<p>Two of the schools DS applied to required that he have a resume/repertoire list at the audition. He gave a copy to the audition committees just before he played.</p>
<p>If having such a list is required, then I would think the school would let auditioners know well beforehand. </p>
<p>At the very least it might be helpful to have on hand during an interview, just for reference.</p>
<p>CD is backup in case something happens to affect your ability to play/sing. Carry it like a good luck token if nothing else :)</p>
<p>repertoire lists sometimes are required--that seemed like a practical thing to take along and so we always did. But, I love the feeling of being over-prepared, just in case, and if it's easy to take along extra cd's and resumes, just do it. We found that some auditions were more free-form than their instructions indicated they would be, so you may find things to go even more easily than expected. It's wonderful to have so many auditions gotten out of the way at once. Good luck to you and your son! He will have fun with these auditions, you'll see! Most of the time, jazz auditions seemed like jam sessions.</p>
<p>Thanks all--will have extras of everything then, just in case! Like Jazzzmom, I tend to be over-prepared, I think as compensation for the fact that I have no musical ability (except I'm quite good in the shower) and thus am no help to my son. At least I can control the logistics! I hope some of the auditions are like jam sessions--S2 will be in hog heaven! As always, thanks everyone for your advice leading up to this point!</p>
<p>Just linking an appropriate thread as a heads up warning <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/696800-hard-lesson-re-auditions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/696800-hard-lesson-re-auditions.html</a> for folks down the road.</p>
<p>Crosslinking to a thread started by SteveM dealing with illness a audition time <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/752508-illness-problems-audition-time.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/752508-illness-problems-audition-time.html</a></p>
<p>Another link, with some vocal specific advice <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/748781-planning-vocal-auditions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/748781-planning-vocal-auditions.html</a></p>
<p>Check out Jeff Nelsen’s articles on fearless auditioning: </p>
<p>[Jeff</a> Nelsen :: Fearless](<a href=“http://jeffnelsen.com/fearless_frame.html]Jeff”>http://jeffnelsen.com/fearless_frame.html)</p>
<p>(the Top 10 Tips for a Fearless Audition really helped me out in my NYSOS audition)</p>
<p>Linking to two additional audition question/thought threads:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/814373-questions-asked-auditions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/814373-questions-asked-auditions.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/812993-why-do-audition-committees-want-know-where-else-you-will-auditioning.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/812993-why-do-audition-committees-want-know-where-else-you-will-auditioning.html</a></p>
<p>While not specifically audition, a thread about interviews <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/846409-interview-composition-major-ccm.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/846409-interview-composition-major-ccm.html</a></p>
<p>A bit about the performance and the music ed interview as well.</p>
<p>Once you get invited for an audition, what are the chances that you will make it? For example, do they accept about 50% of the people who audition for them? Or is it better chances, like 80%? Or is auditioning not a big deal, they ask a lot of people, and they still only accept about 10% of the people that audition for them?</p>
<p>I’m sure every school is different, but what is the norm?</p>
<p>I don’t think there is a norm as a matter of fact schools often audition students when there are no slots available.</p>
<p>Then why bother asking students to audition?</p>
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<p>Because you never know when a current student will NOT be returning.</p>
<p>Your question regarding %age of acceptance has too many variables to be answered easily. For example…if a school only needs one flute player and 100 apply…they will not likely be accepting more than 1% of those who apply…maybe 2%. On the other hand…the same school might need a tuba player and only 4 apply. Clearly one at least will get accepted which is 25%…maybe 2 which is 50%.</p>
<p>Auditioning should always be viewed as a BIG DEAL…it is the audition that will determine IF you get accepted to a program or not and that IS a big deal in my mind. It doesn’t matter what % they accept. If you don’t do well at the audition, you will not get accepted.</p>
<p>And this continues for musicians in their careers…there are professional orchestra auditions where there is NO ONE selected for a job from the field of those who audition.</p>
<p>If there are four slots for a a particular voice type, and no one shows up who meets the standard, none of them will be selected. Other arrangements will be made to staff their operas, singers will be recruited off the regular track, urged/bribed to stay another year, etc. No school wants to lower standards just to fill a number…it is counterproductive. Conversely, if extraordinary talent shows up, above the number needed, they may be accepted, and accommodations will be made for performance opportunities…possibly by encouraging a lesser talent to leave. Not every student works out the way their talent and audition promises.</p>
<p>Your chance of success on the audition as others have written is variable, there is no good answer to that. In general, for example, top conservatories are probably more discriminating then Harvard and Yale in terms of acceptance from auditions (6 or 7%), but that is overall. If they have 4 openings for violas, and only 10 people audition and they take 4, that is 40%, but on the violin they might have 5 openings, audition 100 people, and accept 4, or 4%…with some facets of music, like tuba or english horn, they don’t take many kids, but likewise not as many people play those, so less audition from what I can tell, whereas while they take more violins, there is a huge pool of applicants…</p>
<p>Probably the only way to find out anything is to ask the schools for information (for example, roughly how many openings did they have for X last year, and how many auditioned for it). I am pretty certain that at top level conservatories that you can be certain it isn’t easy to get in in any area, and even in ‘less competitive’ programs you will find pretty low acceptance rates in general, simply because the competition is that fierce, it is literally global.</p>
<p>Adding a link: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/850837-fall-cycle-2010-audition-experiences.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/850837-fall-cycle-2010-audition-experiences.html</a></p>
<p>lorelei hit it right on the nose!</p>
<p>Adding a few links:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/883420-auditions-dont-kill-yourself.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/883420-auditions-dont-kill-yourself.html</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/850837-fall-cycle-2010-audition-experiences.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/850837-fall-cycle-2010-audition-experiences.html</a></p>
<p>The best thing to do is ask around at how many people are in the specific program/instrument group you’re in and also how many people are graduating, if the graduating class is a lot then that means they’re looking for more to fill up but if it’s like 2 two people then they really don’t have the demand/need for many students…it really sometimes depends on time/luck with that year, kind of lame 
and also colleges accept about double the students they expect to actually come because usually that school is not always everyone’s choice and some decide to go to others</p>