<p>Just wondering how everyone did and what everyone's experience was...</p>
<p>ie how many songs...how many prof they had your perform for, etc!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>and good luck to evryone with auditions coming up!</p>
<p>I only had one student audition this year for CMU at Chicago UNIFIEDS. (I currently have a student who is at CMU MT as a freshman.)</p>
<p>My student was asked to perform 4 monologues. The two she prepared, and then two full adjustments.
She sang 5 songs: her 2 songs, then re-sang one of them twice and then sang an additional song of their choosing.</p>
<p>She is a trained dancer and felt the combination was a breeze. Interview went well, they really got to know her.</p>
<p>So, all in all, it went quite well for her.</p>
<p>Hope you had a great audition experience also.</p>
<p>Whew! Now it's over.</p>
<p>xxx,Mary Anna</p>
<p>Mary Anna:</p>
<p>What do you mean by "2 full adjustments?" Are these changes in two of her original monologues, or something else? I'm concerned about the "4 monologue" statement. Many students do not prepare 4 separate monologues. Please explain your post so that students can properly prepare. Thank you.</p>
<p>vocaldad</p>
<p>Let me claify.
She prepared 3 total monologues for the auditon season.
In the acting portion of the audition, CMU asked her to perform 4 times.
1.</p>
<p>Let me claify.
She prepared 3 total monologues for the audition season.</p>
<p>For CMU, she presented 2 contrasting monologues (one contemporary and one classical)
During the acting portion of the audition, they asked her to perform 4 times. It broke down like this:</p>
<ol>
<li> Her Classical Monologue</li>
<li> Her Contemporary Monologue</li>
<li> A Full Adjustment to her Contemporary Monologue. She performed it again in its entirety</li>
<li> A Different Adjustment AGAIN to her Contemporary Monologue performed in its entirety</li>
</ol>
<p>I do have some students who prepare 5 monologues for the audition season. Most prepare 3.</p>
<p>Hope this makes sense now.
xxx,Mary Anna</p>
<p>Vocaldad...I interpretted Mary Anna's post about the monologues as being two different monologues and each was redone a different way, but there was a total of 2 monologues they heard. At many auditions, auditors may ask a student to do it a different way with new direction.</p>
<p>However, be prepared at some places like CMU. When my D auditioned at CMU, she did the two prepared monologues that were required but they asked for two more (two DIFFERENT ONES for a total of FOUR DIFFERENT monologues). She luckily knew two more because in sum, she had to prepare four for her various schools' audition requirements and this was near the end of her audition season. Different things can happen, in other words. For songs, she did each of her two songs, then they had her do a third song they picked and they had her do it many times in many different keys. She did all this a few times....for monologues....she did it for the director, then again in another room for a different faculty person. For the songs, she did all that for one person and then in another room all over again for another, plus sang them a capella for the director. </p>
<p>It is very tempting to read into what a kid did or did not get asked to do at an audition but there is NO PATTERN to it. Kids can do umpteen things and still not get in. They can do NOTHING extra and barely answer a question and get in! While it is natural to come away with a positive feeling that they bothered to do more with you, it still varies in the way I just mentioned as to the final results. From personal experience....I just told you all my D did for CMU and for a total of four or five different people (separately) and she was Priority Waitlisted for Acting (had applied for MT), so she didn't get in. At Ithaca, she did nothing extra and got accepted with a large scholarship. She didn't do extra stuff for NYU and got in with a large scholarship as well. At Emerson, she did her monologue a different way, and did an entire song a second time a different way and did not ultimately get into their BFA program. I could go on but my point is, it really can go any which way, despite what they did with you. Believe me, I know it is VERY tempting to "read" what happens. And it seems logical that if they worked with you, that you'd find that to be quite a positive thing. But by the same token, they could like what they see and just not bother to ask for more. Plus, my D was not the only one of her friends at CMU who got to see various faculty to do more who did not ultimately get in. </p>
<p>Mary Anna's student sounds like she had a very positive experience. </p>
<p>Upshot.....if you come away from the audition feeling it went positive, that's really good. Also, for some places, like CMU, have at least 3 monos prepared in case. </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>EDIT....I was going by post #4 when I wrote my post but now Mary Anna simultaneously posted post #5 and clarified further. So, it was two monologues like I said, but one was redone two different ways after the first time.</p>
<p>Also, just from reading different accounts of CMU auditions in the archives, it seems that on-campus auditions are run differently from unifieds. So beware of direct comparisons!</p>
<p>Susan you are right. It doesn't mean anything definate expect that you are in the room longer!</p>
<p>I will go a step further. It obviously indicates that there was a need for further observation. However, that does NOT mean interest. That absoutely does not mean you are a possible admit.</p>
<p>Yes, many are taken into programs with one brief monologue.
