Overview

The musical comedy Choosing Helen contains 20 musical numbers at this time, including instrumental and dance pieces. Currently, scored for piano and singers, it will eventually be arranged for a small orchestra.

Several sample songs are available for download below. To acquire copies of more extensive materials in consideration of a production, please write to John or Brad via one of the links on the Bios page of this website.

Downloads

From this page, you can download songs from the score of Choosing Helen. We are providing both sheet music and audio files in the MP3 format.

The sheet music downloads are Adobe^® Acrobat^® files that can be viewed on the screen or printed. If you do not have the free Acrobat Reader^® on your computer, you can download it from the Adobe web site by clicking here. The audio files should play in any of several media players already installed on your computer.

The opening number "Power" features all the gods and goddesses singing―both alone and as a chorus―about how there's nothing to do because "at a snap of a finger each wish will come true." They're looking for some mischief, which, of course, ends up embroiling the lives of the petty mortals.
     Here's the sheet music for "Power."

The second number in the show is a trio in which Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite separately make plans to cheat the other two in a beauty contest. All three are on stage, but they are each singing to themselves.
     Here's the sheet music for "Will I Fool Them!"
     And you can also listen to "Will I Fool Them!"

The fourth number brings the three goddesses back together. They explain to their mortal judge, Prince Paris, the task of choosing which of them is the most beautiful. While all three are trying to appear calm and ladylike, they have trouble suppressing their aggressively bitchy sides.
     Here's the audio file (MP3) for "A Difference of Opinions."

The eighth number is a solo by Helen in which she sings of her main goal in life: to be famous. And who hasn't heard of Helen of Troy? So she got her wish.
     Here's the audio file (MP3) for "I Wanna Be Famous."

A document containing a complete list of scenes and songs, plus a character list, is available here.