By: admin

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:10:44 +0000

James, it sounds as though good choices are already being made if you are pursuing the bass, bass-baritone roles of Gilbert and Sullivan and in Music Theatre. As long as the songs by the composers you list are all easily within your range and comfort zone (tessitura), German lieder as well as Italian art songs and 20th Century art songs will be very good for you. At 14 you will need to be careful not to be too ambitious in pursuing music for mature voices (very much opera). Sounds to me like you’re on the right track. The only genres I would suggest that you include in addition to those you’ve listed are solos from religious music, if you are a religious person. You can also, with care, choose songs from popular songs as well, but these are usually like a “sugar” diet musically speaking, and sticking to “meat and vegetables” (i.e., the music you listed above) will keep you growing musically. Best wishes. Dr. A.

By: lechanteur

lechanteur — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:43:52 +0000

I would like to thank you for my encouragement for becoming a bass, and although my school (alas) doesn’t have a choir, I have spoken to the music teachers and I am part of a theatre group that is doing Les Misérables (I’m playing Javert – a bassbaritone role, which isn’t too high). My repertoire mainly consists of Gilbert & Sullivan, Mozart, Puccini, Brahms’ Lieder, 20th Century Composers (Glass/Bernstien/Gershwin) and then Jazz. I really want to expand my repertoire, is there anything you can suggest?

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