<p>One thing I noticed that was different about IU is that they admit you to the school but not a studio. It’s your responsibility to find a teacher–or you can just wait until you arrive in September and go wherever they assign you. Of course, for many, studio was the primary reason for selecting a school so we had to be proactive. My daughter was disappointed that the teachers she was interested in were not at her audition. Eventually, she played for 5 or 6 teachers . A few on an arduous return trip to campus after being admitted, one we met up with in NY and one in DC. It was a lot of work, and sort of like taking 5-6 extra auditions.</p>
<p>Glassharmonica, thanks for your insight on the IU studio assignment issue. Yes, we had heard about this ‘process’ and it is one of the reasons my S has tried to arrange some lessons during the audition trip. The 3 he contacted are his 3 top choices so hopefully the lessons/meetings will give him a sense of compatibility and the opportunity to see if these particular individuals having openings in their studios. He is also meeting with them the day before his audition so now if they don’t show up (to the actual audition) he won’t be disappointed.</p>
<p>BCVIOLINMOM- do check the weather for Indiana for tomorrow because the heavy snow is starting tonight and continuing all day Wednesday. Flights at O’Hare, Midway and Cleveland Hopkins are already being cancelled with many more to come. With 1"/hr of more predicted, road crews won’t be able to keep up…
Please, everyone stay safe!</p>
<p>Thanks Mezzo’sMama. Yes, have been watching the weather forecasts and webcams all day and the snow has definitely started in Bloomington. We are flying through Chicago on our way to Indianapolis so I guess all we can do is keep our fingers crossed that it finished by the time we arrive - lol. Audition isn’t until Friday afternoon so we can certainly take the time to travel safely if necessary. Safe travels to everyone in the path of the storm.</p>
<p>Sorry, I don’t understand what you mean about not being assigned a studio…I guess I need to investigate further. My son has an audition on Friday.</p>
<p>My understanding is that you get accepted to Jacobs but you are not assigned to a particular teacher/studio. It is up to the student to take the initiative and contact teachers to see if they would be willing to accept him/her into the studio. Or, as Glassharmonica notes, you wait until September and you will be assigned to a studio. The main problem (that I can tell) from this method is that you might have to make a decision about acceptance prior to knowing what studio you will be in. This is why it is a good idea to have a sense of who you want to target should you be offered acceptance.</p>
<p>I’m completely naive here…my son wants jazz studies, are you saying he might not know if he will get that?or are there several teachers within jazz that he might get? </p>
<p>He would get accepted to jazz studies but might not know who his teacher will be (assuming there is more than one jazz teacher).</p>
<p>Yes, BCVIOLINMOM has it right. In our case, my daughter ended up in a puzzling situation: a scholarship offer that could not be ignored, yet no teacher. We put a lot of effort, after the admission and scholarship offer into trying to figure out what studio she would fit in or be accepted to. It’s just a different way of doing things than other conservatories. </p>
<p>I’ve been told that WCC does it the same way with VP undergrads- although you can make arrangements with a teacher in advance, many students do not and there is a sort of “mass audition” session during the first week where the entering kids sing for the massed faculty and studio selections are made.
Oddly, sometime it really works out. D selected her grad school for the program and overall faculty and her studio teacher chose her. It’s been the proverbial “match made in heaven”- they get along terrifically well and D is making really amazing progress. The whole idea of that would never have worked for someone of my disposition, but if everything else is right, it could be the just the ticket!</p>
<p>And…I see that an administrator finally changed the year on this thread! :)</p>
<p>They’re listening!</p>
<p>Yes, they are! A very nice new admin responded to my request and took care of the needed fixes. Could possible be a “fix” in the works for the "bright white’ screen too.</p>
<p>That would be very nice!</p>
<p>My daughter wants to ultimately do musical theatre so she did one musical theatre audition yesterday at the Chicago Unifieds. Very different than vocal performance. But fun. She auditioned for CMU and they only accept 10-12 students so it’s like a lottery ticket. lol But they are nice people and made her sing a whole bunch and she got to act some too. So great. Biggest difference from vocal performance is that the singing and acting were all one on one. And there was no warm up. None of the kids were warming up. I forced my daughter to go warm up. lol</p>
<p>Scubachick - I agree, expensive trip between taking 3 days off in my case and the travel.We will be getting home close to midnight on Wed, and DD won a concerto and aria competition and has to perform Thursday night…ugh. Upside is that is her last audition and things slow down until her school musical. (and I booked hotel room 3 months ago so we were able to get a room at the clubquarters.</p>
<p>Dradsmom-thanks for the DePaul info. By the time they got their act togeterh with DD’s application (they lost stuff) and we were able to sign up for the audition the only slots left were March 1, and WSMA regionals are that day so we took literally the last time slot for the year (4:45 PM) so DD will do her 3 WSMA pieces, we will jump into the car and drive 3 hours. </p>
<p>DRADSMOM - None of of the MT kids at DDs high school warm up more than a couple scales, even the ones with “good” private teachers. Drives me nuts when I see/don’t heat it.</p>
<p>University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. The day started with registration at 9 am and info session following. There were no assigned warm up rooms. The kids were pretty much on their own to warm up and make it to their audition on time. The music department utilizes three buildings, a short walk from each other. The audition consisted of three faculty members and an accompanist in a small room. Two art songs, sight reading and three versions of scales were required for vocal performance auditions. A 30-45 minute theory test followed the audition. If they really like you then they ask you to wait to sing for the full faculty for scholarship consideration. The facilities are very nice. Of course this is a large school but the music department seems manageable. The faculty was very nice. Refreshments were served. Thats the facts jack. Good luck all! Coming to an end, thank goodness. Two more auditions to go.</p>
<p>D auditioned at Florida State. Well organized. Easy parking. We stayed at Aloft. 3 blocks from campus.
Drinks and doughnuts provided at audition registration. Check in was followed by informational meeting. Tours all day. Lots of FSU music students around to help. Plenty of warm up rooms. Sang 2 songs. Sight reading. Faculty was friendly and encouraging. Warm 60 degrees and sunny. A nice break from Michigan. Good day!</p>
<p>scubachick, I can’t help wondering if applications to colleges and universities in warm climates will increase this winter. I know so many students from New England who are saying they want to leave the area and go South or to CA. 60 degrees and sunny sounds like a dream.</p>