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The Academy Audition Requirements
A corps-specific starting point for eligibility, audition materials, fees, camps, and next steps.
DrumCorps.net currently lists The Academy as an active corps. Use the official packet and staff instructions linked below to confirm the current season’s complete requirements before registering, paying, or traveling.
Audition and membership information from DrumCorps.net
Difficulty and Cost are comparative estimates. The Academy lists 2027 tuition at approximately $6,800; 2027 video audition fees are $50 registration plus $75 for the video audition ($125 total). Tuition covers camps and most summer costs; travel to and from the corps is extra. Rank reflects 17th place at the 2026 DCI World Championship semifinals. Sources: 2027 tuition details · 2027 audition fees · 2026 DCI semifinals.
For current audition, membership, and organization questions, use the official contact route.
Explore the organization’s official history, current program information, and season coverage through its official website and the linked DCI and archival sources above.
Complete audition requirement checklist
Use this checklist with the current The Academy packet. Requirements may differ by brass, battery, front ensemble, color guard, dance, conducting, or other caption.
- Confirm minimum and maximum age, age-out date, and any program-specific eligibility rules.
- Choose the exact caption and instrument; check prerequisites, available positions, and required experience.
- Register by the deadline and obtain every required audition packet, exercise, excerpt, and learning track.
- Follow the packet’s preparation instructions: tempo, memorization, warm-up, technique, movement, and performance expectations.
- Confirm audition format, location, schedule, required camps, callback process, and attendance expectations.
- For video auditions, follow the exact framing, audio, take, file-format, filename, upload, and submission deadline rules.
- Ask about audition, packet, camp, and callback fees; determine which fees apply to tuition and which are nonrefundable.
- Before accepting a position, review the membership agreement, full season dues, payment dates, travel, housing, meals, equipment, uniform, and refund terms.
- Complete required medical, emergency-contact, guardian-consent, conduct, safety, and travel forms.
Your next steps
- Open the official audition information or packet and select your caption.
- Write down every deadline, fee, camp date, and required submission.
- Contact the corps directly if eligibility, costs, accessibility, or a requirement is unclear.
- Keep a copy of the packet and confirm you received registration and submission confirmations.
DrumCorpsReady summarizes information shown on DrumCorps.net. The corps’ current packet and staff are authoritative for acceptance, eligibility, fees, and participation requirements.