Children of EdenMonday, February 20, 2012 Vocal Auditions
1. Everyone who auditions must sing something from the following list. Those auditioning for "chorusonly" mustsingLetltBe m. 156-174or ChildrenofEdenm. 71-84 (Yourvocalpar0
All students will be considered for all roles..
3. Be realistic in choosing your audition piece.4. There will be harmony auditions required for some characters, practice with a friend!5. You may or may not be asked to sing all the requirements6. Apianist will be provided.7. Vocal workshop on Wednesday, February 15. All songs will be reviewed at this time.
FEMALE SOLOISTWasteland m.27-34
MALE SOLOISTDeath of Abel ALL(your vocal part)
STORYTELLERMark of Cain m. 1 -27 (your vocal part) You will be singing with 4 other students' q["separate voeal parts.
SNAKEIn Pursuit of Excellence m. 16 - 30 (your voeal part) You will be singing with 4 otherstudents" of separate voeal parts.
FATHERLet ThereBe m. 53 - 68 AND Father's Day m. 1- 15
ADAMA Worm ggTthout You m. 42 - 59
EVEThe Sparks of Creation m.3 - 19
CAINLost in the Wilderness m. 65 - 86
ABELClash of Generation m. 104 - 108
APHRA, AYSHA,SHEM, HAM, WhatIs He WaitingFor? m. 1- 20
YONAHStranger in the Rain m. 91 - end
i JAPHETHIn Whatever Time We Have m.33 - 54
NOAHThe Hardest Part of Love m.3- 23
MOMAA Spark of Creation Reprise m. 1 - 18
149
V#
is
me..
(FATHER + STORYTELLERS}
shafted ]Jke
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Let there be, Let there •
16o (FATHER only) 161 162
cresc, poco a poco
183
Some- thing,-- some- one,-- small and--
164 ÿ65 166
claw- Iess,--
(FATHER)
Let there be.
(STORYTELLERS SIA)
Let there be
(STORYTELLERS T/B)
' Let there be.
Vocal--10---
174
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ma-n,ÿ
{FATHER)
wan -der or- eÿ my
179 (FATHER}
gzmÿ - ire momÿ- tail,
hold a tool and
hold, and
177
183
of
tÿIÿt
i?ÿ "/
who
who
flax- an plains,
180
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coÿt the sLazs
{STORYTELLERS S/A)
cÿt,
(STORYTELLERS T,;B)
"ÿugs and
and
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• won- der up at my
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wish for wings and
d wÿh, ÿd
d wÿ, ÿd
for an- swers he
and seardÿ...
and search...
i (FATHER)18;
185
19(
(ST,
(STI
194
hold, and
m99--
65
chil- dren, if you think
Chil- dren of E den,
(STORYTELLERS, FAMILY T/B)
Chil- dren of E den,
of ,ST rÿt to blame-- us.
ah
lJah.
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Oh,
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Chil- dzez,, oÿ E - dexa, yOU w.iI1 re - claim-- vs.
Vocal --100-- #25--Children Of Eden ÿcal
78
__IYou and your " chil- ctren to come, some day
(STORYTELLERS, FAMILY S/A) ÿ ÿ" - t
=ÿ==ÿ ÿYofl-- chil- drert to come, some day--
(STORYTELLERS, FAMILy T/B)
Voll--
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chi!- dren to come, some
l i J:day--
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you'll come home.-
paco rai!.83 84
,ÿ ÿ tÿI-you'll come
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youtU corfle
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hollle.
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(End of Aet I)
Female Soloist"Wasteland"
m. 27-24
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when they
So, they
So, they
libbe
be
when they
the
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the
(WOMAN'S SOLO) 22
#14--Wasteland
Red rock-- and out- crop stone,-- and the sun glares--
25
off a
bleach-thg bone.__ There's no corn-fort or soft- hess here; there's on - ly theIIDÿ[ÿ (ANOTHER WOMAN'S SOLO)
waste land.--The
ss
land of the hun ter, the stalk- er and the skin her, Where you're
31
ei- ther
32
or the din net. And thethe dth er
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line be- twean man.--- and beast keeps get- ring thin- net in the waste - land.__
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In the waste- land,ÿ the land laid waste,-- The
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fruit of know - ledge has a bit- ter taste-- But the bliss of ig- nor- ance caÿ
42 4341
nev- er be re- placed; it's lost in the wil -
Male Soloist"Death of Abel"
in. (all) your vocal partChildren of Eden
22
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That.should have been you.should have been you!
1
Death,Of Abel
(j = 58) , ....
