Step 1: Get a School Teacher Recommendation
Ask your school music teacher to submit an RCSD Teacher Recommendation Form.
Step 2: Submit a Pathways Application
Fill out the Pathways Online Application Form.
Here is a checklist of all the information you will need to complete in the application:
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General Information
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Your Contact and School Information
Your Legal Guardian Contact information |
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Proof of Family Income
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Page 1 of your family’s latest IRS form (1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ) must be submitted with your application |
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Grade Consent
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Permission to check your grades throughout the year |
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Report Card
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Evidence of your current academic standing — you will be asked to bring this to your audition |
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Citywide Commitment
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Agreement to partner with the RCSD and give back to the district |
| RCSD Music Teacher Recommendation Form |
This form must be filled out and submitted by your RCSD teacher. We cannot process your application until we have this recommendation. |
Step 3: Perform an Audition
After we receive your application, you must perform a live audition. Further information regarding your audition day and time will be sent to you after you submit the application
During the audition, we will ask you to:
- Play 2-3 scales of your choice
- Perform ONE prepared solo. You have two options for choosing your solo:
- Perform any NYSSMA solo from the NYSSMA Manual
- Perform one of the Method Book pieces from the lists below:
String Method Book Selections for Pathways auditions:
Essential Elements Book 1
Banana Boat Song – Page 30 #117
Surprise Symphony Theme – Page 42 #182
Simple Gifts (Part A) – Page 45 #192
Minuet No. 1 (Solo) – Page 46 #193
Band Method Book Selections for Pathways auditions:
Sound Innovations Book 1 – Winds
Surprise Symphony – Page 37 #166
Scarborough Fair (Solo) – Page 39 #173
Molly Malone (Part A) – Page 30 #175
O Canada – Page 42 #181
Sound Innovations Book 1 – Percussion
Ode to Joy (snare) – Page 27 #107
Alouette (snare) – Page 32 #134
Just For Drums (Snare Solo) – Page 39 #173
Grant Us Peace (snare) – Page 42 #182
Vocal Selections for Pathways auditions:
America (My Country, ‘tis of Thee)
Simple Gifts
De Colores
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Eastman Pathways honors the legacy of world-renowned baritone William Warfield, who graduated from both the RCSD and the Eastman School of Music. Graduates of the Pathways program have attended colleges such as Eastman, University of Rochester, Harvard, MIT, Columbia, the University of Miami, SUNY Fredonia, the Manhattan School of Music, and Juilliard.