<p>By all means send your video.
…even though the the instructions specifically state not to.</p>
<p>FWIW
Neither Julliard nor Manhattan School of Music nor New England Conservatory accept video for Jazz Percussion pre application submissions. I would assume Jazz percussionists count as and consider themselves percussionists.</p>
<p>Apparently though, for Orchestral programs, video IS required. Maybe you are coming from that perspective…?</p>
<p>Manhattan School of Music</p>
<p>All orchestral percussion applicants are required to submit a video recording for prescreening purposes in order to receive an invitation to a live audition in New York City. The recording must include all of the repertoire as listed below. </p>
<p>Snare Drum
Solo or etude
Prokofiev Lieutenant Kij</p>
<p>Well, I’m not going to major in music, but I want to be heavily involved in whatever music programs (marching band, orchestras etc.) the schools I’m applying to may offer. No, I don’t think I’m the best, but I do believe I’m up there. </p>
<p>And Hparent, how dare you say I don’t belong at Harvard. What gives you the right to say this? Cause your children were goody-goody two-shoes? I may not be the traditional elitist Ivy-League applicant, but I am plenty capable of successfully studying at Harvard.</p>
<p>Also, point of interest, why would you think that the admissions office would want to hear you playing scales? As someone else pointed out, if you have the technical chops to do perfect scales, it should show in your pieces, no?</p>
<p>^^^You’re right on that. I’m just trying to figure out what to put in my video because all of the Arts Supplement videos I’ve seen online are 10 minutes long. I don’t know how to make mine that long…</p>
<p>Sending in Arts Supplements is a tremendous amount of work. Each school has different rules and requirements for submissions and it is unclear whether or not your submission will be reviewed once you have put in all of the work to get the format right.</p>
<p>That said, after I was admitted to Harvard the admissions officer for my region remarked to me that she found my music incredibly interesting. I am a singer/songwriter but I am not concentrating in Music.</p>
<p>Applying is stressful–adding an Arts Supplement adds to that stress–I empathize but channeling your stress into anger will make this process even worse. Good Luck</p>
<p>It may be the only non audition musical ensemble on the campus. I don’t think filling a spot in that band is going to be a hook for anyone.</p>
<p>… and based on what you propose to play, I just don’t think a cd or a dvd is going to help you. There are scads upon scads of really talented percussionists and pianists there. Now if you played the bass, that would be a different story - everybody needs a bass player:)</p>
<p>Write about it your music. Note whatever honors and awards you may have and leave it as that. It should help you as an EC you are passionate about and good at. Trying to turn that into a hook just isn’t likely to turn out well.</p>
<p>Take all that with as many grains of salt as you wish.</p>
<p>For the best answer to all of your musical questions however, give Tom or Mark a call or send them an email.</p>
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<p>I do mention my awards and my common app essay is about marching band. So you think it’s best just to submit an arts supplement to other colleges and not care about sending any recordings to Harvard?</p>
<p>Well would you be going out for any other musical groups on campus? None of the orchestras? None of the pit orchestras? If that’s even a possibility, I wouldn’t swing nearly so hard in the not-sending-things direction as OT is suggesting. If it isn’t but you still think you rock, you should submit one or two short pieces showcasing your skill. Personally, I did arts and crafts in high school and attached a picture of one project. I don’t think it’s like they de-valued that picture because I wasn’t obviously planning to continue in college. The theory was, Here is something that is cool about me, that I learned to do skillfully in high school. I want to show you because it adds light to what I’ve been doing with my time in high school, even if it’s not a pursuit that’s going to influence my college years. Same theory applies to you perhaps?</p>
<p>OK, I’d apologize if I’m wrong but it seems to me you are not interested in playing within rules. You obviously want/dream that the college(s) would come to fit you… I said so in a hurry and based on the fact that so many highly qualified, highly talented and highly motivated applicants are out there. And, most of them, if not all, will follow the rules and instructions closely. So, if you don’t like to play within the rules, you disqualify yourself and won’t even get a serious look. Then, why bother?</p>
<p>In addition, I don’t think you have a clue how big the pond is and what a (limited) role an “art supplement” or “talent” may play, if any, in the admission process. H usually gets more than 2500 music recordings each year, and only about 10% of them would be forwarded to the music faculty for evaluation. The screening criteria are academics, ECs, Characters, and personality, etc. If your overall profile is not strong enough, you’ll not make the cut. Then again, why bother? It’s said that only less than 20% of those got to be evaluated were considered truly talented/gifted. Eventually, 50-60% of these “truly gifted” will be admitted - well, you do the math…</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d worry more about other, more important parts of the application and not waste time arguing about or trying to change the rules… Good luck anyway.</p>