<p>Are you happy with your career? Do you feel you made a good educational decision getting the degree you did?</p>
<p>Yes, I am very happy with my career and I think that the education and training I received at Syracuse has helped me. When I was looking at colleges I was not interested in a BA degree. I wanted BFA all the way. At that time I was certain that what I wanted was to be was a performer, and Syracuse helped to prepare me for a career as a professional performer. I think that when I was first out of school the fact that I went to Syracuse opened some doors with casting directors and agents. After a few years working as a performer I made the decision that I was more interested in directing, and ended up going to graduate school for directing. I feel that the training and education that I received at Syracuse prepared me for this career transition as well.</p>
<p>Now I work as a director and teach in the musical theatre program at a university. One of the things that I really liked about Syracuse was that there was a general education componant, and significant theatre history, and dramatic literature componants. As an undergraduate I also had the opportunity to take courses in stage management and directing. Although the musical theatre program was intense, I was able to find the time to take additional courses in areas that interested me. What I learned at Syracuse, in graduate school, and as a professional performer informs my work as a director and teacher.</p>
<p>There are many different paths to a career in the performing arts, and sometimes what you think you may want to do when you are 17 or 18 is not exactly what you realize you want to do when you are older. But I feel that Syracuse prepared me to make those decisions and set me up well to succeed professionally. </p>
<p>If you have additional questions, please feel free to send me a personal message. :)</p>
<p>good, im going there next year ad i can see myself doing what you did katmt</p>
<p>Robbie - SU is a terrific place with wonderful faculty resources. Enjoy your time there... and stay warm :)</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>My d and husband are going to SU today to make her final decision. She didn't get in for M.T., but still wants to take dance and voice lessons. She is priorty waitlisted at CMU.</p>
<p>LocoMom, my daughter has a very good friend who did not get into other BFA in MT programs but got into the BFA in Acting at Syracuse and is currently attending. She has a lot of training and excellent credits in MT, including professional. My sense is that at Syracuse, like I even see at Tisch, there are students in the Acting BFA who have MT backgrounds and still are in musicals. Look into what voice and dance she can take to supplement. I have a feeling she will not be alone as a MT kid within the Acting program.</p>
<p>Thanks soozievt, You are always a wealth of knowledge My d is on her way to Syracuse to ask all the questions.</p>
<p>If by some chance, she may wish to talk to a MT girl who is in the BFA Acting, I might be able to find out her email from my D. I don't know it myself. I know her and have seen her perform many times and she is quite talented. I can't recall now if your D wants Acting or MT. If she wanted acting right along, Syracuse is surely an excellent program. Congrats to her for her acceptances and even the waitlist at CMU is an affirmation of her talents. Once the admissions angst is over and the college decision made, she will be happily involved next year, don't forget! The fun part is still to come.</p>
<p>EDIT>...OK, I just read up on your D as I can't keep everyone straight. I know she loves MT and is an excellent dancer. I don't think she will be giving up MT. See what dance and voice she can take and if she can audition for musicals. It won't be like a BFA in MT but it is a very strong BFA Acting program and many who study theater go on to perform in musicals. I want to mention that the freshman girl I mentioned above, not only is a MT actor but is a very advanced dancer. I can't imagine that girl giving up dance at all. I haven't heard what it is like for her at Syracuse, given that my D is away at college and so I don't get the constant contact like when she lived at home and people called here and all. Given your D's options for next year, I believe Syracuse is her best bet.</p>
<p>Thanks Soozievt, If you could get my d your d's SU friends email or facebook, that would be great. I hope my d is asking all the right questions today at the reception. I hear the weather in Syracuse is near 70 today. Doesn't give her much of a preview.</p>
<p>LocoMom...I responded to you via email. :)</p>
<p>OK, I give up and admit I am probably just missing something. But if someone could direct me to the place on the SU Web site that lists audition requirements for MT, I would appreciate it. I just spent 10 minutes trying to find them. I found a PDF document with a listing of courses, and a link to info on info sessions, but could not locate where they lay out that kids must sing two contrasting songs, a monologue, etc. etc. Thanks in advance for your help.</p>
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<p>(Found it by typing musical theatre audition requirements in the site's search engine)</p>
<p>Thanks! Convoluted thinker I am, I typed "dept of drama + admission + musical theatre" into the search engine and kept going round and around!</p>
<p>do you have to be academically accepted to Syracuse before you can audition?</p>
<p>No, Syracuse informs you of your acceptance to the BFA and to the college, which is all a one package deal, in March. You can even line up an audition before sending in your application.</p>
<p>Asking a question for a classmate of my MT Ds:</p>
<p>Can a student apply (without doing an audition) to do a BA in Theatre/Drama at Syracuse? </p>
<p>In other words, can someone come into the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse on the basis of their grades, transcripts, test scores and recommendations (and NO audition) and take a BA in drama/acting/theater, therefore bypassing the audition process?</p>
<p>I am guessing that the answer is "no," but I told my young friend I would ask you all. She has not had any luck figuring this out from SU's Web site.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any information ....</p>
<p>could anyone post their audition experience at Syracuse? I'm doing the audition in Washington DC in January and I'd just like to hear what the audition day is like</p>
<p>NMR: just checked with my D, and she tells me there is not a BA in theater available -- you can minor in theater, however.</p>
<p>Thanks, onstage. I finally noodled around some more and saw that there IS a BS in Theatre, but it looks (from the VPA Dept website) that kids have to audition into that, as well, and it's really the same process by which a kid gets in for the BFA. My guess is that kids audition, are accepted and then either continue on in the BS track after those sophomore year juries or move into the upper level acting and MT classes in the BFA track, if they pass. (As an aside, I think Ithaca has a non audition BA in theater, so perhaps my D's friend could look at that ....)</p>
<p>My D is fairly sure that the B.S. is only available to those BFA students who do not pass their sophomore evals. They have the option of re-taking classes, or dropping the BFA and finishing up with a B.S.</p>