<p>My D, along with almost everyone I know, used photocopies of sheet music in a binder. The only school I have heard of that has wanted proof of an original copy is OCU (likely due to being a music school and often originals are needed in music adjudications, but it is NOT the norm to require that for MT auditions for colleges or in the real world of auditions). If your child applies to OCU, check about needing an original. For most schools, a binder of audition music is what is used and originals are NOT required. In the world of auditions for professional MT, no originals are required. Having a binder where the pages are easy to turn works best, in fact. My D has many binders of photocopied sheet music and does not own the originals to all of her songs.</p>
<p>ktmom - my D used copies for her sheetmusic and had no problem whatsoever with her binder :) at any of the schools she auditioned for. I do believe however that there are a couple of schools (OCU?) that require you to bring an original version. May be someone who has "hands on experience" about that particular requirement could chime in.</p>
<p>Since my D is only a sophomore, we don't have experience with preferences or requirements for college auditions, but my D's voice teacher is very insistent that we purchase the original music and then make copies for the binder.</p>
<p>PDX....buying the original is the right thing to do. I am just saying that the BFA in MT auditions do NOT require an original AT the auditions (exception is OCU which is a BM degree btw). When you attend professional MT auditions, originals also are not required and again, a binder of sheet music is the NORM. Purchasing originals is important for other reasons.</p>
<p>Absolutely :)</p>
<p>Just wondering...in general, when do most schools update their websites for the next year's apps and info? Is it not until August? Or do some update as early as June or July?</p>
<p>I remember that my daughter got started on some of her applications in mid-summer. I'm guessing that would have been July.</p>
<p>TXKatsmom - most update in August, but same as onstage's D, my D actually got started in July, she got herself signed up on most of the college websites at that time (all those online applications require that your child creates a log in name and password). Another good thing is to have your child talk to their HS counselor before summer break to begin discussing the college counselor recommendations.</p>
<p>Thanks onstage and MTgrlsmom.</p>
<p>MTgrlsmom, do you mean giving the guidance counselor a "heads-up" that she will be asking for quite a "few" (at least 8, yikes!) recommendations when she gets back to school in the Fall?</p>
<p>My son's choir teacher was retiring at the end of my son's junior year; so my son procurred his recommendation in late May or early June of his junior year. He also researched the various essay requirements for his list of schools and got started on those over the summer.</p>
<p>You may find that many teachers get overwhelmed with recommendation requests in the fall; we asked teachers to write a general recommendation in the spring, and saved it on a disc till fall, so it could be easily updated and personalized for each school.</p>
<p>TXKatsmom....
The counselor truly only writes ONE report as far as the narrative goes and then fills out the forms (which are sort of like checklists) for each school and you should give it all to them in one packet. Same with the teacher recommendations....a teacher would write one narrative but fill out the teacher rec form for each school but you should give them all at one time. So, no, it is NOT like they write 8 recs for you!</p>
<p>Hey, if you or any of your children have a facebook, make sure that you/they join the MT 2013 facebook group
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11550173226%5B/url%5D">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11550173226</a></p>
<p>Yay Finally!</p>
<p>My advice for this coming group is to review the Commisserate Here - rejections thread posts and take them to heart. My hope is that next year on CC there will be no one that posts that they have no school to go to. </p>
<p>You will read over and over on CC that you MUST...MUST...apply to a safety school - a non-audition program at a school you like. With a population of baby boomers and increased number of college applicants, a safety school is not a "match" school. Examine this year's admission statistics. You will find that schools that previously admitted 60 or 70% of applicants only admitted 40% this year - admission rates are at a record low and have been for the past 2 yrs at least. I highly recommend finding a school where academically your SAT/ACT/GPA is at the high end for this backup. </p>
<p>Again...something you will read over and over but you must take to heart - those other BFA schools - the ones that you think are less desirable - they are NOT safety schools. You have to approach this making at least one selection based on an assumption that you will get into NO BFA program. It doesn't matter if you or your child is another Bernadette Peters and has their Equity card....just do it. </p>
<p>I really feel this is the most important advice I can pass along. I am going to look forward to watching the next group. Break a Leg!</p>
<p>I just mistakedly posted a question about safety schools on the Commisserate here thread, so I'll ask again.
How can you convince a child that has dedicated their entire existence to pick a program outside a BFA musical theatre to have a safe back up. Unfortunately I know my D would rather train solidly for a whole year and then try again, or go to a local school while getting some general studies credits under her belt and then the next year try again. Her voice teacher feels that you'd be better off moving to New York, training hard (with the money you'd use for tuition) and see if this is the life that you really want. My problem with that is no 18 year old that I know of is ready to take on that type of responsibility.
Back to the question...do you look at a school that you'd ultimately like to get your BFA in, apply to the BA program also, and then hope to transfer.
And...if you don't get through the audition process can't you choose a different school within that University if you are admitted academically.
For instance, if you live in Florida and you get into FSU, but not the BFA MT program I believe you can still go there as a BA in the college of liberal arts. Or atleast reapply and be considered for such-what about U of Mich? I thought I remember having students who were accepting in to U of Mich pending their audition-if they didn't get into the BFA or BM program couldn't they reapply to the LSA program since their application was accepted.
Same question for NYU-Tisch, U of Hartford; Hart
It would seem that would be your back up as a safe school. Can anyone respond to this?...</p>