His Mansion Fixed on High (1)
- Hor’ Ich das Liedchen Klingen (1)
- I Dreamed a Dream (1)
- Ihr Bildnis (1)
- Il fervido desiderio (1)
- In Time of Silver Rain (1)
- Lachen und Weinen (1)
- Lasciatemi morire (1)
- Lied der Mignon (1)
- Love Has Eyes (1)
- Maman, Dites-moi (1)
- My Lord, What a Mornin’ (1)
- My Love’s an Arbutus (1)
- O Captain (1)
- O cessate di piagarmi (1)
- O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings (1)
- Spirate pur, spirate (1)
- Ständchen (1)
- Sure on this Shining Night (1)
- The Bubble Song (1)
- The Cherry Tree (1)
- The Crucifixion (1)
- The Salley Gardens (1)
- The Singer (1)
- The Vagabond (1)
- Think of Me (1)
- Tu lo sai (1)
- Weep you no more (1)
- When I Have Sung my Songs (1)
- Vado ben spesso (1)
- Vedrai carino (1)
- Vittoria, mio core (1)
- Voi che sapete (1)
- Wie Melodien (1)