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Author: gregbaker112@gmail.com
Date: 2014-09-09 21:38
I am taking an audition this Monday. The excerpts include the Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream. Can't say for sure but I think the excerpts they gave me are from the McGinnis book. It has blatant errors (stuff missing).
If there are no parts provided at the audition do I play the part as written or the way I know it in my sleep. I hate to practice mistakes.
Thanks.
Greg Baker
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Author: kthln.hnsn
Date: 2014-09-09 21:41
You may want to email the people in charge of the auditions and point out the errors and ask which way the conductor would prefer it played. Until then, perhaps just practice it as written just in case.
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Author: davyd
Date: 2014-09-09 22:32
I've often wondered about this kind of thing. Case in point: Rose #9 of 32 has an inverted turn that every teacher has told me should be a regular turn. So what would I do on an audition? Play as written, or follow my teachers? (I actually did play this etude on an audition once, but don't recall which turn I took.)
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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-09-09 23:43
There's a world of difference of course between an audition committee's familiarity with the Mendelssohn Scherzo and a Rose study. We often have similar issues, though, when audition solos are announced for PA MEA and our local county MEA. The editions are always chosen for accessibility and lowest cost and are not the best available. So, teachers always face these issues - teach the misprint to satisfy the organization's "play strictly as written so everyone is competing on the same material" requirement or teach the correct version as given by the most authoritative editions. Whenever I judge an audition I make sure not to ask for disputable passages. You don't say what kind of audition this is, but you'd be safest by taking Kalee's suggestion to contact the audition administrators and ask them.
Karl
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2014-09-10 02:08
Mark Nuccio says to play the Mendelssohn using the top two side keys for third line B. The color match is perfect, and unless the judge is a clarinetist with a golden ear, the substitution will never be noticed.
Ken Shaw
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2014-09-10 07:59
>> I actually did play this etude on an audition once, but don't recall which turn I took <<
It's less of a problem now with GPS.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-09-10 14:08
You know, I have come to a crossroads with this notion of "playing as written," PARTICULARLY with the Rose Etudes (for example). We all know that musical notation is barely a rough outline of what composers want, and we as musicians need to imbue music with far more than what's on the written page to create a musical performance. HOWEVER, what do you advise a student to do with a Rose Etude when it is to be played for an audition? Do you ask the student to do all the things that need to happen to bring it to life, or do you advise them to 'play it safe,' and just play straight rhythm and more or less dogged dynamics?
...................Paul Aviles
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2014-09-10 19:30
This is a larger issue than just music auditions, with no good answer that applies everywhere. Job interviews, college applications, even courting. Is it better to play it safe and give your audience exactly what you think they want to hear or see (as good as you are able, which you hope will be better than the competition)? Or is it better to be more creative, individual, and risky? If your audience is creative and perceptive, the 2nd approach might win out over technically better but less gutsy opposition. And even if you lose, it might mean you didn't want that job/school/spouse anyway, and you'll find better down the road. Or not.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2014-09-11 05:50
Mark Nuccio is right and he's wrong. On some clarinet's you can get away with it. But on some clarinets it just sounds out of tune. Use your ear. You can get away with things on the job that you can't when you're playing all by your lonesome.
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: derf5585
Date: 2014-09-11 06:18
Author: clarnibass (---.red.bezeqint.net - (Bezeq International) , Israel)
Date: 2014-09-10 07:59
>> I actually did play this etude on an audition once, but don't recall which turn I took <<
It's less of a problem now with GPS.
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One should use the "TURnING test"
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Post Edited (2014-09-11 06:20)
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