Klarinet Archive - Posting 000705.txt from 1998/01

From: masiello@-----.com
Subj: Re: orchestral excerpts for auditions
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 23:35:14 -0500

Dear Sue:

In general, its best to play from an orchestral rather than an
excerpt book. Many of the International books, as useful as they are,
contain many mitakes. Buying parts is a good idea and its easy to do except
for music that is rental only. Kalmus is a good source for parts. They
have an 1-800 number and you will find that collecting parts will come in
handy some day when you are called at the last minuet to play a job or take
an audition.

Best regards, Tony

At 02:14 PM 1/12/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>I'm preparing for graduate auditions this spring and I had a quick
>question about orchestral excerpts. Is it necessary to obtain the actual
>parts of the pieces the schools are asking for or are the excerpts in the
>the International published books appropriate? I am just afraid that when
>I am in my audition that they will ask for a section from the piece that I
don't have.
>Will it be different for all the schools (none of the schools have given
>specific sections)? Any feedback will be extremely
>useful. Thanks in advance.
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>Sue Sipos
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