<p>The criteria for merit aid also depends on the academic profile of the school. My son with a 3.3 gpa and very average SAT scores was offerred merit aid at only a few schools (the ones with a lower academic profile). Point Park would be an example of that type.</p>
<p>I don't know if this is a good place to post this request, as I am new to this site, but any help will be appreciated.</p>
<p>My daughter has an upcoming audition which requires her to sing two songs. She must bring her music accompaniment on CD or tape.<br>
1. How does she get the music? Can you buy musical accompaniment? Where do you get it? Can the key of the song be adjusted?
2. If you can't buy it previously recorded, are there companies that sell that kind of service? Then, how do you record the music? Do we need to buy a CD recorder?</p>
<p>Thanks, in advance.</p>
<p>Happy Mother's Day!</p>
<p>You can pm me if you like, and I can put you in touch with a musical director who will record your sheet music accompaniment on a cd and his turn a round time is excellent.</p>
<p>Hi Riesen--Welcome to the forum!! On occasion we have used musical creations. Their web site is <a href="http://www.musicalcreations.com%5B/url%5D">www.musicalcreations.com</a> -- you can order a cd or download the accompaniment--I believe you can also order things in different keys--hope this helps.</p>
<p>Here are a few more options: on the website: <a href="http://www.pocketsongs.com%5B/url%5D">www.pocketsongs.com</a> -- you can buy many pre-recorded tracks. The website and catalog will tell you what key the songs are in. </p>
<p>Also, if you go to a well-stocked sheet music store, you'll find many books of songs that come with a CD -- The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection (Hal Leonard) is just one example.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any information on Emerson. We live about a half hour from Point Park and CMU... but my daughter wants to go further away ..NYC preferably!</p>
<p>Megnut,</p>
<p>There is an entire thread dedicated to Emerson. Look at the top of the Musical Theatre page and you will see it. The school has been discussed repeatedly on the MT forum.</p>
<p>Isnt this the musical theatre page dancersmom...or do I go to emerson's pages???? I'm a technically challenged mom!!! Where would I find this????</p>
<p>Emerson is in Boston, and not in NYC! :)</p>
<p>Megnut, when you open the Musical Theater Forum, do you see a list of about 35 colleges at the top, printed in blue? Those are not all of the musical theater colleges, but it is a bunch of them that have existing threads/discussions. Click right on the blue name of the college, such as Emerson, and it will open a forum JUST for Emerson musical theater thread topics. Same with all the other MT colleges listed at the top. Those are sub forums specific to each MT college. </p>
<p>Just to help you further, here is a link to the Emerson MT college subforum:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=559%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=559</a>
There are 17 threads there devoted just to the Emerson MT college program.</p>
<p>I also have one piece of advice.....Picking a college for MT is not like picking a regular college. For a regular college, there are hundreds and hundreds to pick from. Therefore, perhaps a student might have a certain location in mind as one selection criteria. For MT, however, there is more of a finite number of schools that offer this degree. There are still plenty to pick from but not nearly like for regular college. While some might narrow their selection by region of the country, it would not be as favorable to narrow the selection criteria by a certain city, like NYC, because that would cut out the majority of MT schools, and in fact, might cut out ones that fit the best for the student. It is very difficult to get into a BFA in MT program. One must be open to looking more widely or casting a wider net. Perhaps NYC is ideal to your D, but her search should really explore many other MT programs to find the programs that fit what she wants. Location should be a secondary criteria. There are just a few MT programs in or very lose to NYC.</p>
<p>Thanks soozievt I found it and it was helpful.. I know Emerson is in Boston!! I 've heard good things about it but don't know if my daughter will consider not being close to NYC... We visited and applied to too many colleges with my son ,now a senior, and I'd like this search to be a bit more focused before we start visiting and applying.</p>
<p>Megnut - You were asking earlier about schools that offered good merit scholarships. My D got accepted to Pace's BFA Acting program and received a very substantial scholarship/grant package. She had received this prior to being accepted to the Acting program so we were keeping our fingers crossed! My D's stats are good but not way up there. You also mentioned that you D wanted to be in NYC and Pace is right in lower Manhattan. You might want to check it out.</p>
<p>What is the dorm situation like at Pace? From the website, it looks like there is significant computing.</p>
<p>rather, significant commuting (whoops!)</p>
<p>First year students at Pace stay in Maria's Tower which is right on the main campus in Manhattan. I also was told that they recently built a new dorm a few blocks from Pace but I'm not exactly sure who is housed there. Upper classmen may also be assigned to dorms in Brooklyn but they do have a shuttle service available and I heard it's also a quick ride via public transportation.</p>
<p>We are completely new to all this. Do you audition once while all the schools observe? Or do you audition independently for each school but just in teh one city?</p>
<p>Welcome no clue (love the username!)~
The answer is "yes" to your second question. At the Unified Auditions you make separate appointments and audition independently for the schools that you are applying to that participate in the unified process. Here is the link to that website:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.unifiedauditions.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.unifiedauditions.com/</a></p>
<p>The info listed is for the last round of auditions and I imagine it will be updated before too long with the dates for the next cycle...but it gives you the general schedule. I believe that some schools also schedule their regional auditions around the dates listed for the unifieds, but in a separate location within the same city. :)</p>
<p>No Clue- I bumped a huge thread for you explaining the Unified Auditions....Happy Reading to you, and all the other new parents and students wandering in here.</p>
<p>I am new to all of this and quite frankly I'm overwhelmed-no I'm terrified!!! I'm not sure my son has talent enough to even think of applying to some of the schools that are being discussed here....Tisch, Carnegie Mellon, etc. There are a couple of state schools that offer music theater(BFA). If he goes to a state school is he going to be able to compete in the real world. Are his only chances of success in the real world dependent on going to one of these high powered schools?</p>
<p>My Advise is to be prepared as early as possible. Start now. Start looking for audition material. Songs and monologues. Don't waste the summer. Audition time will come up on you very quickly. Read lots of plays this summer. I also wrote this on another thread, but if your s/d doesn't play an instrument and doesn't read music.... use the summer to take music theory lessons!</p>
<p>Again... It is NOT TOO EARLY TO START doing all of these things.</p>
<p>My other piece of advise is to CALM down! Take one step at a time... it can be totally overwhelming if you think of the whole process at once. You will make it through it. Once again, just be prepared as early as possible.... and don't start freaking out right now.</p>