<p>On average how many auditions do students take? How many are possible? My son has a list of 7 he is interested in and not really leaning toward any school in particular. Three of the schools are out of state. </p>
<p>Thanks everyone in advance for any help you can provide.</p>
<p>with careful planning, I was able to do 7 auditions this year. I did one in november and one every week from the last week of january to the first week of march. It helps if some of your schools have dates that aren’t on weekends.</p>
<p>there are many threads discussing this very subject, so it’s worthwhile looking back thru prior threads.</p>
<p>D had 9 auditions, but had to send a cd to one due to a date conflict. It was intense.</p>
<p>The more competitive the instrument, the more auditions you need to do</p>
<p>We had one person on the acceptance list last year who listed 14 different schools. Some of those acceptances were undoubtedly via recorded audition, but that is the most I have ever heard of. I think five to seven is probably much more typical. It also is somewhat dependent on instrument, with sopranos, violinists, flutists and pianists (and probably some others I am not thinking of at the moment) sometimes feeling the need to audition at more schools.</p>
<p>My D did 5, and it was a perfect number for her. She probably could have done two more at the most - maybe one more in NYC and one in another city.</p>
<p>It depends on the instrument, location of schools, and how much money/time you’re willing to invest. Here is my own experience of the audition process, in case it would be of any help to you:</p>
<p>5 out of the 7 music programs I applied to required a prescreening recording I had to pass before I got to the actual live audition. I passed all of those, so the out of state audition phase began in late January. All my auditions were on weekends in which I flew out to whatever city they were in just in time to tour the school, get some info, see a little bit of the city, audition, and leave. I had to miss a few mondays and fridays of school, but it worked out fine. </p>
<p>I had 6 auditions total for contemporary/jazz voice, although for 2 schools I auditioned for 2 programs so I only had to go to 4 campuses, each in a different city. I also applied to one school with a required portfolio, so that’s 7 music programs in total. It was a perfectly number for me, seeing as the two schools in which I auditioned for multiple programs chose the program I was best suited for. Thus, I’ve been accepted to 4 schools, rejected from none, and waiting on 1. This gives me a very reasonable array of choices. Best of luck to you and your son!</p>
<p>My D passed her 8 pre-screening but then dropped two because it was just too much travelling for her to do. So she ended up going to 6 schools and it was ALOT since they were all compressed in February and March. She ended up travelling to San Francisco, Houston, three times to Philly and twice to New York. It’s finally over!</p>
<p>I did 6, two DVD, three regional, and one at campus (although it wasn’t far). I think 6-8, is probably a good number, especially with pre-screens etc. I think if you’re able to mix recorded, regionals and on-campus then you’re good to go. I also think that taking the summer before senior year, or any break before then, to look at schools is one of the best things to do. a lot of people experience the school only when they audition and i think it’s easier to narrow down the schools you actually want to go to once you have seen them, going there and meeting with people, students etc. makes all the difference. Luckily for me my four auditions were all about 3-4 weeks apart so I just focused on one, got it out of the way and moved to the next</p>
<p>overall I traveled to Seattle twice, SF once, and one was in Portland, so i didn’t have to go far at all and 5 of my schools are all in the midwest/east coast</p>