(SOLO MALE) a2t':ÿ
In the waste
t'A
land,--- the(EVÿ
A- bel, my
land be reft,-- the heart cart shat ter with a
child, you must not die,You must not
76
fin - al cleft.-- And what hope for--the fu - ture
die.You must not die.
You must not
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in the wil- der-heSS ....you had left-- is lost
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die. You must not..
Vocal
Storyteller "Mark of Cain"m. 1-27 (your vocal part)
You will be signing with four otherstudents of separate vocal parts.
Children of Eden bcal
23
The Mark Of Cain
• ÿ 5_
6 (FATHER) 7 8
The voice of your broth-er's blood-- cries.-- to me from the ground.
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I curse that ground,__ ' and I curse you. Be a
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fit - gi- ave and a vag-a-bond all your wretch- ed life and
14
should you find a wffe,ÿ I curse her,.-- too, And
15 16
all your taint - ed pro-gen- y, your chil- dren's chil dran's chil - dren,
(7/13/98)
--91-- #23---The Mark Of Cain
IT(FATHER) 18
e - yen to the sev enth gen - ar- ation! Let the
E - yen to the sev
(STORYTELLERS T/B)
enth gen - er- a lion!-
- yen to the sev enth gen - er - a tion!.
19 20
fight-eous hear:-- The seed of Cain with guilt and shame is rid-den.-
with guilt and
i Hear The seed of Cain
Hear: The seed of Cain with guilt and
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All con - course with them is for ev - er- more-- for - bid- den.ÿ
shame...
shame...
They are for- bid-den ....
They are for- bid-den ....
Vocal --92-- #23--ÿ Mark Of Cain
24
Shun them age the scor pi- on and shark.
Shun them! The race of CainL
The race of Cainÿ ÿNShun them!
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L_f L_fAnd that you may know them, I set tb3s mark.
L.-; r"And that you may them, I set this mark.
And that you may know them, on Cain I set this mark.
29
The race-- of Caiÿ must ev- er bear-- this mark!ÿ
The race of Cain must ev - er bear-- tt-ds
The race of Cain_ must ev - er bear-- this mark!ÿ
Snake "In Pursuit of
f Eden:
Excellence" m. 16-30(your vocal part) ÿtn Pursuit Of Excellence
You will be signing with four other
Smooth and oily (J = 102) (,SNAKE)
r free.---ÿ----
2019
n Re- peat it-- af - ter me:
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I've
Icm.
IIm.
J
inÿ put- suit of
- +7 -_-w--haÿ put- suit of
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ex cel- lence SSSS.Ex
cel- lence is
ex cel - lence SSSS.Ex
cel- lence
what
2ÿ
I WaS
a
vocal
(sNAKE)
#g--In Pursuit Of Ezcellenoe
dream
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Why waste
ig
big
Why waste
dreallX
tigne
fat fishÿ
fat fishÿ
Look
reck " lesser;
er;Now, no be ring is su-pmm - er.
Now,
3o
no be ing is su-prem - er.
wal low-ing in
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sss? Why__ be "just
sss?
34
Why__
in a fi - ny lit - tle pond?
in a ti - ny lit- tle
37
be- yond! And if the
wal low- ing in
be just
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pond?
quick- est
Look be-yond! And if the quick- est routeÿ
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my
and
Allegro(j=lO0)
Father "Let There Be"m. 53-68 AND
"Father's Day" m. 1-15
46 4748
#1--Let There Be
dsealÿ...
(STORYTELLERS S/A)50
5251
5655
Ah
(FATHER)53 r---------- 3 ÿ 54 r----ÿ---3
let €.he£e
62
Let there be...ÿ-ÿ---
63
Eve
65
zÿ"tgr.
66
Day,.. ÿ
67 68
Let ÿeÿ
69
be....
(FATHER) 727170
Let there be...
(STORYTELLERS S/A)
Let there io e.-*--'-'--'-----ÿ-ÿ
Let there be...ÿ
vocalChildren of Eden
6Father's Day
FATHER: Don't they look sweet when they're asleep?
Con moto (ÿ. = 102)1
(FATHER)
irt- no- centÿ and sire- pie--
think she's got my nose.ÿ I think he's got my dim - pie.--
In my-- own ira- age,-- from my like- nessÿ are they sprung..--
10
They will keep me corn-pan-y. They will keep me young.
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That's what it means to-- be a lath - er:
14S
Plan-ning their fu- ture, as you watch your chil - dren sleep.--
15
That's what it means to-- be a lath - er.
Vocal
Adam"A World Without You"
m. 42-59 #12JA World without You
:J L
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32rail.
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Oh, :
not to eat this fruit, And you wiU nev- er have to make a choice a gain.
