<p>I believe I was asked this before. Just curious. About 320 mainstage photos from our production of HAIR at the Hartt School just went up on our photographer's online photo book. There are a lot to sift through but I am putting a good amount on a seperate page. If anyone is interested in Hartt I can post the link here.</p>
<p>My Point Park audition was soooo chill. I was at the very first on Sept 24, there were like MAYBE 10 MTs auditioning that day or something rediculous. Probably b/c it was so early for most folks. Yes, PP is the only one of my schools that only requested 1 monologue and 1 song. But had they asked for more, I would have been ready.<br>
I auditioned on campus in Pittsburgh, the very first thing we did after signing in was take a music theory test (a pop test!). Nowhere had I read anything about a music theory test, and I'm sure I totally bombed it.... but apparently it didn't matter! We were given a tour by the students, who were extremely nice. All of them seemed to love Point Park and while some said Point Park was their first choice school, others admitted to just the opposite. But all seemed happy nonetheless! There were about 4 people in the room watching the audition, I dont know who they were really, and they were videotaping. They didn't work with me on any of my material or ask for anything else. When I was finished, they just asked me if I had any questions or something like that. The dance portion was a jazz combo which I found very simple. They called it a placement exam only, even tho Point Park is known for being a dance school. It was an overall delgithful experience. But getting accepted didn't make me want to eliminate any of the 8 other schools from my list...</p>
<p>Artsymom,</p>
<p>Sorry for the confusion..... I didn't mean that the auditor looked at her actual monologues. At UM last year applicants had to let them know no later than 2 weeks prior to their audition what songs and monologues they would be presenting. I assumed that the auditors then had a list of what each student had available. I don't know if they asked that of you this year. They also might have just asked her what she had prepared and then chosen what they wanted to hear. Again, sorry if I got you scrambling for written copies of your child's monologue..... like you need something else to do!!</p>
<p>With regard to the dance audition, I agree with Jamimom that it is not a make or break requirement. But I do think that it is the kind of skill that might allow them to choose between two strong singers/actors/. I think they believe that they can teach any motivated, reasonably capable mover how to dance to at least a minimum acceptable standard in four years. And given what I saw in Chorus Line this past fall, I think they are right. There were at least two cast members who were sophomores who had had almost no dance before coming to UM and they were absolute stand-outs! But I do know that it was a thorough dance class for the audition last year and my D says that the dance classes the MT's take, from beginning through advanced - are very good - REALLY strong instructors! And she's been dancing since the age of 5 so she's had a lot of teachers. She's currently in the Advanced ballet section, which is about half MT's and half dance majors.</p>
<p>Lastly, the piano "audition" is not an audition. It's for placement purposes only in the mandatory freshman piano class, if they are accepted to the program. And yes, I believe that really accomplished pianists can place out of this requirement.</p>
<p>They actually tell you what your placementin piano is , I believe, as that is what several of the kids said. The placement is actually given as the course you will take for the mandatory freshman piano class.</p>
<p>Hi theatermom,
I just have a quick question for you. Your daughter sounds very accomplished. I'm new to this board and was wondering if you could tell me where your daughter trained in dance and voice. I live in the east, around the Philly area, and my kids are very young and they show an interest in the 'biz'. I'm guessing you can't start soon enough. This board is very addicting.</p>
<p>CHB1005963297-
Please post the link to the HAIR photo's. I would love to have a look.</p>
<p>BdwayBaby</p>
<p>Hi! I tried to send you an email but your settings on this site don't allow it. So maybe you could email me and tell me a little about your kids and I'd be happy to share my D's experiences with you and help if I can. You can email me through the site. I look forward to hearing from you</p>
<p>I just updated it all. If it does not work it is because the server has not accepted the uploads yet. Hope everyone enjoys them.</p>
<p>HAIR - The American Tribal Love Rock Musical
The Hartt School - December, 2004
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/hairhartt%5B/url%5D">http://www.geocities.com/hairhartt</a></p>
<p>Feel free to ask questions.</p>
<p>To CHB - Re Hair at Hartt</p>
<p>Haven't been able to see pictures yet, but my D is a 1st yr MT at Hartt and saw the show -- several times -- said it was absolutely amazing!!!</p>
<p>Theatermom & 5pants, thank you for putting my mind at ease about the monologues. It's very easy to get a little gaga during this process, what with six auditions coming up in the next seven weeks.....</p>
<p>Just wanted to give anyone who might be interested a heads-up on a TV opportunity this evening. On the PBS series "Great Performances" they are broadcasting a production of "Candide" with Kristen Chenoweth and Patty Lupone. Check your TV schedules because it airs at different times across the country. Here in Philly it's on WHYY from 9 - 11, while in NYC it's on from 8 - 10. </p>
<p>Sounds like it should be very interesting. It's not often staged - HUGE vocal requirements for musical theater - so this is a wonderful opportunity. Tape it for your MT kids.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>I remember very well being at the UM audition last winter when Brent Wagner stood in front of the group and went over some audition details. He spoke about the piano "placement" audition and said that even though it won't be a deal breaker, he valued piano very much and that it can help the acceptance decision, but probably not hurt it. This is evidenced by piano in his curriculum. He even said that if you weren't reading music yet, you better start. Being a pianist myself, that warmed the heart!</p>
