DD (age 14) usually sings 1st soprano, but is singing 1st alto in school choir (she's got the largest range in the school... so in addition to singing the highest, she also sings the lowest).

She's developed into a very good harmony singer -- something sopranos sometimes struggle with. Is it worth mentioning on her resume? Perhaps in special skills? Or is it assumed (perhaps wrongly, especially for some sopranos I know) that a good singer is also a good harmonist.

Thoughts?

Under Special Skills/Abilities, you can put Singing (Soprano and Alto).

There is some debate as to putting Vocal Range on a resume - but, here is a link to an interview of Jen Rudin from Disney:
http://www.backstage.com/bso/search/article_display.jsp...ontent_id=1003657303

She specifically asks for the range on the resume.

If you put it on her resume - and she has a large range - be prepared to prove it! And don't put on a high note that is iffy. The music director may run scales just to see if she can hit the high note she claims.

Thanks somuch (and eldorado). DD has auditioned twice for Jen Rudin the last 9 months, so good to know we're on the right track putting range on her resume.

My question was inspired by our time doing dishes tonight after dinner. We were singing along with the Celtic Woman CD (Danny Boy and other tunes) and I was amazed at DD's ability to nail the harmony line. I was a singer myself, back in the day -- a full-on first soprano who really struggled with harmony! (you know, some of us sopranos really just like hanging out on the melody line!)


DD,

Her range could also be listed as Mezzo-soprano which denotes a more varied range and then list her actual key range i.e., A3-A5 (A below middle C to the A 2 octaves above middle C).

i have learned it is valuable to include on the resume. some put it under special skills (even though they are a NYC musical theater actor), some put it at the top under stats. when i was living in NYC and always auditioning for MT, i had mine under my stats (and still do in LA since, so far, MT has continued to be th emajority of my auditions).

so i have my height, eyes, hair (both of which could prob come off with color photos now), and vocal range: "mezzo to B5"

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Originally posted by jactressk:
so i have my height, eyes, hair (both of which could prob come off with color photos now), and vocal range: "mezzo to B5"

You still put hair color regardless of color photos. People, girls especially, tend to change their hair color, so putting down the natural color would be a good idea.

hehe never permed, dyed, or anything to my hair except get a trim twice a year (my hair lady says i have one of the healthiest heads of hair she's ever worked on!). so what ya see in the pic is what ya get! so for me, prob don't need to include it anymore. it was useful for b&w because the grayscale changed the color of my hair, but not a prob with color prints.

Yeah, but for some reason eye color and hair color is still standard for a resume today. Agents and CDs still want to see it. Maybe in ht event the resume and headshot come apart.

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Originally posted by ELDORADO59:
Yeah, but for some reason eye color and hair color is still standard for a resume today. Agents and CDs still want to see it. Maybe in ht event the resume and headshot come apart.

I totally agree. Hair color is a standard stat the should always be included. Even color headshots can sometimes change the tone of what the hair color actually looks like in person.