Fine Arts Visit Day

February 7, 2008

Fine Arts Visit Day is a wonderful opportunity for high school students to visit Northwestern to find out about a career in music or theatre, and what it is like to study the arts at the college level, and even audition for scholarship opportunities.  Fine Arts Visit Day is free, and is open to any high school student and their parents who is interested in a degree in music or theatre at the college level.

          9:00-9:30:  Registration
          9:30-10:00: Welcome and Introduction of the Faculty
          10:00-11:00: Interest Sessions
                    Session 1 (10:00-10:25)
                              -Getting ready for college auditions
                              -What do I do with a career in Theatre?
                              -Preparing for a career in Music Education
                              -Preparing for a career in Music Performance
                    Session 2 (10:30-10:55)
                              -What is really like being a theatre major
                              -What it’s really like being a music major
                              -Why should I continue to be involved with music
                                        after high school if I’m not going to be a
                                        major?
          11:00-12:00:  Sit-in on a rehearsal or a class
                    University Singers or History of Theatre and Drama
                    Literature
          12:00-1:00: Lunch, tour of Fine Arts facilities and tour of
                    campus
          1:00-2:00: Sit-in on a rehearsal or a class
                    Band or Theatre Appreciation
          2:00-3:00: Special session for students considering majoring in
                    Theatre: Expectations of Theatre Majors 
                    -or- Sit-in on a rehearsal
                    Concert Choir
          3:00: Auditions
          3:20: Sit-in on a rehearsal (if interested)
                    Jazz Band