<p>Considering the number of very talented and skilled kids auditioning, I would assume that everything counts in the picture, unless there are some who have a very specific thing that the program wants. So I would expect that dance and piano could edge some in or out as the results have to pretty close. However, the kids in the program who spoke to us did not tend to have high piano placement classes freshmen year, and couple of them said they had no dance experience at all prior to college. I think piano is very important because I have noticed that my son does often play a new piece on the piano to get the nuances of it just right, and he has accompanied in a pinch sometimes. He is not a great pianist and it has been a while since he has had official piano lessons, but it is a skill that he finds very usefull. When he was putting together a cabaret this fall, he found that he often had to resort to the piano to pull a number together both alone and with his crew.</p>
<p>At the November audition, there were kids who had no previous piano at all to kids with very advanced piano pieces that they were going to play. The student manning the piano list said that was typical, and that the first year group had the same variation in piano skills.</p>
<p>U-M audition this weekend</p>
<p>Thanks again to all the very useful information on this forum. My D will be auditioning at Michigan on Friday ( I guess one of the 36) and would love to meet those of you there. How can we recognize each other? My D just bought a blue leotard for the audition, but now it looks like black is it! She plans on opting out of the piano audition to discuss music theory, as she does not play piano and saw this option available. This forum has been incredibly useful to us. I'm having trouble with the new format, though, hard to keep skipping around to read all the threads- change is hard! Just bought heavy rain boots for our trip to Ann Arbor tomorrow.</p>
<p>CHB1005###...Excellent pics of Hair! I can't wait to show them to my D. I would love to hear more about Hartt and your experiences there if you would like to share.</p>
<p>Denvermom, I am not sure how we will know who is who among us parents but if the group is not too large, we will figure it out. So far, I have only been to the Emerson audition and within minutes, all us CC parents figured out who the rest were and it was a lot of fun. </p>
<p>The only identifier I can think of is in describing myself, I am 48 (this week!), have medium brown hair just past my shoulders, will likely be wearing a black sheepskin style jacket and black bag and I am from Vermont. I know two parents in "real" time who I might be talking with, one a parent of a boy from FL (the parent might be his dad) and another mom from Vermont. Just ask around and we will find one another as it is a long day. </p>
<p>My D also got some new leotards that are colored that she was maybe going to wear to auditions but the UMich papers mention all black so I guess she might nix the colored ones this time. </p>
<p>My D likes that piano is part of the audition and the program itself. She likes that they value it. She never learned piano for theater reasons as she started back when she was seven, but subsequently has found that being a pianist is beneficial to her work in musical theater. She can sight read music easily due to playing three instruments. In fact, I think that skill was instrumental (no pun intended) once in getting cast in an audition in NYC where the composer had her audition by learning to sing his music right on the spot and she was able to read it because of her background in playing piano. Other times it becomes helpful is being able to accompany herself or others when singing. She has been asked to accompany the chorus and has sat in at the last moment at theater auditions as the pianist when one did not show up and she sight read and played for others' auditions. She finds it very handy when she has directed shows as she did this past weekend. She can write the harmonies and teach the music to the cast at the piano and run rehearsals. It just comes in handy to have a music background when dealing with musical theater. It just turned out that way but now I see that the , music theory background and all relates to the theater work too. She plays piano in jazz band too. She happens to love piano and likes the idea of a BFA MT program where there are options for continuing to study it. Both my girls attribute a lot of what they have eventually done in performing arts to the early influence of the piano teacher they have had for ten years. I think she planted the seeds and basis for other related performing endeavors. I don't think I ever knew back when they were little and with piano lessons and all, how it would play a significant role in their other performing arts and the direction they took with their lives, particularly this second child (though my other one was heavily involved in performing arts too but did not go to college for it). </p>
<p>Since UM says the piano part of the audition is just for placement purposes, I did not think it really counted but then again, they bother to do that at the audition day rather than after you matriculate so who knows. I know you don't have to know how to play to get in. Everyone's sharing of experiences here has been beneficial to read. I thank you all for coming back this year to share with those like us going through the process. </p>
<p>I am rooting for everyone's kids on here to have some nice choices this spring and who knows, maybe some of our kids will end up going to college together! </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>I thought I'd toss this suggestion into the wind once again: how about pinning a MagenTa (MT, get it?) ribbon to your clothes as a CC signifier?</p>
<p>i won't be at any of these, but i'll throw my 2 cents in. that's exactly what i was going to suggest...a ribbon similar to those worn to support breast cancer and other causes. small and indiscrete, but seen when looked for. we will be at ocu on february 18. jamie</p>
<p>I have been following this thread for over 1 1/2 years now. I must say I haven't seen the likes of the commraderie that has developed with so many of you posters! It ALMOST makes me want to do it all over again. I say ALMOST!!!! I would love the chance to meet you people! </p>
<p>Anyway....wishing you all broken legs who are auditioning this weekend! Looking forward to reading about your experiences.</p>
<p>Artic blast is coming...stay warm!</p>
<p>SUE B</p>
<p>Susan (5-pants)</p>
<p>I'm with you! ALMOST!!!!</p>
<p>On second thought................Nah........... :-)</p>