Hi friends! I have my first audition Monday the 16th for Pace’s MT program. A few things:
I’m having trouble choosing between my ballads. On one hand, I have “Somebody Somewhere” from The Most Happy Fella which is a very beautiful legit song that greatly shows off my soprano range. On the other hand, I have “With You” from Ghost. Now, I’m not sure how overdone this piece is but I very much enjoy the third verse and really feel that it shows off my belt. I am extremely passionate about both of these songs and feel that they showcase completely different aspects of my voice, so it’s really hard to pick. I am a strong belter/mixer as well as a classically trained soprano. If it helps, my up-tempo is “In Short” from Edges which is the complete opposite of “With You” in theme but also different from “Somebody Somewhere” in range as it is another belt piece. What would you advise me to do?
I’ve heard some crazy things about Pace’s dance call, apparently it’s very challenging. I am generally a good mover but have not had too much dance experience. I have been tapping for only a few months but I absolutely love it. Since I have a musical ear, it’s easy for me to hear the rhythmic dictation. Would you suggest I try the tap portion of the audition, or should I stay away from it since I am still an intermediate level tapper and probably not as advances as the others?
Something else I heard about the Pace audition is the fact that they call back a very select group of people that day. I doubt I will be one of those lucky few (I can only hope), but I just want to prepare myself. What do callbacks consist of? If you don’t get a callback does that automatically mean you’re out, or do those results vary?
(last thing I promise) Around how many students does Pace invite for a live audition compared to the number of those who submit pre-screens? Do they simply rule out those who are just plain bad, or are they especially selective during that process?
If you read until the end, thank you so much. I hope I can have some good advice before my audition. I’ll take any information I can get. Thank you so much!!!
May be too late as your audition is tomorrow but, choose songs that show off different parts of your voice. If you have the ability to belt and have a great legit- show them both. The dance call is VERY challenging, one of the most difficult for the MT schools in general. If they offer a tap section- try it. Just make sure you are smiling on the outside, even if you are dying on the inside during the dance call. In regards to the callback, that was only for the people auditioning for straight acting. There was no “callback” for the MT’s last year. In regards to prescreens I know that Pace does accept quite a few prescreens, but they don’t have huge classes- so they accept MANY more prescreens than one might expect. When we were there for D’s audition they had groupings of about 50 students each (100 for the day), and that was only one day of auditions. BAL
Thanks for weighing in, stagedoormama! Correct, we don’t have another callback at your live audition. All students will do the dance call, monologue audition, and song audition.
Yes, the BFA Acting has always incorporated a separate movement callback at the end of the audition block - it’s the only major that operates its audition in that manner.
We don’t have a quota, per se, for the amount of callbacks we grant through the pre-screen phase. This year it is averaging out to about 55% callback rate. We accept pre-screens until February 15, though, so this could change slightly. But we will work to see every student the faculty call back. Each audition block is 25-30 students.
Same thing here. My D got a call from general admissions on Friday wondering why we having visited yet. We now made the reservation for April 22nd, however have not heard about the program. This is torture
We visited and did a tour when my D auditioned on campus. I want to go on April 22nd as well, but I’m obviously not making the trip if she’s not in the program. My D got a call from Admissions on Sunday and she explained to them that she is coming if MT accepts her. Still we wait…
