LINK LARKIN IS BAE!!!!!

As a performer I believe my biggest strength is my singing. I have a powerful and amazing voice that is unique from others at the school. Being a mezzo makes singing easier for me because I am capable of singing the majority of songs. I also have the mindset that I can sing anything. I feel confident with everything I sing and I always am pushing myself knowing I can do better. What I need to work on is tapping into the meanings of songs and showing emotion while singing them. I need to perform the songs instead of just singing them astoundingly. That has always been difficult for me and that is a main reason why I took acting class this semester. I am hoping that this assignment will help me be a better performer. I am challenging myself by singing a song that is more upbeat and requires a lot of performance. I usually do serious ballads, but I feel like doing a song like this will help me get out of my comfort zone. I am planning on singing “I Can Hear the Bells”  from Hairspray, but I am still looking for other pieces. I feel like I can relate to the song on a personal level and that will help me perform it better. It is about a girl who instantly has a crush on a guy she believes she has no chance with. He then acknowledges her and it feels like the most amazing thing in the world. She then sings this song fantasizing about the future they could have all because of this one acknowledgement. This song is very loving and dreamy. She really portrays the love she has for this one person and you can tell how much of dream come true it was that he noticed her. Also the song shows that for once the underdog wins and I relate to that. I know I am not the skinny stereotype model girl, but I believe that unique people are the winners. Whether you are a little heavy or not stereo-typically pretty you should believe that you can achieve any of your goals and hers was Link. Maybe one day I will marry my Link and that is the feeling I channel into this audition song. I feel like this piece shows my singing abilities as well as my acting abilities and that is what directors look for. This might make the director think I can not do serious pieces, but if it was something serious I was auditioning for then I don’t think I would be singing this song. What I need to do to sell this audition and convince the directors that I am what their looking for is confidence. I have a lot of it, but it’s important not to lose it for nerves. I need to just go into the room and sing the song to the best of my ability and to become one with the song to make my performance believable. This assignment will challenge me and I’m excited to do my audition piece.