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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-05-31 03:53
i got a letter from the School of Fine Arts here in Alabama, which i went to to audition for the Alabama Youth Symphony, and it said i made it!!! I don;t know if im 1st or 2nd chair, but i was wanting to know, since there a number of people here with experience in this sort of stuff, what can i do to prepare for this (season start august 22nd, so i have plenty of time).
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thx
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Author: ron b
Date: 2004-05-31 04:21
Nkybrain -
You auditioned. You made it... Congratulations!!!
If I were in your place I'd just keep doing what I've been doing since it's what got you here. Keep on a' tootin' 
- r![[cool]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/cool.gif) n b -
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2004-05-31 04:25
Congrats!
As Ron says (Hi, Ron!), keep at it. Practice your fundamentals (scales, etudes, tonguing exercises) as well as whatever solo pieces you've got. Of course, if you've got a private teacher, follow their advice as well.
I'd also recommend going to a library that lends cds. Check out (or purchase at a store) a GOOD recording of any of the pieces you know the group will be playing. Listen LOTS! This'll help you to understand where your part (whichever it is) will fit in. "Knowing the score" in an even basic sense can help prepare in advance for whatever your part includes...
Katrina
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-05-31 05:08
thnx guys, o, and really good advice on the buying a recording, ill def., and of course ask my teacher, shes truly experienced
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2004-05-31 20:26
Ditto on the congratulations. One thing no one has mentioned here is working on sight-reading. I don't know how much ahead of time you will have your music, but when I joined a community band this past year, I found that playing complex stuff at sight was my biggest challenge.
Of course, I've just been noodling around on my own for many years, and not playing with anything more than an accompanist. But I can play some amazingly complicated recital/audition-type things with adequate finesse, so it was just a real shock to my system to realize that playing with an ensemble of my peers (and superiors) requires different skills than playing in a practice room where I can stop whenever I need to and puzzle it all out.
And with other instruments (brass!) blaring around me, I really don't get the auditory feedback from my own instrument that I am used to. It has to come from the fingers and the brain, not the ears.
So if I were going into any sort of higher-level ensemble, I would certainly spend part of my practice time reading difficult rhythms in keys that are not particularly clarinet-friendly -- like, 32nd note triplets in six sharps, anyone?
Susan
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Author: mkybrain
Date: 2004-05-31 23:43
yea, for sight reading, i read duets with my teacher, lots of baroque transcriptions, after about a month of it, i have become a very good sight reader(i.e. i don't just read the notes), though i bet sight reading wont be as easy in a orchestral setting
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