Bad Audition Day

Today was a bad audition day, but I am not discouraged! I knew it was too easy that I had gotten all the way to final callbacks on the first audition back from tour...

First I auditioned for the Jenny Wiley Theatre in Kentucky. One of their shows is Cinderella, which I thought I'd be good for now that I'm blonde. I also thought I could just pull "In My Own Little Corner" out of my pocket, without ever hearing the piano part, and use it for the audition. BAD IDEA! The accompanist was not very confident, and I was NOT confident, so it was the softest, quietest version ever. My friends outside the room couldn't even hear me- WHAT? It wasn't bad, but it wasn't hear either...

So I took it as a "warm up" and decide to kick some butt at the next audition.

I had an appointment for 2pm for FAME at Nola Studios. I was singing Vanessa Carlton's "Ordinary Day". The character I was auditioning for was shy and sweet, so I thought the song was appropriate. After I finished what I thought was a great audition, the director looked at me and said, "Kelsey, that was a great acting piece, but I would recommend using a song that showed more range, because I can tell there is a lot more to your voice. That said, it was a GREAT vocal audition, but I think you could find something that showed a bigger range vocally". SO I thought he was going to call me back because I thought if he was interested, he would want to hear me sing something else to prove that I had something with range. But NO. No callback. Weird.

So I guess that song will be taken out of my book. Right now.

Bad Day. Moving on- Yay!