Broader35 36
Eve, what would you give, if this day you could re - live? Would you
(ADAM) r+tard3ÿ
let the ap- ple go un- eat ÿ:ÿ en? (EVE)
T
...No,--ÿ
(EVE)
__ I can-not bear to feel this pain,
gÿl...
rit. &cresc.40
But I would not go back
rail. a tempo43
my gar- den, all peace
Without You --53--- #12ÿA World without you
(ADAM) 44 (ADAM) 45
beau-ty, I know that all my heart-- is yours.ÿI wÿ-ÿt to
buld you
back a -
:e and
stay here, stay here for -- ev-er, Fa-ther, for - ev-er. I can-not
5O 51rail.
leave, But, Eve, I don't know what else to
Broader,ÿ, L52 ra
I
do... How can I live,.
.J J f"
55
t,ÿ I [-- live I will not liveÿ-ÿ in a world ....
J i ! I 'Y I .ÿ
...you.ÿÿ-
:ATHER: Adam!
Segue
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Eve"The Spark of Creation"
m. 3-19Children of Eden
8
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3
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Spark O,f Creation
Ebbing and flowing (4 = 112, ca.)
"Be yond"... "Be yond"...ÿ
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full of wind and roÿt, does-n't it? It means
It sounds
oth- er things ex- ist,
8 9
11
does- n't it? "BeyoIld"..-/
13
It says,
14
"Ad-am, leave your list," does- n't it? Fa - ther,why does my head feel this
rail.r-------3------ÿ t?ÿ
15
ioy and this dread since
Steady, driving tempo (,ÿ = 176)16 17
the mo- ment
18
I said,
19
"be
yond."
20
I've got an iÿ¢h- ing on the
21
tips of ray finers,
Vocal
Cain"Lost in the Wilderness"
m. 65-86 #17--Lost ln The Wilderness
free?
If you ev- er have,-- you knowÿ your jour-ney's be-gun-- Hey!
68
What have we got-- to lose,-- boy, when al * read- y we----- are
70 71 72
in the
74.
wil - dar- ness?--
where we are head- ed,-- boy, I could- n't e - yen guess.--
76
off we go, with-out-- a warn - ing, Run-ning as we hit__ the
Tii1 one-- bright and dis-tant morn -
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ing, we may stop-- and look
raiL83
there, in the wil - der- hess,-- fin - 'ily; :,
Bright (_ler = 102) as 86...ÿ..o.ÿ"
Where our ha- ture lies-- a born ing, where our hearts-- are-- out
poco rffard80
Abel"Clash of the Generations"
m. 104-108--Clash Of The Generations
part of a clan,
95 ÿ'--"--- 3 ---"-'ÿ 96
not just one faro - 'ly,ÿ
3 98 f (J=90)
ram 'ly
CAIN: Come orÿAbel.ADAM: Abel, ifyougo now,
of rÿ.,
CAIN: That's all fighLWe're never comlngback. Abe!?
ADAM: Abe!...
Vamp rail. last time
(ABEL)
Oh, Cain, Flease don't make
CTB$&
me choose.--
105
El- ther way,-- it's more than Ican bear to lose.--
El- ther way,-- it's rip - ping out
poco ritard
my-- heart.
This choice is tear - mgme a - part...
Vocal --88--
• l
#21--Clash Of The Generations !ocal
Agitato (J = 90)(Iaxtrÿmental) 11o 111
rML
• 112 113 114 * 115
i CAIN: 'That shl
Rubato, slow (,,,] =56, ca.)117 118
(j. = 45, ca.) recitativo
this what it means to be a fate - er:
Crush- ing the spir - it of your child- ten like an egg?
124
ts that what it means to be a lath - er:
125 126 A (ADAM slaps CAIN)
Bind-ing them to you with a chahn a-round the leg?
*N.B.--As CAIN fights with ADAM and ABEL, the piano and percussion create discordant rumbling soundswhich culminate in percussive accents matching CAIN's blows when he strikes ABEL with the rock.
What Is He!ÿ MAMA: Stillralning?
(2nd time instrumental)
Aphra, Aysha, Shem, Ham"What is He Waiting For?"
m. 1-20 Children of Eden
Waiting For? 3s
E a (FAMILY) 9 ÿ 1o __ _ ....
For- ty days and for- ty nights, come and gone... AI1 the world is dead and drowned;18
orÿ Theme axe no beasts or peo- pie an- y -still, the rain goes
he ÿ wÿt- mg ÿr? :
14 -- 15 --
For- ty days and for- ty nightS,black and bleak...
9 2ÿ. not last the week.
And what ra- tions we have left
21 22 (NOAH) 23 ,21 Why won't you speak? 1
Where is the
5 26: 2,, (ÿ.x) aÿ . -" .
sun he said he would re - store? What is he wal tmg forÿritard so tÿ
NOAH" Slower 2s as .........
