Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2006-12-19 20:11
columbus -
First off, stop thinking of yourself as pathetic. You've put in years learning to do something difficult, and it can pay off if you handle it right.
If you're auditioning as a music major, playing Gavotte and Minuet would be insulting -- a sure sign that you think they're beneath you. They may well reject you on that basis alone.
All right, West Chester (note that it's two words) isn't Curtis, but if you aren't a 1st chair player in high school (unless you were at the Interlochen Arts Academy), then there will be players well above your level wherever you go, including West Chester.
Also, the competition for teaching jobs is so fierce that superb players and teachers will fight tooth and nail for West Chester and be glad to get it. The clarinet prof will have plenty to offer.
You have about 6 weeks. If you start working now, really mastering your scales and arpeggios (which count for as much as the solo pieces), you can do a good audition.
By contrasting pieces, they mean one fast and one lyrical. At a college audition, you need to do something at least on the level of the Weber Concertino for the fast piece and, perhaps the slow movement of the Mozart Concerto.
Being a good player will help you get into college, even if you're not a music major. Pull up your socks, take a couple of lessons and go for it.
Ken Shaw
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