Audition Master Classes

The Ultimate Audition Training

Spend an afternoon with some of CMT's most talented guest and resident teaching artists and directors. Learn about the audition process, how to perfect an audition song, how to make the most of a cold reading, and how to stand out during a dance audition. All participants will take part in a mock audition and receive personal feedback from instructors. Audition Master Classes are held prior to each Mainstage and Rising Stars audition.

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Who Can Attend?

Audition Master Classes are available year-round for all Rising Stars and Mainstage performers (ages 8-20), with a special session in the summer for Junior Talents performers (ages 6-9).

What To Bring

Students should have a prepared song to sing. An accompaniment CD (with background or karaoke music) is highly encouraged for Rising Stars and Junior Talents performers; whereas sheet music or an accompaniment CD is encouraged for Mainstage performers. Students are asked to wear closed-toed shoes and comfortable clothing that they can easily move around in. They should also plan to bring a water bottle, a notebook, and pen or pencil to take notes.

Where is Class Held?

All Audition Master Classes are held at the CMT Rehearsal Hall, Studio A.

• 1401 Parkmoor Avenue
• Suite 100
• San Jose, CA 95126
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Cost

Each Audition Master Class requires a fee of $95.

Cancellation Policy

Registration deadlines are set for 5:00 PM, one week prior to each class start date.

Cancellations or exchanges made prior to the registration deadlines are subject to a $25 processing fee (within first 60 days of purchase) or $50 processing fee (after 60 days of purchase).

No refunds for cancellations or exchanges will be honored after the registration deadlines.

Check payments written with non-sufficient funds will be subject to a $35 fee.

To request a cancellation or exchange, contact registration@cmtsj.org. Please include: your reason for cancelling/exchanging; the ticket buyer's name; the participant's name; the title of the class or event; the date and time of the class or event; the age group and/or session number.

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Meet the staff

TONY PANIGHETTI has been a theater arts teacher and a professional actor for over 13 years. He has taught all around the Bay Area with such companies as Starting Arts, Broadway By the Bay, and of course, Children’s Musical Theater San Jose. In the many years he’s spent working with CMTSJ he has taught every age from pre-kindergarten to teen… sometimes in the same day. His projects have included: studio classes, audition workshops, special needs performance programs, after school outreach programs, and summer camp acting classes. He was also the proud director of the Rising Stars’ 2007 production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. As a professional actor Tony has performed up and down California as well as the high seas of Alaska, Canada, Europe, and the Bahamas with Crystal Cruise Line’s Repertory Theater At Sea.
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CYNTHIA PARIENTE graduated from San Jose State University with her bachelor's degree in Dance and a minor in Child Development. While at SJSU, Cynthia was actively involved with the dance department and was a member of the San Jose State Spectrum Dance Team. She currently performs professionally throughout the Bay Area, and most recently choreographed CMT's productions of Seussical and The Wiz. Throughout her fifteen years with CMT, Cynthia has not only had the opportunity to work as a choreographer and teacher for the company, but has also participated in over thirty musicals onstage. As a performer, she appeared in last season's Marquee Productions of Chicago and Hairspray. Past favorites include West Side Story (Anita), Peter Pan (Tiger LIly), Cats (Demeter) and Little Shop of Horrors (Ronette). In 2005, she was the recipient of the John Ignacio Award for outstanding dance performance.
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