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What Happens Next?

  • Application Confirmation: Once you have submitted your application form, we will email you and your parent/guardian a confirmation that we have received it, usually within 48 hours.
  • Before your audition: Please prepare at least 1 piece of music (min 4 minutes long) that you will perform for our panel in your audition.
  • Backing Tracks: If you need a backing track, please bring it on a smartphone, tablet, or laptop. We will connect this to our sound system.
  • Under 16: If you are under the age of 16, please attend with your parent/guardian.
  • The Audition: During your audition, we may ask you a few music-related questions and/or have you complete a few music-related activities. These are designed to help us understand how you could fit into our bands.
    The audition day will be run on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Audition Duration: Your audition will last a total of between 10 and 15 minutes. After you finish, you are free to leave
  • Media: We may take photos and/or video of your audition for our internal evaluation of your performance.
  • Selection: Our selection process will be complete once all audition sessions conclude, before 11-Sept-2025.
  • Audition Outcome: You will receive an email confirming the outcome of your audition on or after 5-Sept-2025.
  • Number of Students: As a guide, our current plan is to form 10 bands, each with 4-5 members, with a total of up to 50 students. Half will attend Monday sessions, and the other half will attend Friday sessions.
  • The panel's selection is final. We may operate a holding list if we are oversubscribed, as we usually have a few dropouts.
​Instruments available to borrow:
  • Guitar, Bass, Mic, Keyboard, Acoustic Guitar
  • If you are auditioning as a drummer a full kit will be provided, however, please bring your own sticks.
Audition venue:
The auditions will take place at our venue: 
  • Katherine’s Hatch Common Room, Katherine's, Harlow CM19 5NP. Our entrance is to the left of the barbers.