SCHOOL OF THE ARTS MAKES AUDITIONING VIRTUALLY EASY!
Not attending an in-person 2024 Audition Experience Camp? That’s okay! Now you can audition for the Bluecoats virtually! Virtual auditionees will be scored on the same rubric, use the same audition sheet to receive written comments, and be considered on the same schedule as the in-person candidates!
The deadline to submit a 2024 Virtual Audition has passed.
Registration for Virtual Auditions is non-refundable.
Please email join@bluecoats.com with any questions regarding Virtual Auditions.
$175
GET STARTED
Deadline to submit for musicians is December 1st at 11:59 pm ET.
Deadline to submit for colorguard is December 27th at 11:59pm ET.
Includes auto-enrollment in Virtual Audition submission portal, written feedback and audition determination, free Visual Techniques video course, and free Colorguard Techniques video course on Bluecoats School of the Arts.
Join the Bluecoats, online
In November and December, hundreds of musicians and colorguard performers from around the globe will audition for their chance at a summer of the Bluecoats Experience. Auditioning online is easier & robust. To learn more about the process, scroll down.
How to submit a video:
Review the materials
Record your video(s)
Upload
Submit
Get personalized feedback
We’re providing a free guide for every type of Virtual Audition submission. These guides include information on how to submit your video, expectations for what to include in your video, and even materials for you to practice and learn. For brass and percussion students, most of the materials expected in your video will come from your instrument’s Techniques & Materials packet. If there are materials not included in that packet that we are requesting you prepare and submit, they will be provided at no cost inside the free guide.
View your section’s free guide inside the feedback submission portal, or at the button links here.
Don’t forget to purchase your Techniques & Materials Packet!
$25 for musician packets.
Visual & Colorguard technique courses are free.
What’s included
Guides are provided at no cost, and include supplemental sheet music for brass students and videos of choreography to learn and submit. These guides are provided above, and inside the Feedback Video portal after purchase.
Use of the official Bluecoats rubric for auditions! At Bluecoats, we have a time-honored scoring and rubric system that we use to find some of the best young performers on the globe! Your feedback video submission will be graded on this rubric so you know where you stand.
Personalized, written feedback from a Bluecoats instructor. Our world-renowned team comes from all over the world, and includes some of the US’s most renowned band directors and educators. Each feedback video will receive written feedback, provided via PDF.
You can purchase your Virtual Audition spot at any time and submit on your own schedule. We encourage you to work quickly to submit as demand for a spot in the 2024 corps is high at this time.
Purchase includes access to guides and submission forms from your School of the Arts dashboard. All submissions will receive written feedback on the official Bluecoats’ rubric from a Bluecoats instructor.
$150
Includes auto-enrollment in Virtual Audition submission portal, written feedback and audition determination, free Visual Techniques video course, free Colorguard Techniques video course on Bluecoats School of the Arts.
