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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2003-09-06 07:37
In my comminuty college's orchestra, we've acquired MANY new players. Last semester we were at two cellos, two violins, two basses two flutes, and two clarinets.
This semester we have added on another flute, a viola, two trumpets, replaced a bass, and added on a tuba. As you can tell, we are very small and at our concerts our conductor invites his personal friends to come play along to "beef up" our sound.
He's asked for each person to bring in a short piece of music (he didn't specify a length, though I'm going to assume only a few minutes) so he better tell our ability in order to choose a repertoire for this semester (and I also believe it's underhandedly to see for chair seating as well). I don't think I'm in much trouble of getting first chair since I'm the only clarinet this semester, and if another one comes, it'll be a faculty member whom I was supposed to have for math class. I know the faculty member and know that given a dificult piece, he would prefer the second part.
However I do want to play well to make sure that the instructor knows that I'm capable of keeping up with anyone else in the orchestra and I won't be the one "holding them back".
The pieces I own (and therefore can bring to play for him) are:
Mozart Concerto
Weber Concertino
Weber Concerto I
And sadly enough, that's all. I also have the Rose Studies. Although it may be hard to choose from that extensive list given above, can you help me choose a section(s) of a particular piece that would be good overall? Once again, I'm not sure how much he needs, but gather that he'll have made up his mind within two minutes, MAYBE longer. Thanks.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: moose6589
Date: 2003-09-06 11:24
Well I'm not sure exactly how long it is, might be a bit short, but in the Mozart 1st movement, you can do the part that starts off with the repeated 4-note phrases: GDBD ADCD, etc, all in the chalumeau. Then, there comes a part where you go from chalumeau C to altissimo E, then, C to F#, then C# to G. If you tongued that, I'm sure it'd be pretty impressive. And if it's not long enough, you might perhaps add the ending of the first movement as well, which is essentially the same thing, but it starts out CGEG DGFG. My 2 cents. I'm sure there are better parts, let's see what everyone else says.
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Author: LeWhite
Date: 2003-09-06 12:51
Willson Osborne - Rhapsody for Solo Clarinet. Maybe not for this particular audition, but get your hands on it for future auditions.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2003-09-06 13:06
The "Bonade orchestral studies for clarinet" pub. by LeBlanc Corp. contains many short pieces that might be used.
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