Klarinet Archive - Posting 000648.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: audition facts of life
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:23:59 -0400

Now, I think that THIS person has it right....I wish more people thought
like this!

Roger Garrett

On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Daniel A. Paprocki wrote:

> I think everyone has it wrong. Daphnes usually isn't the piece that
> eliminates people in auditions. The first section isn't THAT hard if
> practiced diligently. The second section in Daphnes does have a couple of
> measures that have a half life of a couple of hours - no matter how many
> times I work them up. And besides out of 20 auditions I've done I think
> Daphnes has only been asked in the 1st round maybe 2 or 3 times.
> What DOES eliminates players from auditions:
>
> Mendelssohn Scherzo: Unsteady tempo, articulation not clean, rushing
> between the beat.
> Beethoven 6, mvt.2: bad counting in rests or on long notes in solos.
> Beethoven 6, mvt.1: (see Mendelssohn Scherzo)
> Mozart Concerto: no musical line, unsteady tempo, nerves, playing with
> practice room dynamics instead of concert hall dynamics.
>
> I've never been to an audition that hasn't asked for the
> Mendelssohn and Beethoven 6 in the 1st round.
>
> I think that Daphnes is sometimes put on audition lists to scare
> away the people that really shouldn't be there - the "I play pricipal in my
> university orchestra so I must be realy for the CSO". I'm not saying don't
> have DC II ready to be played. IMHO you can divide the players up at an
> audition into thirds: 1/3 really shouldn't be there- they're not ready, 1/3
> are getting their act together and do benefit from the experience, and 1/3
> could equally well do the job - sorry only one winner!
> Tone never counts till the final round. Most conductors are not
> clarinetist and are only concerned that it sounds like a clarinet - it's
> the truth, only we (clarinetist) are obsessed with tone (light, dark,
> charcoal). The two main things (among others) that eliminate people are
> bad rhythm and bad intonation. Other things are: small dynamic range, not
> knowing the piece (correct tempo, style, etc), nerves, no musical line, bad
> articulation, etc. As far as getting the right notes goes, if you can't
> play the notes, don't go. Everyone there will have the notes down cold.
> You're not in Kansas anymore Toto.
>
> Dan
>
>
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> Daniel A. Paprocki
>
> Instructor of Clarinet
> Kent State University - Stark Campus
> Malone College
>
> dap@-----.net
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