Mannes Audition Travel Help
Anyone have advice for travel to Mannes for D's audition? I've only been to NYC once and just followed everyone else. What's the best airport to fly into? Hotels? I couldn't find a link for hotels or...
View Articlenorthwestern audition invites?
Hi--my son submitted his prescreens to Northwestern. He's been invited to audition everywhere else but not here yet. I am wondering if that means he won't be invited? We are trying to book our tickets...
View ArticleAuditions anxiety
I have been a lurker on CC for a while now, my D is only a freshman in HS at this point, but perhaps someone here has advice in overcoming audition anxiety. My D is perusing MT, has no problems with...
View ArticleIf you could dream up a degree, what would it look like?
I'm on a committee to imagine new courses within existing degrees (i.e. violin performance), new takes on degrees (i.e. a singer-songwriter track), and new degrees/certificates (i.e. Musical Scoring...
View ArticleHas anyone’s child been rejected from a school before VP/ music audition date ?
DD applied to a VP ( classic) and received a rejection letter from school before her confirmed audition in two weeks. . School does not have a prescreen requirement. The letter said that they would...
View ArticleMusic opportunity non music major euphonium
Hello All, My son is a high school junior who is a passionate Euphonium player (in honors band, in New England Conservatory Senior Youth Wind Ensemble, All States since Freshman) who has decided he...
View ArticleAcceptance Thread for Undergrad Class of '23 & Grad Class of '21
Here we go! Again, please PM me with the acceptances. If you don't see it listed here today, that means that it's lost somewhere in my Inbox or a thread, so please resend it! Amyizzy's D: Columbia...
View ArticleMorning Auditions for NON-Morning Humans!!!
Hello friends. We are hurling towards Auditions, The Reality Show, and my DS, like many musicians, plays well at night, practices amazingly at night, and can’t really open his eyes nor move his arms...
View ArticleMorning Auditions for NON-Morning Humans!!!
Hello friends. We are hurling towards Auditions, The Reality Show, and my DS, like many musicians, plays well at night, practices amazingly at night, and can’t really open his eyes nor move his arms...
View ArticleThe Polar Vortex Has Split
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/01/15/polar-vortex-has-fractured-eastern-us-faces-punishing-stretch-winter-weather-just-underway But surely this is the music major board, not the...
View Articlesubmit during the grace period on slideroom
Hi- if I submit my music supplements during the grace period (like 5 days after the deadline,) will that affect my application result?
View ArticleUniversity admissions for music majors
Hello, i thought i would start a thread with information the admissions process when the music school is part of a larger university. I know that 1. University of Michigan screens the applicants’...
View Articlemusic theory & aural skills test materials?
Hi everyone, I am auditioning for violin performance at SMU next weekend & there is a requirement of taking an online music theory & listening (aural skills) test beforehand. I have been...
View ArticleNEC Application submit button panic!
This evening we had an episode in our house. My D submitted her NEC application on October 31st ahead of the November 1 priority deadline and quickly moved forward with other things. Tonight she felt...
View ArticleAdvice for newbie?
Hi, I am pretty clueless regarding music in general and music majors in particular. I have been reading this section for a year or so in the hope of becoming better informed. I have a 9th grader who...
View ArticleOveruse injuries and iron deficiency
Some of you might remember my posts about the overuse injuries in his hands that have prevented my son from playing any instruments all semester (his first at Berklee!). He got evaluated and is being...
View ArticleThe weird world of vocal performance
Looking for some advice and feedback. We’ve had mixed messages from visiting music schools. Some say they are looking for the potential of the voice and others want you to have a lot of piano, sight...
View ArticleTime to think about summer!
We're making a list and checking it twice.... not for Santa.... How is it possible that she *just* started college and now it's time to get ready for summer institute auditions! Thankfully I think my D...
View ArticleReconsidering prescreens?
Does this ever happen? My S did not get offered an audition at a school he applied to. It was no biggie and not unexpected and he moved on. Then a month later his teacher gets a request for a letter of...
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