<p>bisouu, that sounds quite high. I’ve seen 3.0-3.25 to remain in the honors college at other schools.</p>
<p>My daughter is a student at NYU Steinhardt - Vocal Performance/MT. She has become very adept at taking homework to rehearsals on her laptop, working in hallways and coffee shops between classes, even sitting on the curb outside Broadway theaters for student rush tickets! You also have to remember, they don’t need the sleep we do! She currently has an average of 3.9 something, so it must be do-able! It does take some growth in self-discipline . . . and sometimes choosing homework over weekend festivities . . .</p>
<p>I have a 3.85. Funny enough B’s are more likely to come from artistic classes. There are some who will not give anyone an A.</p>
<p>My non mt D has to maintain a 3.5 to maintain her scholarship at GVSU.</p>
<p>Oh! entertainersmom- your post about your husbands experience is exactly why I am sending mine out on the next round of auditions! It’s important for the husbands to have that quality time with the kids and to see that we aren’t exaggerating about our audition experiences! :)</p>
<p>songofsixpence - Husband got totally into the swing of things and gained a huge amount of confidence that he can handle Chicago without me. It just so happened I was hit by a stomach bug at work and had come home, so I could read the texts. I work in a school and won’t be able to pull out my phone when they are at Unifieds, it’s going to be a test of concentration to get through the day! He and son will have a wonderful adventure together.</p>
<p>I’m very lucky-- My husband is my co-conspirator with all of this MT stuff and has been extremely involved. (He’s the Broadway junkie in the house.) He also has taken my son to auditions-- we actually take turns. We both did one in the fall; he’s driving next weekend, I’m flying to Chicago and then driving one locally, and then hubby does the last audition, involving flying. We’ve loved the one-on-one time we’re spending with our son… especially because we know he’ll be leaving us in a few months.</p>
<p>Returned from Point Park a little while ago. S had a great day, really enjoyed his time there. I on the other hand feel like a piece of doodie but I stuck it out all day. I never really got the scoop on which group he was in so I had no clue when I’d see him. All the other kids returned to have lunch with their parents. I didn’t see mine until almost 3, shouldve totally went home and waited but in any event I got to speak with some nice parents and the couches in the commuter lounge aren’t bad to semi nap on.</p>
<p>S sang both songs and did his monologue for the first group then he was sent upstairs to sing for the heads of the dept. He sang both songs (16 and 32 cut) then they gave him an adjustment to Johanna and asked him to sing the whole song. He then rushed to the dance call and said it was a lot of fun. After today PPU has moved up on his list, it was a really positive experience. 8:30 to 3:00 PM today. 17K is the max scholarship offered by PPU, this includes academic and talent. They will made decisions on Monday and we should hear shortly.</p>
<p>I hope everyone auditioning had a great day today…off to bed.</p>
<p>OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY - Only 9 girls and 1 boy at today’s audition. My D had met several at prior auditions. Very welcoming, warm faculty. Dance call was first. D said it was the least difficult of the dance calls thus far. Then it was songs and monologues and an interview. Faculty was very encouraging. Once all the individual auditions were done, everyone gathered back together and the faculty and some students held a Q&A. Most of their students were away at a conference auditioning for summer stock. Overall a good experience. The day was a short one - report at 9:30am, done by 1pm!</p>
<p>I love reading your reports!</p>
<p>You guys sound like a bunch of old pros going thru this - keep breaking legs everyone!</p>
<p>Marymount
Long day for all. Program was presented well and enthusiastically by department heads and current students. Broken into 3 groups of approx. 24 I was told. Dance call and then monologues and song cuts all together in front of each other in your group. The 2 minute monologue was changed to 1, so be prepared to be flexible. In at 12ish out around 6.</p>
<p>Catholic University</p>
<p>Just got home a bit ago from rehearsal so I figured it’s time to post about my audition today!</p>
<p>Before I get into it all, just a quick PSA I was informed of as I was leaving. DO NOT be that person who arrives late and misses their audition, but still expects to be seen that day. My mom told me it was embarrassing to watch.</p>
<p>I was in the afternoon session and luckily I only live 30-45 minutes away so I was able to have a relaxing morning and actually get a good breakfast, take time to do a full warmup in my own house, and do triple checks on everything (which was needed cause I’d accidentally stapled my updated resume with blue staples…what was I thinking).</p>
