College-Bound Seminar Held at Music Theatre of Connecticut 10/15

Music Theatre of Connecticut School of the Performing Arts in Westport will conduct the College Bound in the Performing Arts Seminar, a crash course in researching performing arts degree programs for high school sophomores and juniors and their parents, on Saturday, October 15 at 10am in Westport.

The seminar, designed for students interested in pursuing an acting, music or musical theatre degree path in college, is led by Kevin Connors, MTC co-founder and College Bound in the Performing Arts creator and coach. He brings more than 25 years of experience as a professional theatre director and composer, as well as having served as adjunct professor of musical theatre at several colleges, including The Hartt School of Music/University of Hartford and the University of Bridgeport.

Connors and MTC co-founder Jim Schilling have advised, coached and guided over sixty students through the college process-selection through audition and admission. Many MTC alumni have completed or are currently enrolled in college programs and appear in Broadway shows, feature films, and commercials.

Westporter Justin Paul, graduate of University of Michigan's BFA musical theatre program, participated in a past College Bound in the Performing Arts Seminar. He said, "MTC and Kevin Connors have been essential in helping me find the programs and institutions that would best suit my desired career track. Though guidance counselors are wonderful in preparing for post-high school academic studies, Kevin guided me toward the best arts-specific programs in the country."

Haley Petersen, Westport, an Emerson College BFA musical theatre graduate, also attended the College Bound in the Performing Arts Seminar and was an MTC student. She said of her experience, "Music Theatre of Connecticut nurtured my appreciation for theatre and started me down the right path. The staff is very passionate about theatre and they certainly spread it to their students."

"When I look back to when I started MTC and where I am now, I am amazed," Ms. Petersen added. "I never would have guessed that I would actually pursue a college degree in theatre, but they kept pushing me further and I fell deeper in love with it."

MTC's College Bound in the Performing Arts Seminar covers the performing arts college admission process from start to finish. It explains the many crucial elements of performing arts degrees most school or college counselors may not know, including consideration if a performing arts degree is right for the student, specific information on more than 25 colleges and their programs, how to begin "college shopping" and narrowing the field, degree programs and their differences, realizing that timing is earlier than one may think, finding the right fit in college department philosophies, unique elements to performing arts degree programs, academic and admission requirements, making the most of an on-site tour, audition material selection and preparation, separating the marketing from the reality, plus individual/family consultation.

Tuition for the College Bound in the Performing Arts Seminar is $95 and includes one private consultation.

The College Bound in the Performing Arts Seminar is at Music Theatre of Connecticut, 246 Post Road East, Westport. For more information on "College Bound in the Performing Arts," or to register, visit musictheatreofct.com, or contact Music Theatre of Connecticut at 203.454.3883.

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