I was a tad anxious for my audition with CMU this past Saturday at the Pittsburgh campus, so I was the first one there and warming up to avoid the stress of being late. People slowly started to file in. Most people wore neutral colors, I other the other hand wore a fuschia dress with funky floral ankle strap heels. I felt like Elle woods in the situation, to be honest. Anyway, the members who were judging us today gave their speeches, including Barbara, Kaf, Gary, and another man. Claudia, one of the judges for the singing portion, didn’t speak. They were friendly and welcoming, eased my nerves even more. I talked to a few of the student who were helping out, and a few of the students who were auditioning. Eventually, I got called out to act. I went to Kaf. I entered the room and she told me to take off my heels (though she said she liked them lol) and she told me there’s no need to slate. I started with my othello monologue, proceeded to my contemporary called “bad party,” and I noticed she was looking down for the majority of the time. No problem, just a note. Then she asked me for a third and I did my sister Maynard monolgoue from Spamalot. She chuckled at the end. Then she asked me to sing a short cut of my song, so I sang a heartfelt section of “Astonishing” for her. She interviewed me, asked my what colleges I apied to I said “here, point park, and I sent in a video for penn state. But that didn’t work out.” She proceed to say how videos don’t capture the… And I accidentally finished her sentence and said “charisma” (oops!) she seemed to like me. We had a little more small talk and I went on my way. At the end she stacked the papers and said “great” as I was walking out. I said “thank you for your time!” And she said “you’re welcome” nice lady.
For my voice I went to Gary Kline. I went in, said hi, gave my directions to the accompanist, and slated for him. I sang “one kiss” from new moon which is legit. Gary was looking down a lot of the time. I proceed with “astonishing” which is a crazy high belt song. He was like, grooving to my signing! Haha! After I managed to get out my E flat and the last phrase, he said “wow, you really do have a big voice, don’t you?” And I replied “haha! I guess so!” Then he asked me if I studied with anyone he knew, because I’m a Pittsburgh local. On my way out I went to give him a handshake, and he said “no, give me a hug!” And he hugged me! He’s so lovely.
Chances are slim but I believe I did well. I’m just concerned because I didn’t get infront of barabra. Granted, I was at the 8 AM session and they probably wanted to get it over with. Even in the intoduction they were like, “last one!”
How do you guys think it went?