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My repertoire/ Preparation for the recital

Songs for my solo set After much consideration, I have chosen the following songs: I'd Rather Be Me - from the Broadway musical Mean Girls (3:09) What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong (2:59) Colours of the Wind - Judy Kuhn's version from the movie Pocahontas (3:41) Burn - from the Broadway musical Hamilton (3:47) This is Me - The Greatest Showman (4:00) Almost There - from the movie the Princess and the Frog (2:28) This comes to about 20 minutes including the time taken to introduce each song which fits the brief of between 20 and 30 minutes. I will be singing all these songs to a backing track because I think it will sound best that way and will compliment my voice and guide the song. I have contrasting musical styles with a Jazz song and  some Broadway songs.There are also d iffering moods from very sad and heartbroken in Burn to very determined and happy in Almost There.  Whilst choosing songs for my recital, I have increased my repertoire memorising th...