What is he wai- ring f°r'7.
, ÿ7fl4/98;
Yonah"Stranger to the Rain"
Vocal m. 91-end #32--Stranger to the Rain ÿ/ocal
V:ÿ_J -J :f°tJÿ ÿ__ÿ_J J i°., _-,- ' ", ' J ÿ.ÿi r]J_ :lxÿ "he won't be a lone. But I am bound to walk a-mong the
71 72 73 74
(ÿ tr ÿ I'ÿ / / 1] 14 J ÿ #' it4 -ÿ' € " -"' I ,,,ÿ' J I Iÿ 1,ÿ
wound - ed and the slain. And when the storm comes crash - ing on the
°j ÿ Iÿ° ÿ ; F" ;ÿ Iÿÿd ÿ ; J J ] !ÿ
plain, I will dance be- fore the light - ning, to mu - sic
poco rail.78 79 * 80 81 . 82 .,g fttÿ ÿ, I ' ""
sa - cred and pro fane Oh,
a tempo83 B4 85 86
g' ]. 3 /, I ÿ:ÿ i I I}3 N , r, ÿ ; ,(ÿ ÿ .I J J J I,ÿ ........ ., . I r:iÿ, J J i.• J -.._..y • o ÿ . o ft...; ÿ .
shed no tears for me. Light no can- die for my-- sake. This
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jour- ney I'll be ma- Icing now is one we all must make.
ShouI * der to the wind, Ili turn-- my face in- to the spray. And
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--139-- #32--Stranger to the Rain
when "a'ae hea- vens
96
0- pe.n,-- let the
97
drops fall where they--
99 Ioo
may, If they • fin - 'lly wash a way the
102
from a daugh- ter of the
race-- of Cain
110
I-am not a stran ger
111 112 113 115
to the
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Japheth"In Whatever Time We Have"
pcal 5,€ÿ ÿ,ÿ,ÿ m. 33-54In Whatever Time We Have
1,
Jct -
ll.: It's all right to feel a - fraidÿ " '
4 48
All we know for sure is this: Though the world could end to - mot- row,
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No one real- ly wants to be a - lone, in what- ev- er time we have.
If at ttIÿes we are
Te
you and I will be to - geth - er ND(JAPETH) 54
wetLÿe
In what-ev- er tffdlxe We have,for as lonÿ as we are
]1,
We know life canÿ be a bat- tie- field,
liv- rag.
FEden iOcal
Noah"The Hardest Part of Love"
m. 3-23Children of Eden
38
The Hardest Part Of Love
lose...
Rubato
son of mine--I love so well, and oh, the toll it takes. I would
will
gÿve to ÿ a gar den and keep it dear-- of snakes. But the
iÿ " ÿ "
one thing he most tma- sureS is to make his own-- mis- takes. Oh ....
ij
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He goes charg- mg up-
33
the cliffs of life,--
reck- less mountain- eer. I could help him not to stum- ble, I could
warn him what to fear.-- I corn
17
'still re- fuse-- to hear. OhBut you
(7/I4/98)
Vocal --154-- #38---The Hardest Part Of Love •Vocal
18 (NOAH) lg ÿ .
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ca_V,-not dose-- the a - corn once the oak-----ÿ be-girÿ-- to grow,-- And you
can- not close-- your heart-- to what-- it fears and needs- to-- know: That
23 a tempo (.] = 92)
hard- est part__ of love is the let- ring go... As
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child, I fotmd a spar row that had fal- len from its nest, And I
nttrsed it back-- to health till it was stron-gec than__ the rest• But
when I tried to hold-- it then, it pecked and scratched_ my chest, Till I let it
30 31
go... And I watched it fly a-way=-- from me-- with its
32 33
bright and self ish song, And a part of me was curs-ing I had
34 ÿ5
helped it grow so strong.-- And I feazed it aright__ go hun-gry, and I
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The Spark Of Creation 2nd Reprise
+local
:be the Fa tAer now.
ubato (ÿ = 96 ca.) cAIavoee2 _ (MAMA) s ÿ-,-ÿ-3---ÿ 4
7 ÿ3ÿ
thaffs all you've-- got left now. The spark of cle- a - ion-----
will have to be-- your. guide.
13
If
14
no cut- er force
show you yOUI COU/Sÿ, you
il- lu - mi
have to look side.in
18
The spark of.+.ÿ
Rubato(NOAH)
Oh, Faÿ er, please don't make me choose-
a£A
22
El- ther way, it's more than I can bear to $eoÿ//e
(7/14/98)(7ÿ4/98.