A Hopeful MT Major with little experience

KatMT
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:21:49 +0000

Briana - you may get more responses after the holiday.

Just so you know, youtube clips are not allowed on CC, so when a moderator sees it they may take it down.
I did not watch the clip, so my advice is based upon your post and would be the same for anyone in your position…

If you want to transfer to a college for musical theatre in your sophomore year, keep up with your dance (at many schools this will be a huge plus in the admissions process), and continue pursuing performance opportunities. This is more about the experience for you than how it will look on a resume. The actual resume is a smaller part of the admissions process at most school. The audition is the main deciding factor.

In addition to continuing with those things above start taking singing lessons, get into ana acting class now or when you are at college. If you are certain that you want to transfer you may also want to consider majoring in theatre at Sonoma if that is an option.

I would not worry about your “late start”. You are only a senior in high school, you have been dancing consistently for much of your life, and you are taking steps to gain experience in areas where you are not as strong.

If you wanting to stay in CA, you may want to contact Fullerton and Irvine. At both programs you wait until after freshman year to audition, so transferring may be less difficult (although both programs are highly competitive, as are most MT programs). Good Luck!!!