Klarinet Archive - Posting 000988.txt from 2000/05

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: The Great Audition
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 22:43:08 -0400

on 5/19/00 1:56 PM, Tony Pay wrote:

>People have told me that I played really well on several occasions when
>I was actually feeling like death warmed up.
>
>Have others here had this experience?

I won my current job in the midst of a raging cold made worse by
dehydration from a 2 hour plane flight. After making the finals, and
discovering that the current occupant of the chair was also in the finals
(to be held the next day) I had a little too much wine with friends at
dinner, since I was sure the audition was a setup. I never warmed up more
that 5 minutes for any of the 5 rounds I played over the two days. And
here I am.

I should have been smart enough to follow this model for subsequent
auditions... ;-)

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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