Klarinet Archive - Posting 000133.txt from 1999/11

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart as an audition piece
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:13:34 -0500

Edwin V. Lacy wrote,
>Sometimes, such an audition list will include various standard excerpts, and
a "solo of the applicant's choice." The widely and commonly held
understanding is that if they say that, what they mean is that "if you are
smart, you will choose Mozart.">

How long do professional applicants get to play without interruption? I
haven't auditioned for anything since high school, but I remember that
generally at student competitions and seat-jumps, on the rare occasions where
we got to play music of our own choice, the director (or the chairperson of
the committee) would look at the score, say, "start at measure
such-and-such," then cut off most people with a crisp "Thank you," after
about two minutes. The serious contenders got maybe five minutes, maximum.
I wasted a lot of practice time on trying to scope out which five minutes the
director would demand!

Lelia

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