<p>actually, you'll receive all that information when you get your schedule on registration day (last year, i think it was sept 2). over the past 5 years, my schedule has started at either 9 or 10 in the morning, and has gone until 5 or 7. it varies depending on your instrument, what levels of academics you placed into, what orchestra you're in, and if you take any voluntary courses (like conducting).</p>
<p>o well i didnt make it</p>
<p>im an underclassmen so im thinking of re auditioning next year</p>
<p>im just really happy that i got a callback and they thought i was that good because everyone that i talked to at callbacks were all seniors</p>
<p>does anyone know exactly howm any people made it in for voice?</p>
<p>don't worry about it!</p>
<p>MOST people in the precollege don't make it in their first time (from hat i've heard)</p>
<p>yea I'm fine with it, I was soo happy that i got a callback and stuff</p>
<p>and the good thing is I have another year to go for it</p>
<p>I just hope that when I audition for college, I'll have better results my first time haha</p>
<p>hey-- do any of you know how many voice students they accepted at manhattan school of music precollege this year? i applied and i was accepted, but i'm just curious anyway....</p>
<p>The reason music schools often require solfege training is that it is in fact valuable. In music, intervals are intrinsic to how a work is presented, and with solfege training you learn to adopt your musical style to the intervals in the piece. It also allows musicians when playing to adjust their playing to the circumstances, since when you can hear intervals and such you can see if the way you are playing is fitting in with the way the orchestra is playing it.</p>
<p>It is also part of learning to appreciate what the composer is actually doing with the piece, to gain insight into what it is he/she was trying to convey, which is important. Music is a lot more then playing notes, despite what far too many people think music is, there is an emotional and technical structure that solfege training can help release that allows a performer to express the piece, rather then just play it (if you see some of these whiz bang violonists and pianists who can play technical fireworks but come off as almost robotic, you know what I am talking about).</p>
<p>Now my question. My son recently tried out for the pre college program in violin and didn't make it (not surprising, he wasn't technically quite there yet, and it was his first time, and he is pretty young). However, what we heard back confirmed what another poster in this thread said, that Juilliard is cutting back the size of the whole pre college program dramatically. In the case of violin, this year they only took 6 violinists (last year it was 16, the year before 25) when they actually had 10 openings (due to graduation), which fits what the other poster said.</p>
<p>What I am curious about is why this sea change? Did Juilliard feel that the program was too diluted? Was it financially too expensive to maintain? One quote I heard was that they wanted to make it "more exclusive", which is kind of weird considering that the Juilliard Pre college already is one of the most exclusive ones around. One comment someone who knows the school made was that basically Juilliard seems to be abandoning the idea of taking in kids who have potential and want only students who are already polished to the nth degree. </p>
<p>I also kind of wonder how this changes something else I heard, where Juilliard had made a distinct effort to look for kids who are musical, rather then just being technically polished (this supposedly was right from the current director's mouth). Was this downsizing part of this, to help weed out the kids who could play brilliantly but didn't seem to have a clue what the music itself was? Or is it the opposite, that they want the brilliant technicians only?</p>
<p>Just thought I would throw that out there, and see if anyone knew more.</p>
<p>Heyy.
I recently tried out for Juilliard Viola...and I made it in!!
That was completely nerve wrecking and after reading your entry I've got some answers and questions.
First of all, yes it is absolutely true that the size of Juilliard participants has been shortened. There is a new director now, a woman, and she has cut down the previous three orchestras down to two. I personally think that's a really bad idea...that they've missed out on incredible musicians who would have made it in. One example would be me. Well, I'm not trying to put myself down because I worked A LOTTTTTT in the short time but I actually played violin for 10 years and this year thought it would be interesting to try viola as a second instrument. Before I knew it, my teacher recommended that I try out for Juilliard and this was three months to four months before the audition date. Making it in has been such an honor...but I can't help feeling like there should have been more kids who have worked hard for years to make it in...Anywyas, what makes it harder is that the students returning have auditions called "juries" and most of them are guaranteed in so the number of new students allowed to possibly make it in are extremly, extremely tiny.<br>
Can anyone who is in Juilliard precollege please detail me on what the schedules like, What you do (I understnad there's lessons, orchestra, theory class, and solfege), where you go in the building, if you have fun events in the year...etc...IM SO EXCITED and soo curious! Becuase one of my senior friends actually went for a year and a half but dropped out because he said it was a waste of time and was realy boring...I really hope that's not true because I'm passionate about music and hope this has been worth all that work I put in!! Thank you!</p>
<p>Hello, I was in Juilliard Prep for 5 years. During the first 3.5 years, I was with one teacher who passed away in my 3rd year there, so after he passed away, I began studying with a teacher in the college during the week. As a result, my schedule was a bit different in my last year and a half. </p>
<p>Here is what the schedule consisted of:
-Orchestra (PCCO was in the morning, PCS in the afternoon, PCO in the late afternoon/evening)
-Masterclass (we had ours around 6pm)
-Solfege (anytime from 9am until 5pm; you are placed in classes by level and age)
-Theory (same scheduling as solfege)
-Lessons (anytime from 8:30am until 5pm)
-Choir (mandatory for grades 8 and below, voluntary for grades 9-12)
-Chamber music (mandatory for most instruments)
-Conducting (by sign-up) </p>
<p>My schedule last year was such (let's say I had a lesson that Saturday):
9:00am Lesson
10:30am High School Choir
12:00pm Theory
1-2:30pm [Break]
2:30pm PCO
5:00pm Solfege
6:00pm Masterclass</p>
<p>Does anyone know out of all the Juilliard pre-college graduates, what percentage of the students go to Ivy League?</p>
<p>statistics like that are not made available to the public... </p>
<p>but my guess would be approximately 25% ... with the majority going to conservatories (principally juilliard, msm, curtis, and NEC) ...</p>
<p>"statistics like that are not made available to the public... "</p>
<p>Or maybe this data is available. When my D graduated from MSM precollege, the graduation announcement listed each graduate and the college they were going to attend. Approximately 1/3 of the students were going to go to music conservatories, approximately 1/3 to Ivies or other highly selective colleges.</p>
<p>Hey, I know that this is a really, really late comment, but I’m auditioning next month. What do you think my chances are for a female playing the harp? Thanks so much 
</p>
<p>@angelcao-This thread is ancient, so you might want to begin another “Pre-College” thread.
In any case, we don’t know your abilities or the number of harpists they accept/currently accept into the program, so it would be hard for us to speculate as to your chances. Wishing you the very best of luck though!!</p>