64 of the Best Audition Songs for Altos
Here is a large curated selection of musical theatre audition songs for altos, featuring a range of show styles and character types. Every song on this page was chosen because it is dramatically strong, vocally suitable for altos, and appropriate for use in an audition room.
Altos have a range of F3-F5. Not sure if that’s you? Find out your vocal type here!
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Golden Age Songs for Altos (1940-1959)
“A Cockeyed Optimist” – South Pacific
“A Wonderful Guy” – South Pacific
“Always True to You in My Fashion” – Kiss Me, Kate
“Distant Melody” – Peter Pan
“Everybody’s Got a Home But Me” – Pipe Dream
“I Enjoy Being a Girl” – Flower Drum Song
“I’m Going Back” – Bells Are Ringing
“We Deserve Each Other” – Me and Juliet
Post-Golden Age Songs for Altos (1960s)
“And I Was Beautiful” – Dear World
“He Plays the Violin” – 1776
“If He Walked Into My Life” – Mame
“People” – Funny Girl
“That Mister Man of Mine” – Dames at Sea
“The Usher from the Mezzanine” – Fade Out – Fade In
“What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?” – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
“What Is a Woman?” – I Do! I Do!
1970s Songs for Altos
“At the Ballet” – A Chorus Line
“Be a Lion” – The Wiz
“Just a Housewife” – Working
“Kind of Woman” – Pippin
“Losing My Mind” – Follies
“There Are Worse Things I Could Do” – Grease
“Time Heals Everything” – Mack & Mabel
“What I Did for Love” – A Chorus Line
Listen In: All the songs from this list are in our “Alto Audition Songs” Spotify Playlist!
1980s Songs for Altos
“Brand New World” – Rags
“How Did I End Up Here?” – Romance/Romance
“Lost and Found” – City of Angels
“Now That I’ve Seen Her” – Miss Saigon
“Tell Me on a Sunday” – Tell Me on a Sunday
“The Story Goes On” – Baby
“These Are My Children” – Fame
“We Can Make It”- The Rink
1990s Songs for Altos
“A New Life” – Jekyll & Hyde
“Change” – A New Brain
“Dancing All the Time” – Big
“My Big Mistake” – The Will Rogers Follies
“Stars and the Moon” – Songs for a New World
“Sympathy, Tenderness” – Jekyll & Hyde
“The Human Heart” – Once on This Island
“You Don’t Know This Man” – Parade
2000s Songs for Altos
“Breathe” – In the Heights
“Gotta Get Out” – Ordinary Days
“Here Alone” – Little Women
“I Miss the Mountains” – Next to Normal
“Just Not Now” – I Love You Because
“Once More I Can See” – Wonderland
“See I’m Smiling” – The Last Five Years
“Thinking of Him” – Curtains
2010s Songs for Altos
“Anywhere But Here” – Honeymoon in Vegas
“Crossing a Bridge” – Anastasia
“I Don’t Need a Roof” – Big Fish
“One Day” – Groundhog Day
“My Most Beautiful Day” – Tuck Everlasting
“Parents Lie” – Freaky Friday
“When the Music Played” – Doctor Zhivago
“You Learn to Live Without” – If/Then
Character/Comedic Audition Songs for Altos
“Funny” – My Favorite Year
“It’s a Perfect Relationship” – Bells Are Ringing
“Mein Herr” – Cabaret
“Never Get Married” – Honeymoon in Vegas
“Poor Unfortunate Souls” – The Little Mermaid
“Take Back Your Mink” – Guys and Dolls
“There’s a Fine, Fine Line” – Avenue Q
“Zazz” – The Prom
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip and the author of The Thespian’s Bucket List. She is also the creator of The Cast Album List. Her background includes a BA in Theatre, a TESOL Drama certificate, and professional experience in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
