Auditions for 2026-27

Auditions for the 2026–27 School Year

Updated Sept 8, 2025

The Process

SCAPA Lafayette is a Fayette County Public Schools Gifted and Talented program serving high school students identified as gifted in one of ten art forms. SCAPA students are recommended for placement through the same audition process as district-wide Gifted and Talented Arts Auditions. ALL students interested in being identified for giftedness will record and submit their audition for possible placement for the following school year. See timeline below.

Timeline

View the 2025–2026 FCPS Gifted and Talented Department Calendar of Opportunities

September & October

• Program Information Nights (SCAPA Lafayette Info Night - Tues, Sept 9, 2025, 6PM)

• Online Information Night (Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 6PM via Google Meet)

• All those interested in SCAPA Lafayette complete the GT VPA Audition Interest Form (Open September 8 - November 25, 2025).

September - December

• All students in grades 3–12 are eligible to participate in the GT VPA audition process.

• GT Resource Teachers at the elementary, middle, and high school levels will help students record and submit audition materials during the school day.

• All auditions must be completed and submitted by December 12, 2025.

Spring 2026

• Students must score 80% or above on art form rubrics to qualify for Gifted and Talented Identification. 

• Parents/guardians will be notified of GT eligibility and identification. (February 2026)

• Identified students will receive gifted services at their FCPS home school beginning the following school year.

• If interested in possible placement at SCAPA LHS parents/guardians of eligible students will have the opportunity to apply through SchoolMint.

• TBA - Special Programs Showcase at Tates Creek High School. 

• TBA - SchoolMint Application portal opens.

• TBA - District Special Programs Application window closes.

• TBA - District-wide offer notification for high school programs.

Auditions

Gifted and Talented Visual and Performing Arts including auditions for SCAPA Lafayette are recorded and submitted through every middle and high school in FCPS during the district-wide audition window and are scored by a panel of arts educators from across the district in January. Your arts teacher or GT specialist at your FCPS school will help you record and submit your audition for possible GT Identification. 

Non-FCPS students will attend an audition date on a weekday to record prepared and on-demand activities for submission. (See below for specific dates for the current year.)

To be considered for the SCAPA program, students who are already identified as gifted in an arts discipline must audition again in the year before they wish to enter the program. If a student was previously identified as gifted and is interested in attending SCAPA for the 2026-2027 school year, they must complete the audition process again to be eligible.

SCAPA Applications

After a student receives notification of GT Identification, families can determine whether they want to make a formal application for placement at SCAPA Lafayette for the following school year. Students must have a gifted identification and current audition to be eligible for the SCAPA program. Formal application is made through the SchoolMint platform during the district-wide special programs application window.

Special Programs Application on SchoolMint open TBA, 2026.  

Audition Tasks & Rubrics

Each arts discipline has specific audition tasks. Each audition has a prepared component and an on-demand component. Please review the audition tasks carefully and work with your school's arts teacher to begin to prepare now.

GT Resources

Each middle and high school has a Gifted and Talented resource teacher assigned to the school. If you have questions about the actual audition and recording process, please contact this GT teacher first. If you have other questions about SCAPA specifically, contact Mr. Marsh at Lafayette. If you are not a current FCPS student, contact Mr. Marsh.

Megan Brown, megan.brown@fayette.kyschools.us: Crawford, Mary Britton.

Lauren Case, lauren.case@fayette.kyschools.us - Dunbar High School

Angela Christ, angela.christ@fayette.kyschools.us: Beaumont, Bryan Station Middle & High, Carter G. Woodson, Leestown, Frederick Douglass.

Dayna Lykins, dayna.lykins@fayette.kyschools.us: Souther Middle

Missy Schmidt, missy.schmidt@fayette.kyschools.us: Jessie Clark Middle, Dunbar High 

Samantha Sewell, samantha.sewell@fayette.kyschools.us: Lexington Middle School, Lafayette.

Jennifer Souers, jennifer.souers@fayette.kyschools.us: EJ Hayes, Morton, Tates Creek Middle & High, Winburn, Henry Clay.

Lauren Case, lauren.case@fayette.kyschools.us - District-wide Visual & Performing Arts Specialist

Cathy Calhoun, cathy.calhoun@fayette.kyschools.us - District-wide Visual & Performing Arts Specialist / Instrumental Music

Cassady Gorrell, cassady.gorrell@fayette.kyschools.us - District-wide Visual & Performing Arts Specialist / Theatre

Joseph Wrightson, joseph.wrightson@fayette.kyschools.us - District-wide Visual & Performing Arts Specialist / Instrumental & Vocal

Private and Home School Students

Applicants who do not attend a FCPS school will attend an on-demand and recording session at Lafayette High School.

Fall 2025 Auditions

Tuesday, November 4, 4:00 PM - Theatre Tech Design Concept Presentations, On-Demand, & Portfolio Submission

Wednesday, November 5, 4:00 PM - Dance Recording and On-Demand

Thursday, November 6, 4:30 PM - Literary Arts On-Demand & Portfolio submission

Friday, November 7, 4:30 PM - Music Recording and On-Demand

Wednesday, November 12, 4:00 PM - Theatre Performance Recording and On-Demand

Thursday, November 13, 4:30 PM - Visual Art On-Demand & Portfolio submission

Friday, November 14, 4:00 PM - Literary Arts PCA (creativity) test

2025–26 FCPS GT VPA and 

SCAPA Lafayette 

Audition Requirements and Audition  Rubrics

***AUDITION MATERIALS linked below are current for 2025–26***

Art  (Current Grades 6–12)

• Art Audition Tasks  |  Translatable Page

• Art Assignment & Media/Subject Matter List

• Art Audition Rubric

Ballet/Contemporary Dance  (Current Grades 6–12)

• Ballet/Contemporary Audition Tasks  |  Translatable Page

• Ballet/Contemporary Audition Rubric

Band  (Current Grades 6–12)

• Band Audition Tasks  |  Translatable Page

• Band Audition Rubric

Piano  (Current Grades 6–12)

• Piano Audition Tasks  |  Translatable Page

• Piano Audition Rubric

Strings  (Current Grades 6–12)

• Strings Audition Tasks  |  Translatable Page

• Strings Audition Rubric

Vocal Music (Current Grades 6–12)

• Vocal Music Audition Tasks  |  Translatable Page

• Vocal Music Required List

• Vocal Music Audition Rubric

Theatre Performance  (Current Grades 6–12)

• Theatre Audition Tasks  |  Translatable Page

• Monologue Required List  |  Theatre Tips and Activities

• Theatre Performance Audition Rubric 

Technical Theatre  (Current Grades 6–12)

• Technical Theatre Audition Tasks  |  Translatable Page

• Submission Template

• Technical Theatre Audition Rubric

Literary Arts  (Current Grades 6–12)

• Literary Arts Audition Tasks  |  Translatable Page

• Forms Reference List & Poetry Examples

• Portfolio Template

• Literary Arts Rubric