<p>Please also be aware that this is a thread on the NYU/Tisch/CAP21 summer program which has NO audition and R12467 is discussing the CAP21 stand alone summer program that has an audition. These are not the same program. </p>
<p>Also, your D could apply to NYU/Tisch/CAP21 summer program with no audition but it is very competitive to get into, but I thought I would mention it. </p>
<p>In my view, if your D is applying to summer programs that require admissions by audition, she needs to apply to more than one. So, it should not all revolve around CAP21. </p>
<p>Also, I am not sure I would agree that it isn’t worth it to travel to audition or to put together a DVD audition tape if she doesn’t get in. All these things involve risk and a good chance or rejection. The college process is going to be that way too and so one needs a balanced list to apply to and that will yield a result, and not rely on one program where nobody can say she will have a chance or get in. </p>
<p>We can’t really tell you if your D has a chance or not based on what you wrote. Sometimes kids with less experience audition very well with natural talent and sometimes kids with lots of experience don’t audition well. </p>
<p>That said, if your D has her sights on applying to BFA in MT Programs for college, she needs to take private voice lessons, drama classes, and ballet/jazz dance classes. It is great that she plays instruments, studies music theory and is in showchoir and other select choirs and her school musical! But what one learns in singing and in dance through those activities is not the same as voice lessons and dance technique classes. As well, she should do as much theater as she can in and out of school (whatever is available to her). Theater is so much different than show choir. MT programs don’t just want great singers but also actors/performers. So, focus on putting together these pieces to prepare for the future if she seeks this path. </p>
<p>Also, you can ask those in the field who know others who have gone onto BFA in MT programs, if your D is competitive. If you yourselves know kids who have gone onto college for MT, self assess in comparison. As well, any benchmarks your D attains will be some type of affirmation of how she can compete in a larger talent pool (ie., regional and state vocal or theater competitions/adjudications, casting outside the school setting, going to a summer program and how she fares in that wider talent pool, etc.). </p>
<p>If your D puts together an audition (either live or by tape), it would help to have some coaching on her songs and her monologues. Many do.</p>