<p>On Emerson’s Stagedoor website, it says to book a four hour time period for your audition. Is this the case for Unified auditions as well as on-campus auditions? I’m auditiong for 3 schools at NYC Unifieds and have two booked, one for Sat. and one for Sun., so I need to figure out which day I should schedule Emerson’s for once I get my Stagedoor ID. Can anyone who’s auditioned for Emerson at Unifieds share their audition experience (length/scheduling-wise)?
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!!</p>
<p>Speaking of the Emerson ID #. Do you have to send in the Application and the Supplement (if going the Common App Route), completed and paid for before you can get the ID#? Can’t schedule an audition without it.</p>
<p>Emerson audition my d attended was on Monday for 4 hours in the afternoon (1 to 5 I think?) Most other schools were done with auditions on Sunday. The audition lasted the entire 4 hours and included a dance call as well as songs and monologues. This was the LA Unified audition in early Feb 09.</p>
<p>There was a bunch of waiting time involved at NY Unifieds for Emerson last year. I don’t recall it taking four hours, but it did take a while. If I remember correctly, they broke the group up into two smaller groups, one which would dance first, the other to sing/act first, but then still had them cycle through the dance audition, monologues and songs. If you’re at the end of the line of kids when it comes time to sing/act, it can take quite some time. They did let the kids line themselves up, though, so if they do it the same way, you can volunteer to go first. This doesn’t work, though, if you’re in the group that sings first, as you’d have to wait for the rest of the kids for the dance audition.</p>
<p>Mom at home: you do need to complete the application (common app, supplement and pay) in order to get the ID.</p>
<p>Since you need a half day committment for Emerson you might want to consider the Friday audition in NYC. It won’t conflict with the other Unified auditions but is conveniently offered Thursday and Friday before Unified at Chelsea Studios in the city.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I’ll definitely consider the Thursday or Friday before that. I have my Hartt Audition scheduled on that Saturday and it’s all in the morning (dance at 8:30, audition at 10:10), so if I can get an audition time for Emerson after 12, I think it would work to do both that day.</p>
<p>I know you are from the Tri- State area, but you may not realize that Hartford to Boston is about a 2 hour drive. If the weather is iffy (my D had her audition in a blizzard a few years back) that adds time. You have to give yourself time to get lost in Boston; most people do get lost a little. We got lost going to auditions (stupid one ways…) and I used to live outside of Boston! Just be careful AND realistic as you schedule your dates.</p>
<p>Snoggie, the OP is talking about auditioning at Unifieds. No travel necessary.</p>
<p>:( my bad! That’s what I get for reading quickly and not reviewing a thread!!! Yay! then it is awesome it will work out!!!</p>
<p>I scheduled my audition for Friday 1/29 and it said I should anticipate being their for 4 hours, so I think for Unifieds it might be along the same lines, incase anyone else was wondering.</p>
<p>I know this is a late reply since Unifieds are almost over, but I had a chicago emerson audition and mine took 3 hours…and i was the very last person to leave. it really just depends on how many are signed up in your group with you. we did the dance audition first and that took two hours (its not two straight hours of dancing, there is an info session and a talk-back part of it so no worries), and then we decided amongst ourselves who would sing and act in what order. the first person to go was done after about two and a half hours, and everyone was understanding if you had another audition to go to. just don’t stress out about the scheduling, pretty much all of the faculty i came across was incredibly understanding about other auditions. and emerson was by far the nicest audition i had, so don’t worry :)</p>
<p>trace92 I actually had my audition last weekend, and it was the same in NYC as your Chicago. I was one of the last to go as well as I didn’t have a train/bus/or other audition to get to and I was there for about 3 hours as well. The only faculty that were at mine were the head of the dept. and the accompanist, and both were so nice, I agree. I had a great time at my audition too.=)</p>
<p>D’s audition lasted 3 hours at LA Unfiied. And she had fun. Though dancing is not her strength. The Emerson staff were nice and encouraging The only bad part was that Emerson told them that they only take in somthing like 28 students per year. They hold auditions for more than 600 students. No encouraging numbers. Anyone have more details on this.</p>
<p>sheilatara,</p>
<p>My S auditioned at the NY Unifieds and the 28 sounds in the ballpark. However that is probably the number of students in the class. They will probably accept double that 28 in order to yield 28 who actually accept and enroll.</p>
<p>I remember Stephen Terrel (I’m pretty sure it was him) telling us that they generally have about 25 in the MT class, sometimes more or less, but that in order to get that number they accept around 60 students.</p>
<p>All the schools with the exception of JMU all told us anywhere from 600-900 auditions for top 20 spots - but that we should not look at the math of it - that it is depressing - they are right! 3% overall acceptance rate is low - my D applied to 11 schools - I have to say I am posting here for Emerson Unifieds as I sat with my D that weekend in NY, where she did 4 auditions in 2 days, I felt her pain- so many talented people! so few spots. Everyone who came out of Emerson had horror stories to tell - not being allowed to finish their song, their monologue - being asked to sing it faster, slower, less breaths… we were warned before going in, but it is still unsettling when your kid works so hard to make the performance right, and tries to be flexible and show that they can take direction ( cause let’s face it, that is why they the auditioners do that) comes out with that deflated look on their face. Good luck to all who auditioned in NY - not sure the auditioners were having a good weekend.</p>