<p>Traffic was a little busy for a Saturday in DC which we should have expected but didn’t, so we got there about 15 minutes later than I wanted to be but I had wanted to be an hour early so it ended up fine. Due to the traffic we missed getting to go to the informal lunch and QA session with program heads since the group left right before we got there. My mom and I ended up hanging out in the waiting area with a bunch of current students who were really nice and relaxed.</p>
<p>Then at 2:00 the MT group was taken up to the dance studio. There were 11 scheduled but only 8 were on time with 1 running into the room after the warmup ended. The dance was taught class-style focusing first on ballet technique and then jazz. I am by NO means a ballerina so I tried my hardest and smiled. The jazz was much better because I recognized steps and combinations from shows I’d been in. I would say the dance audition wasn’t very hard if you kind of knew what was going on and they emphasized being a dancer/performer instead of being a dancer/technician in the audition throughout. Then the dance head had a rehearsal to go to so we had a quick tap skills assessment for those who knew how to. This was rushed because of her rehearsal, but she was still very nice about it. The whole thing was scheduled for an hour.</p>
<p>Then we were sent back to the lobby holding area from before and got to change into our dresses. Luckily my singing and monologues were an hour-ish later because the girls before that were frantically rushing to change, rehearse in a practice room for a bit, and calm themselves before auditioning. Half an hour before my audition a current student got me and took me to a practice room with a piano to warm up. It may have been half an hour, but it only felt like 10 minutes by the time I got ushered to my audition. </p>
<p>The girl before me in the audition room was taking a REALLY long time so I was able to talk with two more current MTs while we waited outside, both of whom were really cool. One of the students had to bring something to the auditioners and kept complaining how long it was taking because usually they didn’t last that long. The guy then listened at the door and apparently she was being a little defensive on a correction that caused the holdup. Eventually I got to go in and I recognized the heads since they watched the dance audition and made a joke about nice to see them again and to the pianist nice to see you for the first time. I guess it worked cause one of them and the pianist thought it was funny. I requested to do my monologues first and they were fine with it. Luckily the pianist knew both my songs so I only had to show him the differences because of the cuts. I only did one monologue (which I had been told was a good sign by current students) before I did my songs. I did a golden age ballad and boy did that one get put through the ringer. We had a long session immediately after singing it where they corrected technique and at one point said they see I have a hint already of what they wanted, but mainly what not the best technique for a certain part and asked why. I explained I’d been working on that exact thing with my voice teacher that had stemmed from choir but I’m not in it this year. The voice head said, “ugh choir! THATS the problem! They always mess things up for soloists.” And all of us laughed. Then I did my contemporary song which they were pleased with cause I was told after that I definitely didn’t need to do another monologue.</p>
<p>A very fun day in all, but then I had to go back to my school for a tech rehearsal for the winter play. What I learned as I was leaving that I stated earlier was what happened to the two MIA girls on the list. They had been at Shenandoah for the morning audition then tried to drive up to DC by the afternoon. Both of them missed dance and one completely missed her scheduled singing/acting time. They were both from out of state and now both have to come back or submit a video if they want to be considered. One girl was able to sing/act and has to submit a dance video. The other one/the mother apparently still wanted her to be seen that day since they made the trip, but it was explained it wasn’t fair to push back other people who were on time/make the faculty who are busy stay later.</p>
<p>Sorry about the long post, I didn’t want to leave out any detail incase it could potentially help someone. I for one love reading the long and detailed reports so I figure there must be someone else like me out there!</p>
<p>OMG! I wonder who those girls were. The D and I were at Shenandoah today and there’s no way they could have done both. They got behind at the dance call and even if they were the 1st and 2nd to audition they would’ve been late. Poor planning…
Sounds like you had a good day, though!</p>
<p>Shenandoah </p>
<p>Not knowing what the weather would be like ahead of time, and wanting to get to know the area, we arrived early Friday. The weather was beautiful and we made it to Winchester by noon. Found the hotel easily (The George Washington Inn)-they let us check in early (yay) so we dropped off our stuff and walked down to the pedestrian mall to have a nice afternoon of shopping and exploring to decompress. It was warm enough to ditch the coats! After that, we drove around the campus (pretty!). We were back in our hotel room and ready to bed early since call time for auditions was 7:30am.</p>
