Auditing the Summer Festival
Anyone may be an auditor and listen in on any workshop, masterclass, or recital in the API Summer Festival, with the exception of the API Teachers Forum. We heartily welcome you and we appreciate your support. Your presence enlivens the atmosphere, and the students are very grateful for your attendance as their appreciative audience.
Please note that teachers of registered students and volunteers receive free auditor passes for any day.
Requirements for auditing
All auditors must register at least 24 hours in advance via the Auditor Registration Form below. The advance notice gives us time to prepare your badge and festival packet so it is ready when you arrive.
Auditors will also have to fill out and submit these two forms as part of the registration:
Liability Release Form
Media Release Form
For everyone’s safety, all participants at the Summer Festival will wear their name badge at all times while on the festival premises.
Auditor Guidelines for the API Summer Festival 2024
All API auditors are requested to follow these festival-wide regulations to help ensure the safety of all students, faculty, staff, and participants.
1. You may attend any masterclass, workshop, or recital printed on the master schedule on the day(s) for which you have registered.
2. When you arrive, please check in at the Registration Desk to pick up your nametag and festival materials. Nametags are issued to all auditors and they must be worn and be clearly visible at all times.
3. Please be on time for classes.
4. During any workshop, master class or recital, please refrain from interrupting the faculty or performers.
4. No flash photography of any type is allowed in classes or workshops.
5. Video recording is allowed, but must be done in the “silent” mode and from a solitary position. Please do not move around the performance halls or workshop rooms with camera equipment.
5. Please turn off all cell phones, pagers etc. upon entering a performance space or classroom.
6. If you must enter or leave a room during the course of a lesson/ rehearsal/ or discussion, please do so very carefully and quietly, at the direction of a staff member. Do not enter a classroom or performance hall during performances. Always wait for applause, or for audible conversation or discussion.
7. Auditors may not, under any circumstances, remove any students from any classrooms, leave campus with students during the daily schedule, or accompany students to practice rooms, lavatories, or other areas of the campus.
Thank you for your understanding and compliance with these important regulations. You are all valued participants. We heartily welcome you and we appreciate your support. Your presence enlivens the atmosphere, and the students are very grateful for your attendance as their appreciative audience.
The fees for auditing are as follows:
Single-day auditing pass is $30.00
Week-long auditing pass is $100.00
If you sign up as a volunteer you may audit for free any workshop, masterclass, or recital. To learn more and to volunteer, go to our Become a Volunteer webpage.
If you are a teacher of a participating student you may also audit for free, as long as you register in advance.
Auditor Registration
If you are not a volunteer or a teacher of a participating student, you will need to pay a fee for the day(s) you wish to audit the Summer Festival. Please click on the button below to go to our online store and select the auditor pass option you wish to purchase.