A Night at the Musicals

We are excited to announce a brand new vocal opportunity for students in partnership with the Royal Marines Band Service and Portsmouth Grammar School. This brand new performance is aimed at primarily KS3 - 5 students, however confident Year 5/6s can get involved.

 This massed choir performance with the Royal Marines Band Service taking place on Thursday 6th July 2023 at Portsmouth Guildhall, at 6:30pm, celebrating some of the most popular and well-known musical theatre songs.

The performance is an opportunity for students to sing as part of a massed choir as well as opportunities for solo performers accompanied by the Royal Marines Band Service. The performance will include songs from hit musicals, such as The Greatest Show, Dear Evan Hanson and School of Rock.

What do Schools have to do?

  • Teach all community songs prior to the performance

  • Attend joint in-school rehearsals in June

  • Attend rehearsal on the day of the performance in July

Community Song List

Below are the songs which will be performed by all schools in the concert. There will be a number of solo opportunities within these community songs.

  • The Greatest Showman

  • Frozen

  • The Phantom of the Opera

  • Mary Poppins

  • Stick It To The Man

  • If Only You Would Listen

  • The Lion King

  • Dear Evan Hansen

Solo Opportunities

There are solo opportunities for KS3 - 5 students in the following songs. If you have a student/students are interested in performing a solo, they will be required to submit an audition video, as detailed below.

Any gender may be considered for any solo, vocal ranges have been supplied as a guide only.

  • School of Rock

    ‘Stick It To The Man’ - Vocal range B3 - D6

    ‘If Only You Would Listen’ - Vocal range A3 - C5

  • Dear Evan Hansen

    ‘Waving Through a Window’ - Vocal range A3 - C5

    ‘For Forever’ - Vocal range Eb3 - Bb4

    ‘You Will Be Found’ - Bb3 - C5

  • The Greatest Showman

    ‘The Greatest Show’ - Vocal range A3 - G4

    ‘Never Enough’ - Vocal range G3 -F5

  • Come What May - Duet

    • Soloist 1 - Vocal range G2 - A4

    • Soloist 2 - Vocal range C4 - F5

  • Frozen

    ‘Let It Go’ - Vocal range Ab3 - Eb5

  • Mary Poppins

    ‘Feed The Birds’ -Vocal range F3 - C5

Audition Process

Students should submit one video audition for their first choice solo. Students may be considered for alternative solo slots, but this will be at the discretion of the audition panel.

Audition videos should be submitted to portsmouthmusichub@portsmouthcc.gov.uk by Monday 22nd May.

If the video is too large to email, you can send via WeTransfer. Visit www.wetransfer.com to submit.

Please note that on this occasion only KS3 - 5 students will be considered for solos.

Solo Selection Criteria

Please note that solo auditions will be reviewed by the follow criteria:

Quality of Singing:

  • Tuning

  • Quality of sound and vocal control

  • Use of dynamics (loud/quiet)

 Performance Skills:

  • Eye contact with conductor

  • Expressions of singing

  • How effectively the performance conveys the meaning of the song

  • Communication with the audience

Performance Information

Tickets

Tickets for this concert will be available to purchase directly through Portsmouth Guildhall Box Office.

Tickets are £15.00 per ticket including a ticket levy and booking fee charged by the venue.

Resources

Lyrics sheets can be downloaded for all songs. Sheet music is available for some of the pieces. Please find the reference videos to help teach the songs.

The Greatest Showman

Come What A May

Frozen

The Phantom of the Opera

Mary Poppins


If Only You Would Listen

Stick It To The Man

The Lion King

Dear Evan Hansen