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Hi all....my ds is auditioning for 'Oliver' at Curve Theatre, Leicester and has been asked to bring sheet music for a song of his choice. It must be no longer than 2 minutes and i need to get hold of the music quickly. I know all NAPMs have been so helpful in the past this was my first port of call as we are stll newbies to this game I will just mention that my ds is great at 'Popular' from Wicked and this would be his first song choice but all arrangements i find are too long Any advice would be really appreciated xxx

A student of mine did 2 minutes of popular for an audition, you just cut it yourself..

Draw distinct lines in pencil through the bits you dont want to sing.

Thanks very much....where can i get the best sheet music from?

Hi fairywhisperart,
We usually use musicnotes.com
Good luck to your ds

Coco wrote:Hi fairywhisperart,
We usually use musicnotes.com
Good luck to your ds

Thanks Coco....i will give them a try. What worries me is that nobody we know plays piano so how do we know the song he practices will work well with the sheet music? He has a few other songs up his sleeve like 'i want you back' and 'ABC' He's not sure if to stick with musical theatre songs or try something a bit different! Safe would probably be 'Consider yourself' but is 'safe' good

Fairywhisperart - I use a very nice man called Stephen, who runs a company called "London Arrangements" - If you scan and e-mail (or mail - but obviously that's slower) the sheet music to him, he will send you back a rehearsal track at lightning speed via e-mail (normally within the day). It costs £15 and for that you get a track with the melody over the top (in case you're learning the song from fresh) and the basic accompaniment. This way as well, you're guaranteed that the way it will be played by the accompanist on the day will be the same version you've been learning.

His website is www.londonarrangements.com

Nicola wrote:Fairywhisperart - I use a very nice man called Stephen, who runs a company called "London Arrangements" - If you scan and e-mail (or mail - but obviously that's slower) the sheet music to him, he will send you back a rehearsal track at lightning speed via e-mail (normally within the day). It costs £15 and for that you get a track with the melody over the top (in case you're learning the song from fresh) and the basic accompaniment. This way as well, you're guaranteed that the way it will be played by the accompanist on the day will be the same version you've been learning.

His website is http://www.londonarrangements.com

that is so helpful Nicola, so handy to know x

Glad to be of help, Riverdancefan. I know it sounds like I'm on commission but I'm really not - I just believe in supporting small businesses, especially when they offer such a sterling service.

I've lost count of the number of times we've been in festivals where other competitors have come unstuck because they've never actually sung with the accompaniment they submitted before, and so get thrown by instrumental bits etc!

Thank you Nicola, I may need to use him as well. Ds also going for the Oliver! auditions and it's thrown us slightly having to provide sheet music.

See you there fairywhisperart.

Good luck to your dses whisperfairyart and jojo_b

Sounds like a very useful service Nicola, thank you,I am adding it to my favourites for future need

Nicola wrote:Fairywhisperart - I use a very nice man called Stephen, who runs a company called "London Arrangements" - If you scan and e-mail (or mail - but obviously that's slower) the sheet music to him, he will send you back a rehearsal track at lightning speed via e-mail (normally within the day). It costs £15 and for that you get a track with the melody over the top (in case you're learning the song from fresh) and the basic accompaniment. This way as well, you're guaranteed that the way it will be played by the accompanist on the day will be the same version you've been learning.

His website is http://www.londonarrangements.com

Thats really useful to know, thanks so much Nicola!!!!! It really threw me to be honest as we are fairly new to this game lol.

Thanks so much for the support from everyone and Jojo hopefully see you there.....lots of luck to your ds. Is he sticking with an 'Oliver' song or trying out something else? ::)

Not sure yet. I think he'll do something else as the director might get a bit bored of the same Oliver songs all evening! Just got to talk ds into it as he knows consider yourself really well!!

On a slightly different note.

Anyone know how to get a backing track of a song that hasn't been publised yet.

Its only for a school interhouse music competition but dd is desperate to sing When I Grow Up from Matilda.

Dh might be able to play it by ear if he listens to it enough times but he is is working in London.

Nicola wrote:Fairywhisperart - I use a very nice man called Stephen, who runs a company called "London Arrangements" - If you scan and e-mail (or mail - but obviously that's slower) the sheet music to him, he will send you back a rehearsal track at lightning speed via e-mail (normally within the day). It costs £15 and for that you get a track with the melody over the top (in case you're learning the song from fresh) and the basic accompaniment. This way as well, you're guaranteed that the way it will be played by the accompanist on the day will be the same version you've been learning.

His website is http://www.londonarrangements.com

Just wanted to say that we used London Arrangements today to get hold of a backing track for a song DD is preparing for her drama school auditions. Very quick service and DD now has a backing track to practice with!