I wrote a long detailed post before but my phone died and it didnt save.
Basically I was wondering if those who major in Music or Theatre would take up any and all performance opportunities at the school. Would I be able to join a club/ensemble (choir, glee, acapella) or audtion for a production at all as a non-major? Do any exist specifically for non-majors?
This mostly perrains to CMU and NYU but I would also like to know how competitive these ensembles are at:
Northeastern
BU
Columbia
Yale
Brown
Rutgers
Penn State
TCNJ
I don’t have any background in those schools but maybe i can help? I tried to do theatre in college (did it all throughout highschool). The actual theatre department was open to me joining the shows even though I was a nonmajor. But i hit a snag because one of my professors would fail me for in class projects if i wasn’t in class. So since school comes first I never really got to do drama. But i did switch majors shortly afterwards ha. So I would ask your professors first to see if you could participate.
At CMU, non-majors can participate in acapella groups as well as Scotch n Soda Theatre. I’m not sure whether theatre majors are in those groups, but the majority are (very talented!) non-majors.