"The Man That Got Away" from A STAR IS BORN (Heather Orth, NDNU "Voci!" Concert, 11/14/2010)

Let's skip my usual bout of self-deprecation to pose this query to the musical theatre world: Where is the love for the low-voiced ladies? Everyone and their mother creams themselves over chicks who belt into the stratosphere, but I feel like we girls who sit on the other end of the spectrum get more or less ignored.

Anyway. I'm kind of proud of this. Even though I make horrific faces when I sing, and I suspect the whole thing actually sounded better in person than it does on the recording.

Performing a Judy Garland song is basically just begging to be crucified by the theatergoing public. Be gentle, O ye Internets.

(Infinite thanks to Daniel Lockert at the piano; that man is freakin' amazing.)

Category:

Music

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• The Man That Got Away
• Judy Garland
• Harold Arlen
• Ira Gershwin
• A Star Is Born
• Skip Martin
• Heather Orth
• Notre Dame de Namur University
• NDNU
• Voci
• Daniel Lockert

[rd959]

fantastic! bravo!

[mmdillon1]

Gorgeous. Norman Maine would have loved you. I heard you judiciously choose to invoke Garland here and there, but just enough to give the listener what he wants.... You have a great ear and innate sensibility for such things. I hope you don't mind a bit of unsolicited advice -- if I were you, I wouldn't use the pianist in this clip again. I'll leave it at that.

[arfies]

Bravo, Heather!

[karlakor]

She is good! She wisely chose not to imitate or copy Judy Garland, and made the performance her own.

[whatabitch88]

fabulous!

[fancyfitz]

Judy would be proud (or she might club you to death in a back alley out of jealousy)!

FAB!!

[doremifasolauren]

yesssss!

[nealtheseal89]

LOVE IT! WORRRRRRRK =)