Some do 5 monologues as with Juilliard and a student of mine last year, and no admit.
I had a student do 5 monologues for NCSA and did get an admit.</p>
<p>You can't read anything into it except that you are in the room longer.</p>
<p>xxx,Mary Anna</p>
<p>Chris, that indeed is also a good point. Try not to compare what happened with one kid than another and in fact, the circumstances could vary from where they audition was held, too. One of my D's friends who did not get into CMU but got into CCM, did her CMU audition at Unifieds and got asked to do her material for different faculty separately again in a different room.</p>
<p>It is utterly tempting to compare and also to draw conclusions, I know. But keep an open mind, because I've seen a lot of variation as to outcome no matter what they did in the audition room. </p>
<p>Again, the most important thing is to stick to your own thing, not compare with others, and if you come out of your audition feeling you did well, your very best you could do and it felt positive, THAT is a successful audition. And with these odds, you could be utterly fantastic and still not get in because there are too many talented kids for very few slots so believe in yourself and stay the course.</p>
<p>Hey! </p>
<p>I definately think that everyone's experiences are different and always mean different things however, there are two kids from my high school who graduated MT CMU 05' and they said that being sent to Barbara Mackenzie Wood ie the faculty member everyone is being sent to...is an unofficial callback. Basically she wants to see any kid they are considering so if you go to her it is a positive...not a for sure anything....but a positive ( again what I just said was all from students and in no way official) cI had a similar audition experience...the dance was not hard but effective. It showed if you had technique and was simple to learn then I sang...after I sang my first cut he asked me if I had the whole song ( it is a seven minute ridiculously long song) which i did so he said...well let me hear your next song, then I sang the next cut, sang the rest of my original song (all 7 minutes) ahhh! then he asked to look at my book...picked out a song had me lean against the piano then sit down in a chair and just had me do it a bunch of ways, then he asked me to sing all that jazz which isn't even in my book ( i am a soprano ) SO...BE PREPARED. </p>
<p>For monologues I did two in the first room, he played with my classical then sent me to Barbara I performed my pieces again she worked with the classical extensively then asked for a third which was contemporary comedic...and then sat me down for an interview for about 15 minutes. </p>
<p>And yet I agree with everyone above....the only thing I cna take away from this for sure is they didn't decide a definaite no on me after I walked in the door...haha oh well I had so much fun auditioning again i was just glad to be in there longer! </p>
<p>Break a leg for everyone who still has auditions! </p>
<p>Ps.</p>
<p>I would love to hear what your student who got into the MT program at CMU experience was like?</p>
<p>He auditoned on campus and it was clear to him from the beginning that they wanted him badly. Sometimes, especially for guys, the schools really recruit during the audition process. Just short of what's called "hot boxing" in rush.</p>
<p>I can't remember exactly what exercises they put him through, but they made it clear that they wanted him. Then to seal the deal, they called about one week later and offered him a full ride for 4 years! They knew that SMU was ready to give him a sweet offer and didn't want to take the chance of loosing him.</p>
<p>These folks are human and have human and emotional responses to some of these students and their artistry. Afterall, we are talking about creativity and the faculty opinions are subjective. It makes the whole process very real. I find it much more satisfying than a numbers admission process at a typical University. These kids are lucky that they are being treated as individuals who have souls and that their creative expression matters.</p>
<p>xxxx,Mary Anna</p>
<p>CMU tells you in their audition instructions to have 3 monologues prepared.</p>
<p>yes they will only have u do two but if they send u to barbara she might ask u for a third so be prepared!</p>
<p>definitely have three....but it never hurts to know four....they asked my D to do four....have extra songs with you too...</p>
<p>The webiste for the Unifieds didn't have CMU on their list of schools. Was I looking at the wrong list? Or were there lots of schools who were there but weren't on the website?</p>
<p>Yes, there are schools that go to Chicago with the others that are not officially part of the "unified" group.</p>
<p>In NYC, CMU (and a few other schools) are at a different place than the Unifieds. So they are not officially part of the Unifieds and may not turn up on an 'official list.' But many kids went back and forth between the separate locations without any problems.</p>