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If you are not able to send two songs from the list below please send us two of your choice and we’ll contact you if we need more.
You can use either a live accompanist or a backing track. Please email admissions-ahss@aru.ac.uk (home applications) or internationaladmissions@aru.ac.uk (international applications) with links to your videos or recordings of you performing your songs and monologue. Include your name, the course you are applying for and student ID number.
Please host the video on a video sharing site such as YouTube or Vimeo - you can set it as 'unlisted' and send us just the link. If you are unable to share your video via a video sharing site please use a file sharing service such as Google Drive or Drop Box. To do this, you need to ensure your file is less than 1GB. If you use WeTransfer please send us the link from your email address as our servers sometimes block WeTransfer emails.
Check out our short video with Adam and Shaun for information you need to consider for your audition:
Soprano song choices
I Don't Know What I'd Do Without You - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Nothing Short of Wonderful - Dogfight
In Short - Edges
Never - On the 20th Century
I Hate Men - Kiss Me Kate
Pretty Funny - Dogfight
In My Life - Les Misérables
So Big/So Small - Dear Evan Hansen
Two Men in My Life - Big Fish
I Dreamed a Dream - Les Misérables
My Friend the Dictionary - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
My Most Beautiful Day - Tuck Everlasting
Home - The Wiz
Mister Snow - Carousel
A Lovely Night - Cinderella
Wonderful, Wonderful Day - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Bill - Showboat
On The Steps of the Palace - Into The Woods
Alto song choices
Woe is Me - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
It's a Business - Curtains
Everlasting - Tuck Everlasting
Funny Honey - Chicago
I Just Want to Be a Star - Nunsense
Somebody Older - Steel Pier
Time Heals Everything - Mack and Mabel
You Don’t Know This Man - Parade
Days of Plenty - Little Women
Maps - Fun Home
There’s a Fine, Fine Line - Avenue Q
If I Were a Bell - Guys and Dolls
Trolley Song - Meet Me in St Louis
The Miller’s Son - A Little Night Music
Wait A Bit - Just So
Times Are Hard For Dreamers - Amelie
Tenor song choices
It's Hard to Speak My Heart - Parade
Purpose - Avenue Q
Why God Why - Miss Saigon
Bui Doi - Miss Saigon
'Till I Hear you Sing - Love Never Dies
One Track Mind - The Sweet Smell of Success
One More Beautiful Song - A Class Act
She Was There - The Scarlet Pimpernel
Where in the World - The Secret Garden
What is it About Her? - The Wild Party
I'd Rather Be Sailing - A New Brain
All Good Gifts - Godspell
Kansas City - Oklahoma
Mr Cellophane - Chicago
All I Need is the Girl - Gypsy
Sunset Boulevard - Sunset Boulevard
Grow For Me - Little Shop of Horrors
Baritone Song Choices
It's Hard to Speak My Heart - Parade
Letter to the Governor - Parade
If I Can’t Love Her - Beauty and The Beast
Be the Hero - Big Fish
The Pinstripes Are All They See - Catch Me If You Can
When Words Fail - Shrek
Everything's Golden - Tuck Everlasting
Drink with Me - Les Misérables
Where is the Life That Last I Led? - Kiss me Kate
I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today - Avenue Q
Me - Beauty & The Beast
I Am What I Am - La Cage Aux Folles
What More Can I Say? - Falsettos
You Are Beautiful - Flower Drum Song
Almost Like Being In Love - Brigadoon
Fight the Dragons - Big Fish
The Surrey With a Fringe On Top - Oklahoma
Bless Your Beautiful Hide - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Get Me To The Church on Time - My Fair Lady
They Call The Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon
Camelot – If Ever I Would Leave You
Hello Little Girl - Into The Woods
Make Them Hear You - Ragtime
It All Fades Away - The Bridges of Maddison County (goes up to a big top A)
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Les Misérables (maybe not a tenor song but it is a tenor role)