Try to show as much variety as you can, and of course, use good common sense. If you choose a lovely ballad from the Golden Era, and then you also choose a lovely ballad from Dear Evan Hansen, this will likely not be enough contrast to show the broad range of your voice and acting skills.

Choosing an upbeat piece to contrast with a ballad or moderate-tempo is often a good idea. Choosing 2 upbeat pieces usually isn't. At a bare minimum, try to see that your two pieces contrast in tempo and in ideas/themes. It's an excellent idea to try for pieces from two different eras of MT that require/ask for different vocal-production styles as well.

And of course, choosing a variety of topics (ie, perhaps don't sing 2 pieces about how your character's boyfriend "done her wrong") is also an important way to help show your breadth and range.

PLEASE NOTE: choosing a pop or rock piece that showcases you really well can be a good idea, too. But for an event such as this one, ask yourself if there is any other music-theatre piece from an actual show that could also showcase the same skills you are showcasing in the pop tune, and if there is, we'd recommend using the MT piece instead. The judges we have chosen are constantly auditing both professional MT auditions AND college-entrance MT auditions, and they are very familiar with loads of MT rep. This will be to your strong advantage!