Performing and Visual Arts APPLICANTS

Campanile College Counseling provides expert guidance for students entering fields in the performing arts and visual arts.  Collaborating with our large network of professionals in the fields of dance, drama, musical theatre, vocal and musical performance, musical composition, and visual art, Campanile helps students prepare for college programs that require auditions or specialized supplements.

Dr. Stone’s expertise in the arts has been recognized by the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County with an appointment of Commissioner of the Arts for San Mateo County, serving through 2023. In this capacity, Dr. Stone is charged, along with other members of the Commission, with awarding performing and visual arts grants to community organizations, developing arts programming in the County, and serving as a liaison to the arts community. Our Director of Writing, Meredith Joelle Donato, is also on the teaching faculty of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco where she works with high school and MFA students.

Dr. Stone was also recently interviewed for the September 2019 issue of DANCE SPIRIT Magazine on college admission for students pursuing BFA and BA degrees in dance.

Campanile students have successfully prepared portfolios and auditions for diverse fields such as choral conducting, graphic arts, game design, architecture, painting, ballet, contemporary dance, musical composition, musical theater, acting, jazz music, vocal music (blues/jazz), classical music, and many more fields including film making and directing and screen writing.

Our students have been admitted to excellent programs in the arts including:

ACTING: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Northwestern Theatre, Northwestern Musical Theatre, Brown University, University of Michigan Theatre, NYU Tisch, Stanford University, Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers), University of Michigan Musical Theatre, Loyola Marymount, Indiana University Theatre, Columbia College Chicago, USC Dramatic Arts, Shenendoah, Wesleyan, Hofstra University.

MUSIC (Opera, Classical Music Performance, Jazz Music/Voice): Berklee College of Music, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, NYU Music Business, Drexel (Music Industry), UCLA, University of Colorado Boulder, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, UC Santa Barbara, Northwestern Bienan School of Music, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, USC Thornton, Peabody Conservatory, Sarah Lawrence, Marymount Manhattan, American, Belmont University/Music Business, Bard College, Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, New England Conservatory, American University, UC Irvine Clair Trevor School of the Arts.

FILM/PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO: NYU Tisch Film, USC School of Cinematic Arts, SCAD, Newhouse at Syracuse, Marymount Manhattan, Columbia College Chicago, Hofstra University.

ART/ARCHITECTURE/GAME DESIGN/INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: RISD, University of Oregon, Parsons, Pratt, Syracuse Architecture, Fox College of Art at Washington University in St. Louis, San Francisco State University, Art Institute of Chicago, Rochester Institute of Technology, Champlain College, Drury, University of Texas at Austin, Drexel.

DANCE: Columbia University, Stanford University, Point Park, Barnard, University of Utah, Butler University, Skidmore, Case Western, Muhlenberg, Mount Holyoke, UC Irvine, Santa Clara, Smith College, Bryn Mawr.

Our students find much success in the arts post-graduation as well! Former students, for example, have appeared in Bridges of Madison County at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, worked as Assistant Choreographer for A Walk on the Moon, a world-premiere musical at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, produced a film recently shown at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, started a contemporary dance company, and photographs athletes for major news outlets around the world.

VIDEO SUPPLEMENTS/EDITING

Campanile’s in-house videographer assists students in the creation of their artistic supplements that are often required for performing artists. Please inquire for fees for filming and/or editing with existing footage.