<p>Check in was smooth-there were other conservatory majors auditioning as well. I cannot say enough how nice everyone was-students and staff! Upon check-in, we were asked if we had a flight to make that evening. Since we did (although it was a late flight) they put D down as one of the first to go. We met up with GSOMTMOM and her D (Yay!) and sat for the MT welcome presentation.</p>
<p>After that, the kids were taken away for the dance call, and the parents stayed to listen to the Conservatory presentation and financial aid info. They took us on a tour of the Conservatory (beautiful), and during the tour D texted me to say that she was finished with her audition. So, once I was done with the tour I met up with her and we left campus for a late lunch.</p>
<p>Now for her version of the day…
Since dance call was first, she arrived in her dance wear. They started with ballet, which D said was very challenging for her. She felt she did not do well…AT ALL-turning in wrong direction etc. This was followed by jazz which went better according to her-and at least she could show off her personality. The choreography was within her ability and she felt it went well.</p>
<p>She quickly changed for the song/monologue since she was in the first group of students. She was given a few adjustments on one of her songs-and had a short interview with the faculty. In and out of the room in about 10 minutes she estimated.</p>
<p>Which brings us to sitting in the restaurant at about 2:30pm having a late lunch wondering what to do with ourselves (rental car not due back till 7pm and flight is at 10pm). D starts to get discouraged…“I don’t think it went well at all” “I messed up the dance” “I sounded lame in the interview”. By the time we drove back to Dulles for the long wait for our flight, adrenaline crash had commenced and she was in a complete funk.
Around 8pm we are still in airport exhausted and waiting for our flight. I look over D is looking at phone and crying. She is reading the email of her acceptance to Shenandoah!!!
…Cue “Hallelujah Chorus”…
Woot Woot! So this just goes to show, you never know what the faculty is thinking, and you should never assume you know what they are looking for-she was completely convinced she had not done well…like at all.</p>
<p>We are both thrilled to have this wonderful acceptance under her belt as she moves forward over the next few weeks.</p>
<p>Thanks for the details on Catholic’s afternoon audition. I was in the morning audition and it was the same routine but not rushed on dance. I was first up on songs/mono so that was a little stressful but they were good about giving me some time to warm up a bit. I did both songs and monologue good some nice feedback and was asked about music theory training. All the student ambassadors were great. High energy and super with all questions. They also emphasized that catholic’s really focuses on the theory side, makes sense it’s a BM and that it would be good to get some theory work in before starting in the fall. Even if I don’t get an offer from Catholic I thought was good advice for all of us. The program leader was commenting at lunch how critical site reading skills are now in musical theatre.</p>
<p>Frazzled, what a great story! So encouraging. Hooray for your D!</p>
<p>Great story frazzled - and congrats!!</p>
<p>My D auditioned for BW this weekend–her first audition. My husband flew out there with her and I stayed home chewing my fingers down to nubs.</p>
<p>This is what I know:
They met together (parents and and students) at the beginning, then split up. Parents could go do a tour and sit in on a parent-y info session. Students got their schedules. First up for D was theory/piano evaluation. D said that went exactly as expected–terrible! But she knew that going in, since she only had a year of piano lessons when she was nine. But she was laughing about it, and apparently got the evaluator to laugh too. </p>
<p>There was some down time and lunch before her songs and monologue. She had seven minutes to warm up for her songs (she had warmed up in the hotel room earlier). Two of the three songs were feeling great, and luckily those were the two that the adjudicators picked. D said the accompanist was fantastic and the songs went great – she wasn’t nervous at all. Then came the monologue, and that went great too. Most of the time the adjudicators were focused on taking notes, and the whole process was very efficient and fast. She thought she caught them smiling occasionally or glancing up, but mostly they were writing.</p>
<p>Then everyone (students and parents) sat in on a master class and D said the current BW students who performed in the class were unbelievably awesome. </p>
<p>Finally, from 5-6pm, the dance call. D thought it went well (she has not had a ton of training, but a few years). All in all it was a long day and D felt really good about it. She didn’t have much time to see the campus except for the MT related buildings, but hubby did the tour (brrr!) and sent us all some snapchats so we could see too. </p>
<p>She mentioned that most the girls were wearing blue dresses and nude heels (she was not).</p>
<p>Frazzled - goosebumps! Congrats!</p>