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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2009-12-02 01:24
Hey, any stories of your District or Regional Audition throwing you a curve ball?
Last year a student of mine was asked for the chromatic scale "Tongued up and Slurred Down" - he did a double take on that one.
The audition information specifies **slurred up and tongued down**.
Another year a student told me that they were asking for the Cadenza when the judges are specifically told NOT to use a cadenza in the audition.
So be prepared for anything, it can and maybe will happen.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2009-12-02 01:51
When the time comes for me to hold auditions, there will be nothing BUT curve balls. :P
"Very nice, the first movement of the Mozart. Now play it as if it was written in 3/4."
-Alex
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Author: yearsofwisdom
Date: 2009-12-02 01:59
funny thing was that they asked us to play a rose study at 110 to the quarter... when i played it at 100, in the comments section, they told me i played it too fast.....
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-12-02 02:36
When I was still a college student I took the audition for principal clarinet for the New Orleans symphony and the conductor asked me to play a chromatic scale in the "French" style. I played it staccato but still don't know if that's what he meant. Surprise! ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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