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kaysmom · 01-30-2007, 04:38 AM

MichaelNKat,

My daughter auditioned to Emerson in November and had a great experience there. I think they may have changed things a little from when Soozie's D auditioned. There were students with us the entire time answering any kind of questions we had. They had all kinds of information out and it was very informal which made it easy to talk to the students. There was coffee and water set up for the parents.

In my daughter's session the group was split in half. Some dancing first and others singing/monologues first. Of course my daughter got the dance first which she hates because it messes up her hair! There is no need to bring a headshot...they take a headshot picture right there on the computer which feeds all of the information on to the laptops the instructors have. Very computer savy for sure!

My daughter did say the dance was very easy. I'm thinking something to a song from Hairspray but I could be mixing this up with another school. They did ask the kids as a group to tell something original about themselves and I do believe she said they asked her "why Emerson" but when she was in there alone...not in the group.

The kids got to choose who would be going first in the group. My daughter was late getting on the bandwagon and by the time she figured out the kids were deciding, everyone had an order so she was last! We were there for a very long time so if your daughter wants to be out quicker tell her to make sure she gets a spot in order.

She sang only one song and did her monologue. She was asked to change up her monologue which she felt was just to see how well she takes direction. She wasn't sure that she did well because she couldn't get a good "vibe" from anyone and some of the kids were asked to sing two songs. But she liked it there very much and did like all of the staff she met. She found out in December that she was accepted early action into the MT program and was extremely excited! So don't let daughter get disappointed if she is only asked to sing the one song. It could be a good thing! Best of luck to your daughter! I hope it goes well for her!

01-30-2007, 04:38 AM	#24
kaysmom Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: D sophomore MT at CMU Threads: 1 Posts: 454	MichaelNKat, My daughter auditioned to Emerson in November and had a great experience there. I think they may have changed things a little from when Soozie's D auditioned. There were students with us the entire time answering any kind of questions we had. They had all kinds of information out and it was very informal which made it easy to talk to the students. There was coffee and water set up for the parents. In my daughter's session the group was split in half. Some dancing first and others singing/monologues first. Of course my daughter got the dance first which she hates because it messes up her hair! There is no need to bring a headshot...they take a headshot picture right there on the computer which feeds all of the information on to the laptops the instructors have. Very computer savy for sure! My daughter did say the dance was very easy. I'm thinking something to a song from Hairspray but I could be mixing this up with another school. They did ask the kids as a group to tell something original about themselves and I do believe she said they asked her "why Emerson" but when she was in there alone...not in the group. The kids got to choose who would be going first in the group. My daughter was late getting on the bandwagon and by the time she figured out the kids were deciding, everyone had an order so she was last! We were there for a very long time so if your daughter wants to be out quicker tell her to make sure she gets a spot in order. She sang only one song and did her monologue. She was asked to change up her monologue which she felt was just to see how well she takes direction. She wasn't sure that she did well because she couldn't get a good "vibe" from anyone and some of the kids were asked to sing two songs. But she liked it there very much and did like all of the staff she met. She found out in December that she was accepted early action into the MT program and was extremely excited! So don't let daughter get disappointed if she is only asked to sing the one song. It could be a good thing! Best of luck to your daughter! I hope it goes well for her! Last edited by kaysmom : 01-30-2007 at 04:45 AM. Reason: left information out