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Author: Mathias E
Date: 2003-10-31 20:42
I am thinking about going to a conservatorie and I am very curious about which pieces I should play to an audition. Please also post what you played to your audition.
PS I hope my english is not to hopeless..
Post Edited (2003-10-31 20:43)
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-10-31 20:47
Why wouldn't you call the school and inquire about a specific audition list, or better yet, speak to the clarinet instructor and ask about the audition requirements and suggested repertoire? ...GBK
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Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2003-10-31 22:39
If you can nail the Mozart, that'll impress them. A good general rule of thumb is to pick contrasting pieces to show off the various aspects of your playing. A lyrical piece to show off phrasing and tonal nuance, and a technical piece to show your fingers. Try not to stray too far from the common repertoire. Another general rule (for me anyway) would be don't pick a piece that has a very integral piano part (Something like Grand Duo (where the clarinet plays a lot) would be okay, but nothing where playing it without piano would make it sound odd).
For two auditions I played:
Mozart Concerto, Adagio and
Stravinsky, Three pieces
For another audition, I played
Weber Concerto 2, Alla Polacca
A slow Rose Etude
Etudes are great, but many colleges don't want them. Check with the particular school.
Don Hite
theclarinetist@yahoo.com
PS - if you'd rather do so more obscure pieces to really wow 'em, email me for some different suggestions (I don't want to list them all here)
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Author: rbell96
Date: 2003-11-03 20:39
Hi,
When I auditioned last year I played:
Royal Northern College of Music - Poulenc Sonata (1st Mov), Brahms 2nd Sonata (1st Mov) Malcolm Arnold Sonatina (1st Mov)
Birmingham Conservatoire - Brahms and Malcolm Arnold.
I am currently in my first semester at the Birmingham Conservatoire, its a great place but lots of work!
Rob
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Author: Wonkak Kim
Date: 2003-11-03 22:25
Pick something you can show everything you have in short amount of time... I wouldnt play something too modern tho. Mozart is almost always on any audition.
I played Copland Concerto first part and cadenza for my scholarship audition. Good luck
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Author: diz
Date: 2003-11-03 23:28
I wouldn't play the Mozart - sorry, every tom dick and harry does and it's almost never played well. The old quote from Isaac Stern (I think): only young children and old people can play Mozart well (meaning a subtle cross between naivety and years of experience). I'm afraid I tend to agree with him.
Enough ranting - I'm off to the TAB to place a bet on the Melbourne Cup.
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: LeWhite
Date: 2003-11-04 07:05
Diz - you should've seen the city today, it was DESOLATE. Everyone was at the Cup! Then there was little old me who had a rehearsal that started right on 3!!!
As for audition pieces, I played Arnold: Fantasy for Solo Clarinet, Weber: Concertino, and a Kroll study (Can't remember which one! It was bloody hard though!).
My advice would be not to play as hard and fast as you can. Play things that you CAN ACTUALLY PLAY, nothing that is too hard. You're not trying to impress, you're trying to show them what you're capable of. If you play something too difficult and you can't do it, they won't think too highly of you and they'll think you've just very unprepared.
At the end of the audition, if what you have played (and played correctly and what you played is the best of your ability but not TOO hard for you) is up to their standards, they will accept you. If you attempted something far too hard and tried very hard to impress, chances are they won't be. If, in general, your playing was not up to their standards and you do not get in, then you're obviously not ready. If you REALLY want to do music as a career, wait a year, improve, and audition again. This will show them that you reallY DO want to get in, and you CAN improve. This is what they're looking for mostly.
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2003-11-04 23:20
I played a slightly cut Weber Concertino and the first movement of the Mozart concerto on the CD for my Swarthmore application (it's a college, not a conservatory, so there was no live audition). Once I got here, I played the second two of the Stravinsky Three Pieces and the second movement of the Mozart for my lesson placement audition and orchestra audition and the last movement of the Weber Concerto No. 2 for my chamber music audition.
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