Carnegie audition in ATL

monkey13
Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:43:43 +0000

They are wonderfully nice to EVERYONE. Don’t get your hopes up. We had read CC and talked to people…all those wonderful comments mean NOTHING. (In fact, if Gary says, “Beautiful song for a beautiful girl,” you pretty much can bank on a “No.”) It was one of my D’s favorite auditions, too, b/c the faculty are so warm and funny and gentle. Just don’t read anything into it…I know so many kids who took those complements as a sign that they were going to get in. DON’T. Trust us on this one. And, if Barbara and Kaf are there, and your child is randomly assigned to Kaf for the monologue, and they do not get sent on to Barbara afterwards, they are not getting in. I don’t care what the school says, what anyone says, we have NEVER heard of a kid who didn’t get sent to Barbara getting in. Of course, if your child is randomly assigned to Barbara to deliver the monologue, this surefire trick won’t work.

I say all of this warmly…truly I do. Fabulous program, wonderful faculty…the audition was great and always is. I’ve never talked to anyone who doesn’t have a great time. All this cautioning is so your child doesn’t get a broken heart. Don’t read anything into any of it. Just go and enjoy.