<p>racmom, your D will also have a whole audition class at CMU precollege and will come home with a lot of skills and (hopefully) some monologues and so forth. I hope she has a great summer!</p>
<p>Thank you NMR - she is so excited. She has been speaking with some of the kids and is so happy. She’s thrilled they have so many of the same interests as she does.</p>
<p>I always enjoy reading what you have to say. It is always helpful.</p>
<p>Aw, that is sweet of you to say! It seems like yesterday (a cliche, I know!) that my own kid was heading off to CMU Precollege. In fact, I still have her schedule posted here at my desk at work: time to clean the desk, I guess!
CMU Precollege is just a great program and your D will not only learn a lot, but will make some really lovely friends whom she will see again on the audition circuit next fall and winter.</p>
<p>An after thought, I had forgotten, but my d’s auditions were all about 3 hours long, at the particular schools she applied to. Logistically, she felt she couldn’t try to juggle two in a day, just wanted to focus only on one. As for "being on a roll’, i would have suspected that my d would have been totally into that, but she found college auditions much more draining than, say NY Equity auditions. She has auditioned many times in NY, and thinks nothing of going to two in a day, so, just my two cents, but even allowing for differences between kids, she surprised me at her choice.
Good luck to anyone starting this process!</p>
<p>Has anyone here auditoned for these? I’m a junior at Douglas Anderson school of the arts and I was just wondering, if all of these schools are at one place how do you auditon at like 5 in the same day or whatever?</p>
<p>OMG Your year had the BEST school that particpated! 09 there’s no Carneggie, De Paul, etc</p>
<p>I asked this same question a few posts back. Most people say 4-6 auditions. If you’re a kid with a lot of energy, they seem to say you may be able to pull off more. Some schools apparently give you morning or afternoon sessions while others give you an exact time. Try to go back and read a few of the posts that people gave me. Anyone that wants to chime in on what I said, feel free.</p>
<p>Javon, the schools which participate in Unifieds all rent rooms/spaces in a building (a hotel, etc.). You audition for several in a day by going (as scheduled) from one room to the other and doing your acting, singing and dancing.
In addition, Carnegie Mellon doesn’t usually come to the same exact site (at least during New York City Unifieds) as the Unifieds schools do, but they usually offer auditions in New York City at a studio located quite close to the AMA Management Building, where the others are held. So you can still audition for them there.</p>
<p>Javon</p>
<p>Read all the way through both of the Unified threads, you will have a lot of questions answered. On page 4 of the other thread on Unifieds, there was a list of schools.provided by Dr John. Only the schools on that list with an asterisk were officially affiliated with Unifieds, the other schools on that list (i.e. DePaul, Carnegie Mellon) schedule auditions at the same time in the same cities (and sometimes in the same hotel). When my son auditioned at Unifieds in Chicago last year, he was pretty much able to set his own audition schedule. As he scheduled each audition with each individual school, he requested a date/time that would work best for him. Every school was very accommodating to him. I don’t know if that is possible for every school, but it worked for him. Also, this may be easier to accomplish the earlier you are scheduling auditions. His audition blocks of time varied between the schools from a 10 minute audition to a 30 minute block of time. I know there are some schools that have much longer time frames for auditioning, though. Some schools would be running behind (so try not to schedule too closely between auditions), some had open blocks where kids did not show and some re-scheduling can occur. </p>
<p>My son did some on campus auditions but loved his Unified experience and had a great result.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the answers. I dont’t really know how to work this forum (surprisingly cause i’m on many other ones) so my bad if I screwed up and asked a question thats already been answered.</p>
<p>Don’t feel bad about asking questions; we’ve all been there. This was my first experience with a forum of this sort and I lurked a LONG time before actually joining and posting. Believe me, I’ve asked a lot of questions and can even answer some of them now. Most people here are very helpful and will happily answer questions or direct you to a thread that may be useful. Have fun gathering information and knowledge both from this forum and websites from each school in which you may be interested.</p>
<p>^Thanks a lot AZKMom.</p>
<p>Last question:</p>
<p>How do you schedule an audition to these schools? By phone? In other words, you go to Chicago and your suppose to ALREADY be scheduled or do you schedule while there? And are you suppose to already have your applications sent to them and stuff?</p>
<p>Yes, you can schedule most auditions only after you apply, and your app. is recived, I believe. All the better to get them in early to start scheduling in the order you might like to be able to plan in advance. You can start scheduling in Sept. with some schools, and some make you wait until later.
I believe some audition appts. for some schools can be made before the app. is recieved, but this wasn’t true in my D’s case.
Then, there are some auditions that you can schedule a walk-in when you get there, so no application has even been filed.
