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most wanted audition pieces

Author: missclarinetist
Date: 2005-06-28 11:15

Hey, I'm new to the board. Just curious .. what are some major audition pieces that are required to play for an audition into a symphony orchestra?
What are judges looking for in an audition? How do you know when you turn professional? I have been playing the clarinet for 9 years going on to 10. Started out in band for five years and had been in orchestra for the past four years. Am I almost there to being a professional?
Just wondering!

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Re: most wanted audition pieces

Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2005-06-28 13:17

haha....no.

Professional = when you're playing in a professional group. Some may interpret it to be when you get a degree in performance.

For pieces, search the board's database. This has been touched many, many time.

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Re: most wanted audition pieces

Author: Ralph G
Date: 2005-06-28 13:29

Here's a decent list:

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~shannon-scott/orchestral.html

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Re: most wanted audition pieces

Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2005-06-28 13:36

Hi,

Here is an interesting view of the hobbyist versus the professional. While this article speaks to another profession, IMHO, the parallels to missclarinet's original questions are very clear.

http://www.developer.com/mgmt/print.php/3443461

Notice that there is little mention of needing a degree.

HRL

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Re: most wanted audition pieces

Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2005-06-28 14:37

My point was that that is ONE criterion that SOME may use. To make my point a little more clearer. I would not consider myself a professional chemical engineer even though I have an entire year of doing this stuff under my belt. But when I finish my degree, I would hope that a company would consider me "professional" enough to hire me. Nowadays, with that kind of job, out of college you are expected to hit the ground running.

Obviously performance is quite a bit different seeing as you don't need four years of schooling to learn everything there is to know about playing the clarinet. BUT you do need those four years (usually) to be able to analyze your performance material like a professional should. Is it a diminished 5th? A basic progression or a blues progression? et al. MOST people don't know these kinds of things going into college. Anyways, food for thought.

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