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MALE SOLOS
“Caralee” from 35MM, photograph by Matthew Murphy
Genre: Comedic, Story Song
Key/Range: D#3 to F4
Context: A “manny” (male nanny) describes the horror of Caralee, the terror he is paid to look after.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH_uBzlS9-Q (performed by
Jay Armstrong Johnson)
PIANO, GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS, CELLO, SYNTH.
“To Do”
Genre: Ballad, Story Song
Key/Range: Eb3 to Ab4
Context: A man deals with the fact that people can’t control whom they love, and that his love interest does
not love him back.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JusGGDNizrg (performed
by Jay Armstrong Johnson)
GUITAR, PIANO CHORD CHART
(cont. over)
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“What I Wouldn’t Do for You” from MRS. SHARP, book by Kirsten Guenther
Genre: Ballad, Love Song
Key/Range: F major, C to Ab
Context: 16-year-old Jake vows he’d do anything for his beloved teacher, Mrs. Sharp.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAKmPPqNqCE
(performed by Matt Doyle)
PIANO, GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS
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“Stupid Boys”
Genre: Comedic
Key/Range: C3 to F4
Context: While anxiously anticipating a love interest’s call, a man proclaims that boys are stupid, however
when he realizes his special someone isn’t going call, he recognizes that he, in fact, is the stupid one.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLbpOWHUmFI&feature=related
(performed by Matt Burrow, Colleen Hazlett-O’Brien, and Alex Keiper)
PIANO, GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS, CELLO, SYNTH.
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FEMALE SOLOS
“A Hypochondriac’s Song”
Genre: Mid-Tempo Ballad, Story Song
Key/Range: F3 to D#5
Context: Plagued by her fear of death, a girl struggles through everyday life as she strives to find a man who
will put up with her phobias.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxFeUUEq_44 (performed
by Lizzie Klemperer)
PIANO, BASS, DRUMS
“Crayon Girl”
Genre: Story Song
Key/Range: G3 to E5
Context: As an artist struggles to translate her visions onto paper, she questions whether or not she should
continue her career as an artist due to negativity from her mother.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WgJWudMX5A (performed
by Lindsay Mendez)
PIANO
“Just Lust”
Genre: Comedic
Key/Range: C4 to F#5
Context: A girl is frustrated for the only connection between her and a good-looking male is lust.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgMez94tDeE (performed
by Alex Keiper)
(cont. over)
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“Perfect”
Genre: Ballad, Comedic
Key/Range: Ab3 to Db5
Context: A girl exudes her frustration in finding the “perfect” boyfriend when she realizes a pattern- every
man she dates is gay.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsXmx1pfqec (performed
by Emily Clark)
PIANO, BASS, DRUMS
“Sarah Fitchner”
Genre: Story Song
Key/Range: G3 to F4
Context: A childhood of being ditched by friends prepares Sarah to stand up for a friend who has been
shunned by everyone in her workplace.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1vPWhu8fSs
(performed by Kathleen Gail Hennessey)
PIANO, DRUMS, CELLO
(cont. over)
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“No One’s Gonna Love You, B*tch” from THE DEBBIES, lyrics by Gordon Leary
Genre: Pop, Comedic
Key/Range: A#3 to E5
Context: A girl just fell in love and her “friends” explain to her that no one will ever love her because of
flaws in her appearance.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhinGCafxj4 (performed
by Emily Clark, Grace Wall, and Arielle Jacobs)
PIANO, GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS, SYNTH.
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DUETS
“Halfway”
Genre: Ballad, Love Song
Key/Range: Male #1: (D3 to G4) Male #2: (D3 to A4)
Context: Two lovers who live on opposite coasts, one in New York and the other in Los Angeles, meet
each other in the middle of the country and their anticipation builds as their car rides progress.
Watch This Performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK1FEwtt3t0 (performed
by Jay Armstrong Johnson and Morgan Karr)
PIANO, GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS, CELLO
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