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i need advice..

at this point, i’ve finished my academic applications for every school. I’ve finished my prescreens for every school, now, we’re onto auditions. My mom is telling me to CHANGE my audition songs, instead of using my prescreen songs for my auditions. Every college official we’ve asked has said that it doesn’t really matter to them if we sing the same versus a different song. My voice teacher said it’s TOO LATE to change songs and i won’t be ready, but like. she doesn’t know i have that motion, like i know i can do it i’ve done it before. I can learn a song in a day and do the acting the next day. At the risk of tooting my own horn i KNOW i can do it. But i don’t have my voice teachers blessing and it makes me nervous to change it. My mom says she can see i’m not excited about my songs, but everyone hates their songs after the process and i DONT hate my songs i still love singing them! But she says she wants me to wow them and shock them and that i should change them. what should i do?

Dear Re(a)ders,

I am 28 years old, I am from India, and I am applying for the Chevening Scholarship to pursue MA Musical Theatre in the UK. I have been professionally trained in dance and am currently taking vocal training. I am applying for programs which include a dance component in the audition-tape process, to play with my strengths. I am finishing my Ph.D in English literature and am deeply passionate about writing; training in Musical Theatre would help me integrate my interests. I can only apply to three the following programs:

1. GSA 2. LAMDA 3. Royal Academy of Music 4. Goldsmiths, University of London 5. Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Which programs should I prioritise based on my chances of being accepted and the quality of the program?

I have found the already available comments about Musical Theatre on Reddit really helpful, thank you for creating this space.