[Perform-Talk] Finding pop repertoire for my recital

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

What about Season of Love from Rent? Sort of over-used but not so much
nowadays.

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Subject: [Perform-Talk] Finding pop repertoire for my recital

Hi all,

I know this division is chalk full of creative people, so I'm hoping I can
take my writer's block of sorts here and find some help with it.

I'm starting to plan the logistical matters for my senior recital
(tentatively April 1st or 8th next year but I am not quite ready to schedule
the hall).  I know what I'm playing for the portion of my recital which I
need to do on my primary instrument, and even what I'll be playing as a back
up if the ensemble I'd like to put together doesn't pan out soon (I'm
currently in talks with my studio teacher who is also the ensemble director
to try to get an early head count so I'll be able to know what's going on
before the next semester).  She wants me also to do something on piano and
guitar with voice because I'm a music therapy major.  I like the idea of
Vienna by Billy Joel because I think it summarizes some life lessons I've
learned in college pretty well thus far, plus I love Billy Joel, his piano
stuff is nice, and it sits well in my lower range.  I'm struggling to find
something I could play on guitar, though.  I'm looking for something more
upbeat to close the recital, with a message about growing up or music that
is positive.  I've had Time of Your Life by Greenday suggested a few times
already, but I don't want to do it because the song is so overplayed around
anything having to do with graduations.
I'm also interested in looking into the world of musical theatre for songs,
but there really doesn't seem to be anything popping out at me other than
For Good from Wicked, which is also grossly overused in these kinds of
situations.  Any ideas would be really helpful in addition to my own
research, I'm just not seeing anything I like so far in my own web searches.
Someone most recently suggested I play Happy by Pharrell because I play that
one a lot for fun and am good at it, but that's not quite professional
enough for my taste.  However, my theme is "From Paris to pop," because I
have such a wide range of music here, but I guess anything goes.

Thanks,
--
Kaiti Shelton
University of Dayton-Music Therapy
President, Ohio Association of Blind Students 2013-Present Secretary, The
National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division 2015-2016

"You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back!"

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