My D didn’t choose either of the last 2 options, so maybe those who did can give you more info about that.</p>
<p>All audition information will be on each individual schools’ websites. You will find out what the requirements for auditions, when and where auditions are held, how to schedule, etc. You will have all your auditions already scheduled before you go to Unifieds if you have applied to and been accepted for auditioning at each individual school and requested your audition time. There is the possibility of doing “walk in” auditions at some schools who have not filled all their auditions slots. A lot of time this involves filling out a school application (and paying their application fee on the spot) before you can audition. </p>
<p>Your first step should be researching the schools in which you might be interested. Read some of the threads on the top for each individual school and go to their websites and find their BFA acting or Musical Theatre page and research audition requirements, application procedures, curriculum, faculty, etc.</p>
<p>Happily I stumbled on this group while searching for schools in the performing arts consortium. I appreciate being able to learn from everyone’s experience as we’re beginning this process with my son in the class of 2009. We plan on attending the Unified Auditions in Chicago and wonder if we should plan on being there the full 3 days. Someone spoke about scheduling the auditions - is this done through the individual schools or will there be more specific information about this eventually on the Unified website? Thanks for sharing your expertise!</p>
<p>Sorry - just saw all the posts on scheduling auditions. Very helpful.</p>
<p>With all this scheduling talk, I’d like to throw out a suggestion for next year’s auditioners - really think through the scheduling of your auditions at Unifieds. Do you feel comfortable singing material that will really showcase your full vocal talent as well as both your technical and stylistic range at 8 in the morning (generally schools start auditioning for the day at 8)? Can you be “on” in an early morning audition and not just coast through the acting beats of your monologues? How much time will you need to get ready and warm up before your first audition of the day, keeping in mind that you want your body and voice to be fully awake before you head to your first audition? And a harder thing to judge, but how many times can you comfortably audition in one day - keeping in mind that this may include singing multiple songs and acting multiple monologues (in some cases more than the standard 2 asked for), a dance call of varying intensity, and of course an interview in which you have to be “on” and able to sell yourself as an actor and human being? </p>
<p>Also, be mindful of the order of your auditions. I did all my auditions in Chicago, and on Monday did my “mid-range” schools (meaning that on my list these schools were solidly in the middle - that way I was excited to be auditioning for them all but didn’t feel an extraordinary amount of pressure). I auditioned for my first choice on Tuesday morning - that way I’d have several auditions under my belt and would also be seen early in the day before they were tired - and my lower choice schools that afternoon. Wednesday morning I auditioned for my second choice - as with my first choice, I wanted to be seen in the morning as to hopefully catch them more energized.</p>
<p>As far as number goes, I did 6 auditions at the Chicago Unifieds last year - 3 on Monday, 2 on Tuesday, and 1 on Wednesday. Though Monday was my longest day (with my first audition at 8:30 and my last one from 2:30 to 6:30) I actually found that it was my best feeling day (as a whole) because there was not a ton of downtime for me to lose my momentum. On Tuesday I had a dance call at 8 am and a singing/acting appointment at around 10 (both for the same school) and then was off until 4 in the afternoon - during those 6 hours of free time I had a tough time because I didn’t want to overexert myself but was getting tired from lazing around the hotel. In general, I also found my morning auditions to be better for me - I had a stronger and more focused energy in the morning and felt more present in the room (and for morning auditions don’t skimp on time for warming up). I found that for me waking up 2 hours before my first audition worked well - that way I had plenty of time to do my usual morning stuff, warm up my voice and body and not feel rushed or nervous that I hadn’t warmed up enough, and get into my audition attire and feel confidently pulled together. I have friends that did as few as 4 over the few days and as many as 14 (yes, it can be done with some really innovative and luckily scheduling and a list full of schools that use appointments instead of multi-hour sessions).</p>
<p>Best of luck to all the future Unified auditioners and remember to have a blast. They’re such a great time and as important as the auditions themselves are, don’t get so caught up in the audition madness that you forget to relax and enjoy the moment (though be smart about enjoying the moment - don’t stay out late and take care of your body/mind). I had so much fun and I would do them again in a heartbeat!</p>
<p>^That was one of the most helpful posts yet actormcfamous. What school do you go to? (I take it your major is musical theater?) For all of your 6 schools, did you already have your papers applied to them? And when did you schedule, before you got to Chicago?</p>
<p>Great post, actormcfamous, thanks!</p>
<p>After checking the “final decisions 08” thread, I couldn’t help but notice that he is going to UMich in the fall. </p>
<p>actormcfamous: not did you demonstrate that you have a great head on your shoulders and obviously have an equal amount of talent to go with it, but you are humble, to boot. Michigan would be one of my Ds ultimate dream schools, as well as thousands of other kids’, I’m sure. I am very impressed with you and appreciate such helful and sound advice.</p>