AdmissionsEnrollment into Harrison School for the Arts is by audition only. The Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is a nationally accredited, special-purpose school. Founded in 1989, the school serves approximately 476 students in the ninth through twelfth grades. Students audition or submit a portfolio for admission and take general education classes at Lakeland Senior High School. Students consistently demonstrate high academic performance and are taught by a dedicated, multi-talented faculty, who are accomplished artists in their respective fields. Applicants have varying backgrounds and differences in their arts areas. These variances are understood and taken into consideration by all adjudicators; however, applicants are urged to request advice and help of an arts area teacher in preparing for an audition. Audition Requirements for the specific departments can be found below: Application Packet due: January 10, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. All materials, including the application, recommendations, resume and verification of academic progress must be returned to the office together in order for the applicant to be scheduled for an audition. Recommendations should be returned in the envelope(s) provided. Persons completing recommendations should seal the recommendation and sign over the backside of the envelope. Submitted applications become property of Harrison School for the Arts. Audition Appointment Schedules Mailed: January 18, 2013 Students may audition for the departments listed below.
Audition Dates:
If you have a conflict with one of the dates assigned for your department, write the date in the upper left hand corner that is a conflict. If possible, we will try to schedule your audition on the other audition date(s). Status Letters Mailed: March 1, 2013 New Student Parent Meeting: March 14, 2013 7:00 p.m. Return Signed Contract: March 19, 2013 The Harrison office will schedule auditions with each student given a specific date and time to report to their auditions. Students may not audition for more than two (2) areas. If a student is auditioning in more than one area, he/she must check both departments on the application form in order to have an audition time/date assigned. There will be a required New Student/Parent Meeting on March 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Harrison Theatre. This meeting is for those students who have been accepted, as well as their parents/guardians. The Harrison procedures, guidelines and contract will be reviewed at this time. At the conclusion of the meeting, parents/guardians may submit the signed contract for their child to attend Harrison, or they can submit the signed contract to the Harrison office prior to 3:00 p.m. on TBA. Contracts not received by TBA will be invalid and a waiting list student will take that student's place in the department.
The application packet must be returned to the Harrison office in its entirety in order for the applicant to be scheduled for an audition. Application packet must include the following: signed application, personal resume with picture embedded or attached, two (2) letters of recommendation from teachers, latest report card (2.3 Cumulative GPA). The Visual and Performing Arts Program is designed to provide specialized opportunities in instruction for students who have demonstrated exceptional talent, interest and dedication to the arts. While receiving instruction within a particular arts discipline, students will also benefit from an academic curriculum that will meet district and state requirements for graduation and provide for Bright Futures options. THE PROGRAM THE DISCIPLINES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (ALL AUDITIONS ARE CLOSED TO OBSERVERS) . |
Lois Cowles Harrison
Lois Cowles Harrison
Center for the Visual
and Performing Arts
