pre screens

@VoiceTeacher - sorry, but Oklahoma’s requirements only brought this line from 1776 to mind:

D spent more than three years assembling a college audition rep book full of monologues and songs: Shakespeare, Moliere, Contemporary, Comedy, Drama, Golden Age, Pop/Rock since 2000, Ballad, UpTempo, Sustained Lyric Line, Patter Song, Art Song, 16 bars, 32 bars, 1 minute, 2 minutes, Two-in-90 seconds, Old Situations, New Complications, Something For Everyone…

Not to mention SAT, ACT, AP tests, state tests, college applications, essays, leadership statements, references, more references, trips to schedule, audition schedules to juggle…

It was impossible not to view overly-specialized video prescreen requirements through a hazy filter full of “are you kidding me” and “when is this ever going to end?” Asking for yet another research cycle to find a monologue from a somewhat arbitrary time period for a prescreen seemed over the top to me.

By the way, very few schools asked her about her overall repertoire, but almost every one asked about what other schools she was auditioning for…(smile)