<p>Do off-campus SUNY Purchase auditions (I'm auditioning in San Francisco) have any sort of callback thing? Also, if anybody knows approximately how long the Purchase audition is,that would be great.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>SUNY Purchase only has callbacks for on-campus auditions, though they may videotape you doing your pieces again if they want a second look.
Not sure exactly how long they run, but usually the more time they spend with you the better… but there’s no way of knowing</p>
<p>Purchase has callbacks during the on-campus auditions but, I’m on the audition tour they don’t.</p>
<p>Operationgold7, my S has been going through the audition process, going to many of the same schools that you have have documented in your My Audition Experience:xxxx entries. Keep up the good work; Ive shared your entries on CC with other parents who have been waiting with their prospective theater majors at their auditions, and they all seem to enjoy your stories.</p>
<p>Anyway, my S did his off-campus audition for SUNY Purchase yesterday in NYC. This was NOT part of the Unified Auditions (which he also attended later in the day); Purchase had their own studio rented in NYC. His audtion was scheduled for 9:00 a.m.; we showed up at 8:30, per the email he rececived that said to be there half an hour early. We were the first ones there. We were greeted by three students from the Acting Conservatory who were receiving direction on what to do during the day from the Purchase Admissions Coordinator. My quick advise is to FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTIONS that were provided to you for audition day. My S not only had his headshot and resume ready, but also the audtion fee, the two sealed letters of recommendation, and his essay immediately available. He was given a form to complete prior to the audition, part of which identifies the monologues and the 16 bar song that were going to be performed. After he completed the form, he was offered the opportunity to go into a separate room to prepare for his audition, which he did.</p>
<p>While he as preparing, other students began to arrive. I noted that one auditionee did not have the prerequiste information with them, and they were asked to come back when they had the information ready to deliver. Tough call if youre from out of state and your letters of rec are at home. It didnt appear that they would be allowed to submit them at a later time. </p>
<p>I did get a nice overview from the Admissions Coordinator about the Purchase process. She stated that once the audtion was over that day, we were free to leave (which was good, as he had other auditions scheduled at Unifieds later that day). Looks like Purchase has approximately 800 students to audition this year to get to a class size of about 20 (again, were talking Acting here, not MT or any of the other conservatories at Purchase). As my S was the first to arrive, he was first to audition. He was led into a separate studio where two members of the faculty conducted the audition. He was in the studio for 14 minutes (I timed him!). He came out with a smile on his face and we were again told we could leave.</p>
<p>Suddenly, one of the students who was assisting the adjucators said Wait; they want to see him again. He went back into the studio for another 5 minutes or so. Turns out they videotaped him (which, as I subsequently have learned here on CC, is like getting a call back had the audition occurred at the campus audition). The concensus from the other Purchase students and the Admissions rep was that this was a good thing, and NOT the norm for most of the auditionees. At the end of that second session, my S reported that . Dad, I was good the first time, but I really outdid myself when the recording was made. He was stoked for the rest of the morning.</p>
<p>Interestingly, although he was prepared to sing, the adjucators chose NOT to have him perform his song. We didnt stay around to hear if the second auditionee had the same experience, so I dont know if the singing was done with other people.</p>
<p>Break a leg, everyone. Weve been through seven auditions now, with only one more to go. Itll be great when the results of this process start to show up!</p>
<p>Operationgold7, my S has been going through the audition process, going to many of the same schools that you have have documented in your My Audition Experience:xxxx entries. Keep up the good work; Ive shared your entries on CC with other parents who have been waiting with their prospective theater majors at their auditions, and they all seem to enjoy your stories.</p>
<p>Anyway, my S did his off-campus audition for SUNY Purchase yesterday in NYC. This was NOT part of the Unified Auditions (which he also attended later in the day); Purchase had their own studio rented in NYC. His audtion was scheduled for 9:00 a.m.; we showed up at 8:30, per the email he rececived that said to be there half an hour early. We were the first ones there. We were greeted by three students from the Acting Conservatory who were receiving direction on what to do during the day from the Purchase Admissions Coordinator. My quick advise is to FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTIONS that were provided to you for audition day. My S not only had his headshot and resume ready, but also the audtion fee, the two sealed letters of recommendation, and his essay immediately available. He was given a form to complete prior to the audition, part of which identifies the monologues and the 16 bar song that were going to be performed. After he completed the form, he was offered the opportunity to go into a separate room to prepare for his audition, which he did.</p>
<p>While he as preparing, other students began to arrive. I noted that one auditionee did not have the prerequiste information with them, and they were asked to come back when they had the information ready to deliver. Tough call if youre from out of state and your letters of rec are at home. It didnt appear that they would be allowed to submit them at a later time. </p>
<p>I did get a nice overview from the Admissions Coordinator about the Purchase process. She stated that once the audtion was over that day, we were free to leave (which was good, as he had other auditions scheduled at Unifieds later that day). Looks like Purchase has approximately 800 students to audition this year to get to a class size of about 20 (again, were talking Acting here, not MT or any of the other conservatories at Purchase). As my S was the first to arrive, he was first to audition. He was led into a separate studio where two members of the faculty conducted the audition. He was in the studio for 14 minutes (I timed him!). He came out with a smile on his face and we were again told we could leave.</p>
<p>Suddenly, one of the students who was assisting the adjucators said Wait; they want to see him again. He went back into the studio for another 5 minutes or so. Turns out they videotaped him (which, as I subsequently have learned here on CC, is like getting a call back had the audition occurred at the campus audition). The concensus from the other Purchase students and the Admissions rep was that this was a good thing, and NOT the norm for most of the auditionees. At the end of that second session, my S reported that . Dad, I was good the first time, but I really outdid myself when the recording was made. He was stoked for the rest of the morning.</p>
<p>Interestingly, although he was prepared to sing, the adjucators chose NOT to have him perform his song. We didnt stay around to hear if the second auditionee had the same experience, so I dont know if the singing was done with other people.</p>
<p>Break a leg, everyone. Weve been through seven auditions now, with only one more to go. Itll be great when the results of this process start to show up!</p>
<p>Thanks, jbehlend! This answers my questions! It’s good to know all that about the letters of rec, the fee, etc. Do you know if it’s okay if we only have ONE letter of rec? The website says “no more than two,” so I’d imagine one would be okay…</p>
<p>I’m sure that having one letter of recommendation is fine; it meets the threshold of what Purchase desires.</p>
<p>The year that my D auditioned in NY during Unifieds, they videotaped everyone.</p>