Klarinet Archive - Posting 000040.txt from 1996/08

From: Suzi Crookshank <suzic@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: National Audition
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:50:33 -0400

On Thursday, August 01, 1996 8:49 PM, Marylou G
Verano[SMTP:savorygrrl@-----.COM] wrote:
>
> I suggest you play either Copland's Clarinet Concerto or Bernstein's
> Clarinet Concerto for that 20th century piece. I haven't played either,
> but I've heard both, and they are both enchanting pieces.
>
> For an unaccompanied piece, try a movement of Messaien's "Quatuor Por La
> Fin Du Temps." There is an acapella clarinet movement called "Abime des
> Oieaux" ("Abyss of the Birds") that is quite modern... it may alienate
> a few judges, I am afraid, but it's very very modern. :)
>
> Tell me more about this national audition! I am also a young clarinetist
> (I will be a senior in high school this fall). Is this for a
> scholarship? An honor band? Tell me the details!!!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Marylou Verano
> savorygrrl@-----.com
>
>

I think the audition he was talking about was the ARTS contest held by
the National Advancement for the Arts. I did this last year. You make a
tape of yourself playing the required pieces and send it to the
organization, where it is judged. The top players go to Florida to compete
for, I believe, three scholarships. Honorable mentions get something too,
I think. Lots and lots of kids enter this (I think it's for people about
senior in high school age -- I don't remember), so your chances of actually
winning anything are slim, unless you're REALLY good. You compete against
instrumentalists as well as singers, artists, and dancers. You receive a
score between 1-10 (10 being the best). I got a 4, but my tape sucked
because I didn't have a lot of time to tape or get my pieces ready. If I
had had more time I probably could have done a little better (maybe a 6).
I Hope this helps.

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Suzi Crookshank suzic@-----.com
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