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 Audition Songs for Male Singers: 

Up Tempo: 

Purpose (Avenue Q) 

I’ll Go Home with Bonnie Jean (Brigadoon) – possible audition for lyric tenor, up-

tempo yet romantic

Giants In the Sky (Into the Woods) – Jack’s solo song that shows off a light tenor voice

 beautifully, a portion could be considered for an audition song that shows off the voice

Hey, Look At Me! (Charlie and Algernon) – Audition potential for Tenor, up-tempo,

exciting

Cadillac Car (Dreamgirls) – Featured Tenor with Chorus, a fun song, shows character,

could be used as an audition for a revue

Something’s Coming (West Side Story) – quality tenor number, exciting, up-tempo,good for audition

 All I Need Now Is the Girl (Gypsy) 

Gaston (Beauty and the Beast) 

Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast) 

No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun) 

Luck Be a Lady (Guys and Dolls) 

The Kite (You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown) 

Miracle of Miracles (Fiddler on the Roof) 

Put On a Happy Face (Bye, Bye Birdie) 

The Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance) 

Ballads: 

Charlie (Charlie and Algernon) - Tenor, dramatic solo, ending vocally demanding,

possible for audition

Pity the Child” (Chess) – Tenor Solo

Being Alive (Company) – shows off Tenor voice, possible last 16-bar auditionIf I Can’t Love Her (Beauty and the Beast ) – Broadway version, dramatic solo with large

range)

Bargaining (Do I Hear a Waltz?)  – tenor solo, potential for audition if shortened,

allows for varied characterizations

I Know About Love (Do Re Mi)  – Tenor Solo, audition potential, shows range and make

strength)

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 What More Can I Say  (Falsettos) – Tenor, lovely, ballad, tender and sweet with soaring

melodies that would serve very well for an audition piece

I Want to Make Magic (Fame) – Tenor solo, good acting piece for class or audition, a

 yearning desire song

Fanny (Fanny) – Lovely tenor solo, shows off the voice, good for audition)

Like a God (Flower Drum Song) – Tenor, possible audition, shows off the voice, good

 ballad

More I Cannot Wish You (Guys and Dolls) – Tenor, charm song

Night of My Nights (Kismet) – audition for quality tenor voice

Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along) – Tenor Solo; I use this as my audition

 ballad even though I’m a mezzo, as it is pretty gender neutral.

I Talk To the Trees (Paint Your Wagon) – Tenor, beautiful, lilting melody, ending

possibly suited for audition A Bit of Earth (The Secret Garden) – Tenor Solo, ballad, excellent for acting

Lilie’s Eyes (The Secret Garden) 

Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park with George) – Tenor Solo, a beautiful,

passionate description of what an artist must do

Danny Boy 

Stranger In Paradise (Kismet) 

Hey, There! ( Pajama Game) 

Close Every Door (Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat) 

Character Songs: 

I’m Calm (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) – Tenor comedic solo,

possible for audition, works well in characterization exercise for class situation

Geraniums in the Winder (Carousel) – tenor charm character song

Kansas City (Oklahoma) – performed as a Tenor solo, good for audition or charactermovement study 

I Like Him (Man of LaMancha) – Tenor, comic, charm, character solo

I Love the One I’m With ( Finian’s Rainbow) 

If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof) 

Pick a Pocket or Two (Oliver)