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ElliottsMom · 05-12-2006, 01:55 AM

I took up LivvieJayne on her offer for more information about PPU and asked her a specific question about the BA to BFA process. We e-mailed privately but she said I could share her response with anyone on CC. I've not included her information about the question of BA vs. BFA in general, but I am posting the specific infomation about BFA auditions by the BA students at PPU.

She said:
The facts are this: everyone starts as a BA major. in the spring of your sophomore year, you can audition for the BFA program. it is highly competitive and tough to get into the first time you audition- the point of having you audition is basically because you've been at school for almost 2 years and can determine if you want to follow this intense course of study rather than the BA program which has less requirements and therefore leaves room for other options (ie a minor, double major, etc). After your audition, you will have one of 4 results: they will accept you, ask you to reaudition in the fall, reaudition in the spring, or not reaudition at all. Many students are not accepted their first audition, and not because of anything talent related: the point of the audition is to present as polished and professional an audition as possible with material that is wellsuited to you and shows you off. Most students dont get it the first time because the auditors simply felt that they needed a better song or monologue, or something of that nature- nothing talent related!! If they ask you to reaudition in the fall, it means that they feel you just needed to pick better audition material. A reaudition in the spring generally means that they feel you need another full year of school before you are ready to present an audition of as high quality as they would like. if they ask you not to reaudition...it's pretty selfexplanatory. i auditioned this past spring and was asked to come back in the fall- i met with every single auditor (there were 10) and got a lot of really really important and beneficial feedback. the overall consensus was that they simply wanted me to sing a more legit song as opposed the belting one that i chose. it's not completely a measure of talent and it doesnt mean you are terrible- i was in 4 shows this past year, and people can go their entire career at PPU and never be cast once. they just wanted something different out of my audition. simple as that. out of eveyrone who auditioned this spring, 2 girls and maybe 9 guys got it, 5 or 6 of us were asked to come in the fall, and eveyrone else (25 or so) asked to return next spring.

Thanks again to LivvieJayne as these specifics were very helpful in my understanding of the process and of the intermixing of the BA and BFA majors.

05-12-2006, 01:55 AM	#13
ElliottsMom Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 358	Progression into BFA I took up LivvieJayne on her offer for more information about PPU and asked her a specific question about the BA to BFA process. We e-mailed privately but she said I could share her response with anyone on CC. I've not included her information about the question of BA vs. BFA in general, but I am posting the specific infomation about BFA auditions by the BA students at PPU. She said: The facts are this: everyone starts as a BA major. in the spring of your sophomore year, you can audition for the BFA program. it is highly competitive and tough to get into the first time you audition- the point of having you audition is basically because you've been at school for almost 2 years and can determine if you want to follow this intense course of study rather than the BA program which has less requirements and therefore leaves room for other options (ie a minor, double major, etc). After your audition, you will have one of 4 results: they will accept you, ask you to reaudition in the fall, reaudition in the spring, or not reaudition at all. Many students are not accepted their first audition, and not because of anything talent related: the point of the audition is to present as polished and professional an audition as possible with material that is wellsuited to you and shows you off. Most students dont get it the first time because the auditors simply felt that they needed a better song or monologue, or something of that nature- nothing talent related!! If they ask you to reaudition in the fall, it means that they feel you just needed to pick better audition material. A reaudition in the spring generally means that they feel you need another full year of school before you are ready to present an audition of as high quality as they would like. if they ask you not to reaudition...it's pretty selfexplanatory. i auditioned this past spring and was asked to come back in the fall- i met with every single auditor (there were 10) and got a lot of really really important and beneficial feedback. the overall consensus was that they simply wanted me to sing a more legit song as opposed the belting one that i chose. it's not completely a measure of talent and it doesnt mean you are terrible- i was in 4 shows this past year, and people can go their entire career at PPU and never be cast once. they just wanted something different out of my audition. simple as that. out of eveyrone who auditioned this spring, 2 girls and maybe 9 guys got it, 5 or 6 of us were asked to come in the fall, and eveyrone else (25 or so) asked to return next spring. Thanks again to LivvieJayne as these specifics were very helpful in my understanding of the process and of the intermixing of the BA and BFA majors.
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