Author: LeWhite
Date: 2003-12-08 00:46
In theory, to land an orchestral job, one must play, extremely well, orchestral excerpts and the Mozart concerto. So why do we all waste our time doing other stuff?!
Until I came to college almost a year ago, I'd never prepared orchestral excerpts and this year was examined on them, as I will be for the next 2 years. I feel VERY behind, and just want to know - should I be practising these A LOT more? By that I mean, doing all the major ones DAILY if not more often?
(PS On an amusing note, I've heard of an Eb job where they wanted the 1st and 3rd movements of Weber Concerto in Eb, played on the eefer! Not to mention bassoon positions advertising the need to perform the Mozart bassoon concerto on contra...)
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