Audition Tips
- Submit all of your application materials at least EIGHT WEEKS prior to your requested performance date. Applications can be accepted up to one year in advance of your requested performance date.
- Complete a Disney Magic Music Days Performance Application for EACH GROUP auditioning. No application fee is required for your initial group. If you have more than one group in one of the following disciplines: band, orchestra, vocal, or dance, that are applying for separate performances, copy and submit a separate Performance Application, along the application fee, for each additional group's performance. This fee is not necessary if you have multiple groups from different disciplines (such as a band and an orchestra). The additional group(s) will not be scheduled until 4 weeks prior to the performance date of your first group. If your additional group(s) is not selected, then the application fee is refundable.
- Submit a non-returnable DVD or VHS videotape of a performance that is less than one year old. This DVD or videotape (no excerpts, please) should be representative of the actual number of performers that would be performing, and should feature selections typical of your group's proposed performance at Walt Disney World® Resort. Please place your video camera close enough so that specific movements of the group can be easily and clearly seen, but far enough away to capture the whole group at one time. Please avoid close-ups and individual shots. Promotional videos and adjudication videos are not acceptable. (Please label the DVD or videotape with your group's name, the director's name, and the director's telephone number.)
- Marching Bands — Provide complete selections of your choice (parade performances preferred).
- Orchestras and Concert Bands — Provide two selections of your choice.
- Jazz Bands — Provide two complete big band jazz charts.
- Dance Ensembles & Drill Teams — Provide at least two complete up-tempo, high-energy numbers that show ALL participants and ALL groups that will be performing.
- Submit a non-returnable, color photograph of the uniforms/costumes to be worn during your performance (no larger than 8 x 10). The photograph must show the entire uniform/costume/robe. Please label the photograph on the back with your group's name, the director's name, and the director's telephone number.
- Bands and Choral Groups — Costumes/uniforms/robes should be same or consistent to a theme, clean and well-maintained. Proper footwear is required, and must be the same style. Jeans, t-shirts, tank tops, shorts and athletic attire must be pre-approved by the Disney Magic Music Days office. Mascots or recognizable character costumes are not permitted.
- Dance Ensemble & Drill Teams — Costumes and uniforms should be the same or consistent to a theme, clean, well-maintained and tasteful in nature. Mascots or recognizable character costumes are not permitted. Jeans, T-shirts, tank tops, shorts and athletic attire must be pre-approved by the Disney Magic Music Days office.
- All applications must be signed by your director in order to be considered.
Please note: Your group must provide its own transportation to and from its assigned performance venue and/or workshop.
