<p>Hi to all!</p>
<p>I've been missing MT lately to the pont where it's driving me cRAZY. I am actually thinking of majoring in it instead of vocal performance just b/c it seems as if there are many more opportunities for employment, and i am a little more itnerested in it than VP. </p>
<p>Does anybody know if Tulane has more MT majors than Voice? Also, is it easy to switch between majors like these?</p>
<p>Jeremybeach...there are several posters on the boards from the New Orleans area (NOLAMom comes to mind, for one) You might consider PM to her and see what she can tell you about Tulane at present. In the 80's when we lived there Tulane did have a Summer Lyric Theater but I've not heard very much about their MT program in awhile. Not to say it wouldn't be good, but it just doesn't seem to be on the radar. The questions you are asking are probably best posed to someone within the TU music dept.</p>
<p>I note from your other posts that you are really stressing about your decisions and everything. While your window is closing for this year, it's not too late to continue to ask some hard questions at each of the places you've been accepted at. Then you'll want to decide what makes the most sense.</p>
<p>A VP versus MT emphasis will impact a lot of things...in particular the acting and dance classes that you wouldn't have in VP. If you are already strong in those areas maybe it wouldn't matter. If you are not then you may want to lean to MT. Does TU require auditions for MT?</p>
<p>We're in the opposite end of the state so I don't hear much about TU these days. I gather that enrollments are coming back up a bit at all the schools down there. Life in the Uptown part of the city is better these days but in many respects life is still very hard in NOLA. It is a tragic situation.</p>
<p>I saw you posted that you didn't find this part of CC until after your auditions were over. Take some time to read some of the old posts and feel free to ask questions (they'll either get answered or you'll get referred to a previous thread). It's a wonderful, caring group of people who try very hard to help each other and share important info that you can really put to use. Lots and lots of talent and experience represented on this board</p>
<p>I took a look at the Tulane website. It appears that the BA and BFA music major and the BFA musical theatre major are housed in the school of music. </p>
<p>I would suggest that you email Professor Howard... apparently this is who you would audition for in order to be admitted to the Musical Theatre degree program. I am sure that he would be able to answer your questions. Depending on the school/ departmental policy, you may even be able to audition for him when you arrive on campus in August.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>i didn't even know tulane had a bfa musical theatre program and i went to prep school right down the street from there for 6 years...lol I always though they just had theatre, music, and dance and that you could take cross over classes. I haven't heard too much about tulane MT at all. Most of the college theatre happens at Loyola U.</p>
<p>o. Interesting</p>
<p>I too live in the New Orleans area and I haven't heard about a MT program at Tulane. Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre puts on three musicals each summer and I know they cast local high school students, NYU students, CCM students and some professionals (the lead roles). Most kids who graduate from the local arts high school (NOCCA) apply to colleges out of state. I don't think anyone in my d senior class applied to Tulane.</p>
<p>The BFA in MT program at Tulane is not discussed much here and is not that well known. For those wanting a more selective university (academically) and a less selective BFA program (not drawing from the same competitive pool artistically as the more nationally known programs), it may be worth a look. I had looked into this school about a year ago. Here is a little information:</p>
<p>Tulane University: BFA MT, BFA Acting: New Orleans, LA, urban, 6000 undergrads, 45% accepted to the university, geographically diverse student body, about 50% are in frats/sororities, 65% from top 10% of HS class, 86% from top 25%, 99% from top 50%, mid SATs 1290-1330. Has a BFA in MT that is interdisciplinary between the Dept. of Theater/Dance and the Dept. of Music. Must first be admitted by the admissions office to the university itself and then by the BFA program. The audition is only by DVD submission. Then after the sophomore year, one must be approved to stay in the BFA in MT program. There is a BFA in Acting program in the Dept. of Theater/Dance and some faculty specialize in MT. While there isnt a MT dept. itself, it does have a joint BFA program.</p>
<p>OH, so you're admitted sophomore year not junior year?</p>
<p>Jeremy,
No, my understanding is that you are admitted by DVD audition as a freshman. At the end of soph year, as is true at several other programs, you must be approved to STAY in the BFA or advance to the second two years of the major. It appears to be a review process. But admittance into the program is as a freshman applicant. I do not have first hand knowledge but this is what I have gleaned from their website.</p>
<p>NEW EDIT:
I would like to correct the information I posted above. The information I posted in the paragraph above, as well as in my prior post are from last summer when I last researched this college and their BFA in MT degree program. I individualize all my clients' college searches and therefore recommend different sets of colleges for different students. I have only recommended this school to one student who had an interest in schools in the south. Therefore, I only researched this school once. Since my student has elected to not apply to Tulane, it has fallen off our radar at this juncture.</p>
<p>All applicants must explore schools directly and in fact, the information is ever changing. I just visited Tulane's site and in fact, the information I posted above doesn't seem to be the current situation there. </p>
<p>NOW I am reading in the Theater/Dance Dept., the following regarding the BFA in Acting:</p>
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The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with major in theatre is designed for students who want professional training in theatre performance or production. The student concentrates in either the acting or design/production area. For admission to either program, students must apply no earlier than the end of the freshman year and no later than the first semester of their junior year.
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<p>As mentioned before the BFA in MT is an inter-departmental major between the Theater/Dance Department and the Music Department. Under the Music Department is the following:</p>
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre [57 credits] </p>
<p>Prior to admission to the Musical Theater Program, students must audition for Professor Howard.</p>
<p>The musical theatre major is an interdisciplinary program...
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<p>Therefore, it seems that entry into this major may be after already a student there and by live audition. Please check directly. Again, my apologies that my prior post had information I gleaned last summer and is now apparently changed.</p>
<p>I asked an admissions guy from Tulane on CC about entranceas into the first year. He did not know anything, but I think that entry is pretty much confined to rising Sophomores. A few students suggested on the Tulane thread that they did not know there was a BFA program. The question that I asked the admissions guy was as follows: if a student is applying indcating an interest in theater,in our case, acting, might that fact in and itself enhance the probability of acceptance if the student's stats are lower than the average of accepted students - the way athletes are treated at the admissions gate. I gave him the data (B plus student and sub 1200 SAT - not including the writing section, and he did not discourage me, though he was vague, saying only that Tulane looks at the kid as a whole - same old, same old admissions line. If anyone can get more specific than this I would like some feedback. I posted a similar thread on the drama thread.</p>