Visual and Performing Arts Scholarships

Applicants should submit a 2-1/2 to 3 minute video in jazz, contemporary, tap, hip hop or African diasporic style emphasizing rhythm, musicality and personal style. Please ensure that your link is shareable (YouTube, Vimeo or Google Drive are all good options) and security settings allow your video link to open immediately. At the beginning of the video, please introduce yourself and credit the composer/music artist and choreographer. After submitting your video, a date and time will be coordinated for a live, virtual interview.

Auditions are required for acceptance to this major. Applicants have the option to audition in person or submit a virtual audition. Visit our dance auditions page for more information.

Applicants should submit a video with two contrasting pieces. Contrasting could be classic/contemporary, jazz/traditional or upbeat/slower. Please ensure that your link is shareable (YouTube, Vimeo or Google Drive are all good options) and security settings allow your video link to open immediately. At the beginning of the video, please introduce yourself and credit the composer or arranger.

After submitting your video, a date and time will be coordinated for a live, virtual interview. Visit our music auditions page for more information.

Applicants should record two monologues, each one minute in length. One monologue should be from a classical work (written/published before 1875), and the second should be from a modern work (written/published after 1900). Actors who are interested in musical theater may perform the modern monologue and up to 24 bars of music. Students may also provide a link to video recordings of performances as supplemental material.

Students interested in design/technical theater should provide a portfolio with pictures and/or samples of production work, or work that demonstrates ability as an artist, technician or manager.

Detailed information, along with options to accommodate students at all stages of their theatrical training, is available on our theatre arts auditions page. After submission of your video or portfolio, a date and time will be coordinated for a live, virtual interview.

Applicants must have 5-12 pieces in their portfolios, which may contain various media. In regard to three-dimensional work, students should include quality photographs showing multiple views of the piece. A document that numbers and provides information for each work in a portfolio should be included and must indicate title, size, date and medium (or media).

Portfolios should be submitted through your student status page. They will also be accepted by emailing admissions@salve.edu and providing a web link, or in rare cases, by mail to Salve Regina University, Office of Admissions, 100 Ochre Point Ave., Newport, RI 02840.

A portfolio review is required for acceptance to this major. The same portfolio pieces (and any additional a student would like to submit) will be used for scholarship consideration.

Visual and performing arts students are those pursuing majors in dance, music, music education, studio art or theatre arts. This must be a student’s primary major selected on the Common Application, if intending to double major.

Visual and performing arts scholarships are awarded to students who plan to major in dance, music, music education, studio art or theatre arts. Students intending to minor in these areas are not eligible for this scholarship. Students majoring in art history are also not eligible.

There is no separate scholarship application required. As part of the admission process, students applying to visual and performing arts majors must complete an audition or portfolio submission. Faculty review these materials as part of the admission process and scholarship consideration. Students who are awarded a visual and performing arts scholarship will be notified in their offer of admission, available through their student status page.

Your admission to Salve Regina University, acceptance into your intended major and any scholarship awards will be included in your acceptance letter. This information can be viewed through your student status page.

Auditions and portfolios are considered required supporting materials and must be submitted by the deadlines below, based on your application round:

• Early action I / early decision (application deadline: Nov. 1): Audition or portfolio due Nov. 15
• Early action II (application deadline: Jan. 5): Audition or portfolio due Jan. 15
• Regular decision (application deadline: Feb. 1): Audition or portfolio due Feb. 15

Decisions regarding admission to the University and to your intended major are released at the same time. Your application cannot be reviewed until all required materials, including your audition or portfolio, have been received. You can monitor your application status and outstanding materials through your student status page.

Students do not enter Salve Regina University as declared double majors. However, students may enroll with a primary major and express interest in a secondary major. Final determinations regarding the feasibility of completing multiple majors are made after enrollment in consultation with an academic advisor through the Center for Advising, Career and Life Design.

To be considered for admission to a visual and performing arts major, students must select the visual or performing arts discipline as their primary major on the Common Application and submit the required audition or portfolio through their student status page. Studio art applicants will upload their portfolio directly to their student status page.

Students who have already been accepted to Salve Regina University may request consideration for a visual and performing arts major by submitting an audition or portfolio. To begin this process, email admissions@salve.edu to request a change to your primary major (dance, music, music education or theatre arts). Once updated, the audition submission form will be added to your student status page. Students interested in studio art may upload their portfolio directly to their student status page and notify admissions@salve.edu of their intent.

All students, including those who scheduled an audition in person or are attending an on-campus audition day, must complete the audition submission form through their student status page. Students will be able to indicate that their audition was completed in person or that they plan to attend, if the date is upcoming.

All students auditioning for visual and performing arts programs must also submit an application for admission to Salve Regina University through the Common Application.