Modern Major General
I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General from The Pirates of Penzance Jr. We are a very small K-12 school. This musical was performed by 29 students in grades 6 through 12.
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May 13th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
WOOOOTT GOOOOO FALL RIVER
July 8th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
hmmm. im looking to play Major General Stanley in Pirates of Penzance Junior.I’m also a girl, are the notes too low for a girl to sing convincingly?
July 8th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
They might be too low in some spots, but can you possibly get a copy of the script to look at before auditions? Or at least you should be trying out on one or two of the actual songs from the show. That might help you decide.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 am
that kid could b-come a professional singer!!!!
November 9th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I had to do this at audition I got the part of samuel though
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
i auditioned for samuel too but lost
December 12th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Major General Stanely is supposed to be an extremely comic role….. This is just a luke warm performance at best…. However nice job at MAJOR GENERAL SONG…. From One Major General to another always look at how others have portrayed the character
music peace and harmony
Mike
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
He left out half the song and did not do it fast enough
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
“He” didn’t do anything of the sort. If you can read, you can see that this was a Broadway Junior production. The people at Music Theatre International put out shortened versions of major shows like this for smaller schools and younger students to perform. Our school does not have a pit band, so it was performed with the CD put out by MTI. MTI shortened the song and slowed it down. Please be more informed before making derisive comments.
April 4th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Ok So it’s not a he… but my nephew was just the major general in a 6th grade production of Pirates and the entire song was performed and at FULL speed, including the high speed runthrough at the end!!. I helped teach him as I played Major General Stanley in highschool. The kid in this video has a very good voice though!!!
April 4th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Ah! They probably did the full production then. We’re a small school with no accompanist available, and all of the singers ARE the kids in the band. We love the Junior productions because we don’t need to take half the singers out for a pit band, and they do simplify some songs which helps if we don’t have the greatest singers. As you saw in this video, our Major General was a fantastic singer, so we had him do the full song at solo&ens. where he scored high enough to go to the state contest!
April 4th, 2009 at 9:22 am
And I’m sorry for being snarky above, but my students are very proud of their productions, and we keep getting comments about “changing” the music which was completely out of our control. We had nothing to do with the changes. (P.S. Our entire high school is around 100 students, and our middle school is about the same.)
April 4th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Your students are talented.
the kid in this video in my opinion could have handled the entire song at full speed with no problem!!! I guess MTI ruined it. Just my opinion…but When you slow down the Major General song which is a patter song…it is like performing Italian Opera in English….It loses something. I think the Major General song should be perfomed ala the late George Rose!!!! AS an opera singer…I am funny about music being changed.
April 4th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I watched the video again…its a shame your school has no pit band or accompanist….But your school has talent!!!
April 4th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Well, thanks! We’re doing The Music Man, Jr. this year. I don’t like it half as much as Pirates or the Into the Woods, Jr. we did a few years ago. Where do you sing opera? We go to the Madison, WI, opera every year or so for the dress rehearsals which are performed for HS kids. We’ve seen The Marriage of Figaro and Madame Butterfly as well as others. The kids really enjoy seeing a real production.
July 5th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Oh the junior version just destroys the Act I Finale as well as the Orphan – frequently scene before it that is the funniest scene in the show!
July 5th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Yes, the junior versions leave out some great stuff, but in a small school when you can’t have a pit band/orch., you do what you can!
July 5th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Oh there’s nothing wrong with not having a pit orchestra. In fact, you could probably do the full version with the piano accompaniment in the vocal score. It’s really a shame that they left out that scene, though.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:45 am
im isabel in this
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