<p>Anyone get passed to different rooms at Unifieds this year spec in Chicago? Seemed like they didn’t do it this year bc they moved people pretty quickly through process.</p>
<p>My son was in NYC and wasn’t passed. Don’t know if others were, but I don’t think so, because there were already three areas for acting, singing, and dancing. (He was just there for acting.)</p>
<p>At NYC Unifieds, there were kids who were passed onto the next rooms. Not very many, but it did happen. Same at Chicago (from what we were told by a parent whose kid did get passed on).</p>
<p>People do get accepted who don’t get passed on though, happens more if you meet with Barbara though.</p>
<p>At L.A. Unifieds in my group of 15 auditioners, 2boys were passed and I was the only girl. I started with Barbara and she passed me to Kaf the movement teacher they work as a team if they like someone they pass you to the other to redo your material or work with you or sing.</p>
<p>It may be good, but at my dk’s audition, one of the last sessions at Unifieds, the faculty announced that it did not make any difference if you were passed on or not to both parents and students before the auditions started. I believe they mentioned something about wanting to dispel rumors about this. It was quite a large group of auditioners. So I wouldn’t dwell on it too much. I know that a couple of kids were asked to sing for the acting faculty during the acting audition. So, passed or not passed, asked to sing or not, best not to second guess, Just be happy that you did your best and move on…:)</p>
<p>nicely said Ewanes-it all gets too crazy to second guess. They did say the same thing at their on campus auditions as well. Their process seems to work for them but I do find it odd that different acting and singing people see the kids. This is so subjective and what one auditor likes the other might not. I would think it would make it hard to come together as faculty to pick your class without seeing the same people. Since they get so many to audition I understand in order to see everyone -the dance person might not see the acting and acting may not see vocals but still it does seem that it would be harder that way.</p>
<p>The RUMOR going around was that if you see Barbara and you don’t get passed on, you may very well still be in the running, but if you see Kaf and don’t get passed to Barbara, you’re done, because Barbara wants to see everyone who will be admitted. Again this is RUMOR so if anyone can come on here and say they got admitted without seeing Barbara, I’m sure it would be welcomed.</p>
<p>My D was seen at both rooms for acting and was asked to sing. Not sure if that is a good thing. All one can do is their best and hope you end up where you are suppose to.</p>
<p>Would you say this is more true for straight acting or musical theater or for both?</p>
<p>I really do not know what any of it means. Have read a lot about this process for both though. Does not mean that it is true.</p>
<p>I auditioned at NYC Unifieds for Musical Theatre. I was passed from Kaf to Barbara, but I wasn’t asked to sing for either of them. I only sang with Gary. </p>
<p>I couldn’t get a clear feel for who was passed between or who had just started with Barbara because people moved in and out of different groups based on when they individually had completed one of the three (acting, singing, dancing) processes of the audition.</p>
<p>Barbara is the acting department. Gary is music.</p>
<p>Right…should have stated that.</p>
<p>My son auditioned only for Kaf but sang for her too (this was for acting, though it was during the MT time period).</p>
<p>Is this “passing” thing for MT or straight acting? The other thing CMU does is consider it’s MTs for BFA acting and vice versa. Which is why someone would be asked to sing who is auditioning for BFA acting and also may be why someone would be “passed” to perform their monologues for another faculty if they are auditioning for MT. Hmmmm. We could speculate until the cows come home and no one will solve the mystery. </p>
<p>I’ve heard stories of kids that get in when they had what they felt was an “ordinary” audition and kids that didn’t get in when they were passed from faculty to faculty member, asked to improv, worked with on their monologues and over all given a lot of extra attention. So I don’t think any of it means anything. I’d sure like to know what goes on in their minds when they make these decisions!</p>
<p>Who knows? Gary liked my D’s musical selections an complimented her on finding good material that worked for her and wasn’t overdone. She did not get passed on. The acting room turned out a little weird for my D. Gary and Barbara made a big deal about the room being small and joked around about auditionees not climbing into their laps. When my D went into do her monologues she asked if where she was standing in the room was okay for Kaf. Kaf told her that she needed to stand wherever her monologue required her to stand because that is part of acting. My D was like, okie dokie… and did her monologues. Not much reaction and I think she had her adjust one line. That was it. All the girls that got passed on to Barbara were legit sopranos. My D is an alto/mezzo. Who KNOWS what they want? lol</p>
<p>My daughter auditioned for Barbara, not Gary so there was no passing? She had a good experience overall with the audition. I remember the joking about the rooms being small, but I got the impression it was meant for the singing auditions (Gary and Barbara) because they have to be so big. They commented for the kids not to get upset if they asked them to ‘stand in the corner’. Everyone was friendly and low key. They seemed very nurturing. It was a HUGE crowd of auditionees though. Probably over 40 in both the morning and afternoon session.</p>
<p>At NYC Unifieds, Gary did the singing audition for ALL MT hopefuls. He was very, very nice to everyone! Then, the kids were split (randomly?) into 2 groups. Half went to Kaf, half went to Barbara for the monologues. A very small number of kids who went to Kaf were then “passed on” to Barbara. I was sitting outside the monologue rooms. It seemed like Barbara had virtually everyone sing acapella. Her audition seemed much longer and more comprehensive than Kaf’s. </p>
<p>The issue here is that many of the kids were told (by other students) that if you started in Kaf’s room for monologues, and did not get passed onto Barbara, you will not get in. The passing on to Barbara is kind of like a call back. When you look at last year’s threads, it does appear that the only kids who got in were kids who got passed onto Barbara. THIS IS FOR MT ONLY. I have no idea how it works for Acting. </p>
<p>It is, of course, possible that they changed the system this year, but frankly, I would be very surprised if anyone was admitted for MT who started with Kaf and was not passed onto Barbara. If you were assigned to Barbara to start with, there is no way of knowing what your status is. But many of us are assuming that if our child started with Kaf and did not get to see Barbara, it is a no.</p>
<p>All of the CMU auditioners were so very nice and made the kids feel great about themselves. My D really loved them all. But she left being pretty darn certain that she would be rejected b/c she did not get passed on to Barbara. I would love to get proven wrong, but…I really think that’s the way it will work out!</p>
<p>Interesting. It would be nice if more programs had a “tell” like that. In truth we are not expecting anything from CMU, even though it all seemed to go extremely well–it’s an extreme long shot for sure. My D auditioned on campus, not Unifieds so what you are describing is new to me. It sounds like it could be more of the “rumor mill” that goes on with these things, but there is some logic to it in any event.</p>