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Arts Placement Workshops

An arts placement workshop is an opportunity for you to show what skills and knowledge you already have in your discipline. For example, if you have extensive studio training or private lessons, you may be placed into advanced classes.

In addition, at this time, you will meet with our school counselor and/or academic teachers to determine the most appropriate placement in science, math, social studies, and english classes.

Arts Placement Workshop Expectations

  • Instrumental
  • Vocal
  • Dance
  • Musical Theatre
  • Theatre
  • Visual Arts
  • Filmmaking and Photography

For Instrumental Music placement, student artists should perform a solo musical selection a minimum of 3 minutes in length.

All instrumentalists will be asked to play two different major scales on their instrument.

  • Pianists, Woodwinds, Strings, Brass and Percussionists – Prepare a solo work – this should be a selection written specifically for your instrument.  Please do not bring in parts from a band piece or selections where your instrument is playing a secondary role.
  • Singer/Songwriter guitar – prepare an original work that demonstrates your specific style
  • Guitarists – demonstrate your best technical work, ideally demonstrating strumming technique in various strumming patterns and melodic finger picking technique
  • Drummers – prepare a variety of styles (rock, Latin, swing, etc.) and a variety of beat patterns

For Vocal Music placement, student artists should prepare one of the following. You may sing a cappella or provide sheet music for accompaniment. Memorization is encouraged, but not required.

  • Classical Art Song (24 Italian Art Songs, First Book of [voice part] solos)
  • Broadway Show Tune
  • Jazz Standard (composed by George Gershwin, Cole Porter or similar)

For Dance Placement student artists should perform a 2-minute solo of their own choreography. This may be any style (ballet, modern, hip-hop, jazz, lyrical, etc.) but must be original choreography. The dance must include the following movements and/or elements:

  • Jumps – to show elevation.
  • Kicks (battement) – to show flexibility and range of movement through the hips and legs.
  • Turns – Your turn does not have to be in one spot, it could move around the space or in levels
  • Balance – does not have to be one leg/foot, it can be a balance on one or two points of your body
  • Space – do not create a dance that moves only from side to side or forward and back. Be creative and see what other directions you can move in, as well as using all parts of the “stage.”

**include 2 steps/movements from each category (ie. 2 jumps, 2 turns, 2 balances etc.) If you have training in a specific style of dance, it is to your advantage to showcase that style in your choreography.

For Musical Theatre placement, student artists should prepare ALL of the following:

  • Vocal Music – 16 bars of a Broadway Show tune- you may perform a cappella or bring sheet music for accompaniment
  • Theatre – choose and prepare one of the theatre monologues | Download
  • Dance – perform 32 bars of choreography from this YouTube video.

For Theatre placement student artists should perform one of the provided monologues: Download PiM Theatre Monologues. Theatre students should be ready to discuss characterization goals and obstacles the character has in the monologue as well as in the play as a whole.

For Visual Arts, your Placement Workshop will consist of the following:

  • 3 to 5 samples of best work.

Students may also take a knowledge test.

For Filmmaking and Photography, your Placement Workshop will consist of the following:

  • If you have any video or animation work to show we would like to see a 2-3 minute example of your filmmaking.  This can be a highlight reel or a single short film.
  • 5 to 6 sample photos.
  • 3 – 4 graphic design works or samples of drawings from a sketchbook.

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HEY PIMSTERS!!!!! i’m z! (he/him) and i’m a me HEY PIMSTERS!!!!! i’m z! (he/him) and i’m a media major here at PiM!!!!! I’m doing IG takeover for the film festival tonight! see u there!
hey party people! i’m sylvia (she/they)and i’m hey party people! i’m sylvia (she/they)and i’m an instrumental major here at PIM. i will be doing the instagram takeover for the biggest no shame of the year! it’s tonight at 7pm! $5 for students, $7 for everyone else 
hope to see you there🐙

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Due to inclement weather, our gallery opening, fil Due to inclement weather, our gallery opening, film & animation festival, and instrumental music concert have been postponed to Monday, March 20th. 

Start times for all events will remain the same.
SO much is happening at PiM these next few days! SO much is happening at PiM these next few days! 

🎞 March 16th - PiM's Film and Animation Festival @ 7pm in the White Box
☘️ March 17th - March No Shame @ 7pm in the White Box
🎸 March 16th - Mid-Winter Instrumental Music Concert @ 7pm in the Loading Dock Theatre
🎤 March 21st- Mid-Winter Vocal Music Concert @ 7pm at the Masonic Heritage Center in Bloomington

We can't wait to see you there!
Awards season has come to an end... but our own fi Awards season has come to an end... but our own film and animation festival is happening this Thursday!

Admission is free! Come down to the White Box to check out student films and animations by our own future award winners.
hey pimsters! my name is Ella Meyers (she/they) an hey pimsters! my name is Ella Meyers (she/they) and i’m a junior dance major. i’m taking over the instagram  for closing night of the dance concert, Sticks and Stones! it’s at 7pm tonight come see it!!!!
HEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS!!! My name is Ellie (she/h HEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS!!! My name is Ellie (she/her) and I am going to take all of you through the day of opening night for our winter dance concert!!!🩰⭐️🩰⭐️
Hey Pimsters My name is Abby Rau I am senior danc Hey Pimsters  My name is Abby Rau I am senior dance major. And I am going to be taking over today’s pimstagram. To show the last day of tech before opening night! #danceconcert #techweek
Hi guys!!! I’m izzy shaffer and i’m doing the Hi guys!!! I’m izzy shaffer and i’m doing the Pimstagram takeover today! i am a Junior dance major and i’m in the dance concert which is being shown this Friday and saturday come and see it!!
Tickets for our winter dance show are available no Tickets for our winter dance show are available now! Tap the link in our bio to get tickets to Sticks & Stones today.
We are back in the building tomorrow. See you in B We are back in the building tomorrow. See you in Block 1!
Hey, all - Don't forget that Wednesday & Thursday Hey, all - Don't forget that Wednesday & Thursday are E-Learning days. You need to log onto google classroom for each class, complete the Attendance assignment and follow the instructions your teacher has posted for you to complete.
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