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Author: gsurosey
Date: 2010-10-15 18:10
The post on Ricardo and the NY Phil got me thinking. How hard is it to actually land an audition? It may depend on the orchestra, but on average, how many clarinetists show up for these things?
I actually got accepted to a couple auditions based on resume (which doesn't tell me much since my resume I don't think is all that impressive; they were Cincinnati and Boston). I backed out of both auditions because I was too afraid to go.
I had problems auditioning at NYSSMA competitions for All-County groups in high school (at least instrumentally). I had the deer-in-headlights thing going on (the one-on-one audition freaked me out and I didn't play as well as I know I could have). When I did vocal auditions, at least I had an accompanist with me. That made me feel better and those auditions went much better. I made it to Area All-State twice vocally, so I had to do something right (especially since there are a TON of people that audition as sopranos). As far as All-County, I qualified 3 times instrumentally and 5 times vocally. Therefore, I know I'm somewhat capable. Unfortunately, auditions are a huge problem for me. I get very anxious and having almost no self-confidence hurts, too.
Rachel
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gsurosey |
2010-10-15 18:10 |
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SteveG_CT |
2010-10-15 18:52 |
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clariknight |
2010-10-15 18:59 |
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Paul Aviles |
2010-10-15 21:28 |
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gsurosey |
2010-10-17 15:27 |
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skygardener |
2010-10-17 15:32 |
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John J. Moses |
2010-10-17 16:07 |
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