<p>Anyone audition at New School for Jazz yet?</p>
<p>Silentcygnet, I agree. My D was rather distraught immediately after the audition, while I was fast asleep due to the 12-hour time difference! On the other hand, kids never want us around when they are nervous. They just wish mom could be the Jeannie in Aladdin’s magic lamp.</p>
<p>Silentcygnet, I’m sorry I’m just seeing this now. Take heart–my son didn’t even accomplish the sight singing at his auditions to the extent your did last year. If someone had asked him to change octaves he would have panicked! Remember they know he’s a drummer–though he will have aural skills training in college, the schools don’t expect him to be accomplished in that area necessarily given his instrument. It sounds like the rest of the audition went well! I’m sure his overall audition was fine.</p>
<p>Awww, thanks so much, SJTH! We are now (almost) at the point of laughing about it, and auditions are keeping S busy and hopeful. It has been said over and over that it is very difficult to predict any outcome from the response (or lack of) from the audition committee, so I think it’s just best to move forward. Hopefully it is a good lesson for those “less traditional” auditioners (like the jazz drumset crowd!) at a more traditional conservatory that these skills may be asked for and tested, so I hope the story helps someone next time.</p>
<p>Thanks also, Muimui…so wish I had a magic wand! Best of luck to your D, and enjoy those naps when you can!</p>
<p>Jazzdrummermom, we are auditioning at the New School this Sunday, and I will post about it…will that help you? When are you headed there? I also know that Jazz/shreddermom’s S auditioned at the New School this year on guitar, so hopefully she can shed some light for you. Also, I know SJTH’s S auditioned there last year and loved it.</p>
<p>Although the audition cycle has been great for bonding and I will never forget these adventures, I am getting ready for it to end…three more!</p>
<p>jazzdrummermom, my son auditioned at New School last week on guitar. They were friendly and prompt. First, he was given a practice room (parents lingered around in the hallways, etc.), spent about 25 minutes in there, then he went right into the audition room, where he had live backup (drums, rhythm guitar and bass I think? Can’t remember!) with either faculty or students (not sure, forgot to ask him). Not a lot of chatting in there - he played his three songs, then was taken across the hall for an interview with a woman who I believe is head of admissions. She’s the one who pressed him endlessly about his first choice school (I posted this somewhere else), and as much as I’d like to believe it was because of his music prowess and their desire for him (as someone hypothesized), she was not in the audition! </p>
<p>A word of caution, even though it was right in front of her on his application, she asked my son if he was applying to the BFA or the BA. Well, filling out that form was months ago, and he couldn’t remember which was which! FYI, the BA is the five year program/the BFA four.</p>
<p>ok…thanks</p>
<p>jazzshreddermom, I can totally empathize with you - there is NO WAY my S would remember which degree he applied for on one of the 10 applications he filled out six months ago. All he knows at this point is that he wants to do a good job in the audition. Although it is important, in the midst of the stress of auditions, which degree he applied for seems pretty remote to him right now. With the traveling to different cities every few days and the lack of sleep, it’s a wonder these poor kids can remember their phone numbers 
Hang in there and good luck to you and your S with the remaining auditions!</p>
<p>Just finished my last audition, a regional for San Francisco Conservatory in NYC. Because of the terrible weather, the director of admissions was several hours late. I ended up waiting nearly 5 hours to audition, which was very unpleasant. It was very disorganized because the original schedule was scrapped in favor of letting those who had auditions/flights later in the day go first. Since this was my only event today, I waited, waited, and waited. My accompanist had to leave after the first hour, so I had to play alone, and my dad had to go back to work. However, I did get to make some new musician friends, and the director was very nice. I was shaky physically because I hadn’t eaten in almost 8 hours, but I played my best, and the director was very positive. Did I mention I had to walk through piles of slushy snow? Well regardless I get to celebrate the end of audition season!!</p>
<p>Congrats Lastrose–you’re a trooper!</p>
<p>Thanks SJTH! It’s a truly wonderful feeling to have finished all of my auditions :D</p>
<p>Lastroseofsummer, you have a really commendable attitude. I hope you get lots of great results from your auditions!</p>
<p>Thank you glassharmonica! I’m sure your daughter will be very successful as well.</p>
<p>Sounds like a rough one, but it must make you feel so good that you were able to get through it and get the audition done. Congratulations on completing your audition season, lastroseofsummer!</p>
<p>We were supposed to be at Ithaca today but due to the weather, we were unable to get there. Earlier in the week, we had been told there would be no arrangements made because of the bad weather. When I called to cancel this morning, they said we could express mail a DVD by Monday.</p>
<p>We were supposed to be at Ithaca today but due to the weather, we were unable to get there. Earlier in the week, we had been told there would be no arrangements made because of the bad weather. When I called to cancel this morning, they said we could express mail a DVD by Monday. Unfortunately, my daughter only has CD’s prepared (which they will not accept), and we are without power and in a hotel…likely for days. We are unlikely to get to the DVD, but thought we would let others know. Be sure to call the schools- even if they have previously said no arrangements would be made. Apparently Ithaca had so many cancellations that they HAD to adjust. I guess it also helps to have DVDs available!</p>
<p>I would send the CD anyway with explanation and promise that a DVD will be coming along. They may not take it but there’s not much to lose on your part.</p>
<p>This is a good message to send to all those for next year. We shot all of our recording sessions on video so we would have it “just in case” And if any schools took CD or DVD, we were sure to send a DVD just so they had it. Basically, I made a DVD for every school and only made a CD if that’s all they would accept. We sat in the Charlotte airport for 8 hours on Thursday and thought we were going to have to use the DVD for our NEC audition. However, we finally got out. Spent our 6 minutes singing and got on the plane and came home.</p>
<p>Regarding making DVD’s: certainly a good idea. However, there may be others in my D’s situation, especially in VP. The development in her voice between October, when DVD’s and CD’s were made for pre-screens and NFAA, and now, late February, is huge. If she were to send those DVD’s now, it would not reflect the quality of her current performance ability. So, she’s making a new one, needed for an audition cancellation due to snow. Fortunately, that program is being very flexible, as they have had many cancellations. We shall see…</p>
<p>Good luck to your son today silentcygnet!</p>
<p>I know what you mean about there being a big difference between the DVD rep you have available and the CD rep. Making CD’s is just so much easier - especially if you have a Mac because, honestly, the iMovie program that makes video recordings is horrendous and the sound quality is horrible. But GarageBand is terrific, so CD’s come out fine. </p>
<p>I had to send a DVD for a festival I applied for this summer so I ended up sending a CD with my most current rep on it and a DVD from last year. I included a letter explaining why I sent both, detailed the included repertoire, and asked that they listen to both if they have the chance, but if they can’t I understand. I really hope they listen to the CD because it’s far better than the DVD, but if they can’t it’s ok I guess. I really need to find a way of making better DVD’s…</p>