Audition

auditioning is, without a doubt, the most mind-blowing event that could take place in your life. It is one of the most exciting and nervous moments in the life of an actor. It can also be more often than not one of the most frustrating time periods. Auditions are the dark side of the performing arts. Performers are herded into a small space under the watchful eyes of a panel of auditors, then tested through a range of ‘experiments’ and trials, scrutinised incessantly for; the way they look (do…

minute mistakes I had glorified during rehearsals, playing tests, and especially auditions. However, after I did not make an Illinois Allstate ensemble my junior year, my approach to these nerve-wracking situations completely changed. Instead of thinking failing negatively, those uncomfortable experiences actually made me improve as I had taken more auditions. I vividly remember one of my first high pressured auditions. It was my sophomore year, and I was competing for a spot in the ILMEA…

show choir last year. She really enjoyed it that is why she trying again this year. “The auditions are not hard because you are doing what you know,” said Brewer. They usually take up 60 people after audition, but a lot will people quit. After someone quits they get replaced by the next person in line. For audition, people do a vocal or singing audition then a dance audition. The people for watch them audition are the choir teachers, Jamie Logan and Ella Ward, and the choreographer for that…

little later than I hoped, it wasn't until 2010 when I realized I really wanted to act, I remember the day so clearly; I was downstairs doing some of my “grade 6 school work” when my mom called me upstairs to show me an ad in the paper for munchkin auditions for The Wizard of Oz at Theatre Ancaster. I was ecstatic when I saw this, I have always had a passion for theatre, drama, and acting in general; but, unfortunately I…

Weightlifting is open to all 7th and 8th graders on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 in the HS weight room. Mr. Boyd is offering group meetings every Thursday during Warrior Time for those students who want to finish the year strong and improve their academics. Sign up in the guidance office. The last dance of the year will be held Friday, May 11th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and is open to Ontario Middle School students only. It is a semi-formal event which means dress up! Pre-sale tickets will be…

Momager-someone who supports and finds auditions for various things. I call my mom a momager because she is always looking for auditions and programs. One day my mom sent out a video of me singing to the Nora Brennan casting company. They asked me to come audition for Matilda’s open call. I was too tall to audition for the role of Matilda. You had to be 4’ 3” at the tallest. I was already 4’ 5”, so I auditioned for Matilda’s ensemble. In an open call anyone can audition with any song.…

The moment I had been waiting for had begun. I was singing my heart out for my annual All State Audition. The butterflies in my stomach almost eating me alive, knowing I had made it the past two years and could not make a mistake, I had to be perfect. In an instant, my eyes wandered and lost my spot in the music which I was currently singing from. I had messed up, big time. There was no way i could recover from this accident. I was sure to be done for. Nothing made sense and there was no reason…

remember. “I focus on violin mainly, but I am here to audition you today.” I’m just saying that violins and flutes mainly have one thing in common: both instruments focus in treble clef. There isn’t much of a similarity of how one plays each instrument. One requires lungs, while other requires horsehair. The man auditioning me wouldn’t be able to tell my strengths as well as a flutist auditioning me would, which was going to make the audition process difficult for the both of us. Interviewing…

didn’t seem sure. “And don’t forget that no matter which piece you play, you can always be bumped down to a lower level of orchestra.” I nodded my head showing that I understood and put my flute up to my lips, ready to play. The worst part of my audition at Midwest Young Artists was that it was on video tape. Well, not the kind of tape that would get me internet famous on Youtube, but the kind of tape where Midwest Young Artists can look back on it if I step foot inside that building again.…

screening audition, a daunting task for a sixth grader whose only experience with percussion had been banging on an out-of-tune toy drum kit in his basement. During the screening audition, the teacher said to me, “When we are done, are you willing to immediately know if you will be in the percussion program?” to which my answer was a nervous “Yeah.” He then went about the screening, which primarily involved me clapping my hands to the tick of a metronome. I passed the screening audition. Fast…