Are you interested in getting involved with arts on campus? This edition of Where Art Thou is a guide to all of the arts auditions in the week to come. 

“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined. However, our first week back from winter break, we will be covering the bountiful number of Spring 2026 auditions instead.

If you have an event or a group that you’d like to be featured, send us an email at arts@bwog.com. We try to include as many events as we can find and fit, but reaching out to us is the best way to make sure your event is promoted to the student community and is covered by a staffer.

Dance

Columbia Untapped

  • Friday, January 23, 12 to 12:45 pm for Beginners, 12:45 to 1:30 pm for Intermediate/Advanced, Streng Studio (Barnard Hall), Sunday, January 25, 12 to 12:45 pm for Beginners, 12:45 to 1:30 pm for Intermediate/Advanced, Lerner Hall 477.
  • All are welcome to audition for Columbia’s vibrant tap dance ensemble, which guarantees that “everyone auditioning is cast into at least one piece.”

Columbia Repertory Ballet

  • Sunday, January 25, 2 to 4 pm, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center (248 W 60th St), with the audition form due by Saturday, January 23 at 11:59 pm.
  • Come audition for Columbia Repertory Ballet’s (CRB) Spring Gala, which will be performed in April. CRB is a ballet company that performs repertoire both classical and modern.

Music

CUPAL A Capella Auditions

  • Tuesday, January 20, Wednesday, January 21, and Thursday, January 22, 8 am to 11 pm, Hamilton 301.
  • Ready to showcase your fine vocals as part of Barnumbia’s vibrant a capella scene? A capella groups ranging from Chinese A Capella—Columbia’s East Asian a capella group—to the Kingsmen—Columbia’s premier lower-voices a capella ensemble—are holding auditions for the Spring semester. This event is organized by Columbia University Performing Arts League (CUPAL), a student group that organizes eclectic performing arts communities across campus.

Columbia Pops

  • Friday, January 23, 5 to 9:45 pm, Saturday, January 24, 11 am to 6 pm, Sunday, January 26, 11 am to 6 pm, Lerner 573.
  • Players of diverse instruments are welcome to audition for the Columbia Pops, campus’ premier pop orchestra. However, this spring, auditions for the following instruments will not be accepted: “violin, cello, clarinet, guitar, tenor sax, trombone, piano, percussion.”

Theater

Barnard Theater Department

  • Wednesday, January 21, 6 pm, Minor Latham Playhouse (Milbank Hall), with the audition form due before auditioning.
  • The Barnard Theater Department is hosting auditions for a vibrant line-up of Spring plays, including Fefu and Her Friends by María Irene Fornés, The Insanity of Mary Girard by Lanie Robertson, A Cavalier for Milady by Tennessee Williams, and SENIOR THESIS FESTIVAL I.

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