<p>Love the “halfway house” LOL. Just want son in situation where he has some options if he did not go on with MT. In our case, S is borderline in even getting through his program, not because of lack of talent in showcasing, auditioning, juries, but because of his very nature. If he were cut at a program like CCM, no way would he just go into the theatre arts major with a BA. It would likely be game over and hit the streets for him. So as a mom, I just don’t see a cut program as a good deal for any of parents. </p>
<p>Soozie, researching MT programs is a tough endeavor. Not much out there other than what the schools themselves put out. ANd this thread, of course which should be compiled into a book of sorts. I always thought of MT as just drama with the voice and dance thrown in and was floored to find it to be a whole field of its own. And so selective. The thing that I noticed with a lot of MT kids, is that they do not want to go to a regular college. Mine was done when it came to academics, and a BFA program was as close to that as he would go. We did end up having to had some BA programs heavy in the music and theatres as first round results were not good, but he had no interest in them. Yet, he did like the environment of a university over that of a true conservatory such a BosCo and Roosevelt and a few others he visited. These kids are not at all risk adverse and will not shirk a cut program, I am sure. No, it’s the parents who are putting up the money and trying to provide a little shelter and a little time before the plunge into the tough world of cuts and auditions and more cuts, that will not see the sense in a school where cuts are likely, or where failure is likely for that matter.</p>