CATS The Musical - vocal and singing rehearsing

To contribute to the year 13s musical project, Cats The Musical, as a class, the year 12s had to support them in their work by singing in certain songs through out the musical. Below, is a list of sings we featured in;


Photograph sourced from Rachel Maddix, my teacher; she sent this to all involved to notify us of the songs to learn for the musical.

The most challenging song to sing was Up the the Russell Hotel as the notes in this song passed through extremely high octaves, pushing my voice to its natural limits. to overcome this, Kim lead some scales work which helped with my articulation. My favourite song to listen to the year 13s singing and the song that worked well, having a positive effect on the audience was Mr Mistoffelees. This is because the way their voices worked as an ensemble piece sounded brilliant and came across in a strong and bold manner. This was partly because all of the cast were totally confident with the song lyrics, giving a more powerful message to the audience.

We have spent some time in class going over the songs we feature in, taking help from Kim, our singing teach who broke down the verses for us to make the songs easier to pick up on. We also received help from the year 13s who taught us the lyrics to songs such as Heavy side layer and Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats. Having learnt these songs from fellow students, really helped me understand the required tone of the song as the year 13s are actually going to be performing these. Their interpretation of the song is very important to understand as this is ultimately their show and as extras, we will do everything we can to make our skills work to their full potential in place.