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Author: gregbaker112@gmail.com
Date: 2018-04-20 02:41
Hi.
I am seeking an audition excerpt with the following criteria:
2-3 minutes in length
Symphonic or operatic repertoire
For B flat clarinet
Late 19th or 20th century
American, Eastern/Northern European composer
This is for an audition for a brand new orchestra for which I am also playing the exposition of the first movement of the Mozart Concerto.
So far, I have considered one of the Decoy solos from Miraculous Mandarin, Til Eulenspiegel, or Act 2 of Forza del Destino. Any other suggestions? Please enlighten me. Thank you.
Greg Baker
gregbaker112@gmail.com
Greg Baker
gregbaker112@gmail.com
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Post Edited (2018-04-20 03:11)
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Author: rmk54
Date: 2018-04-20 16:32
Dear S.Sam,
I'm afraid your suggestions are not suitable for a professional orchestra audition.
To the OP, how about:
Ginastera Variaciones Concertante (obviously the clarinet variation)
R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (the big solo in the first act)
Nielsen Symphony No.5
Kodaly Dances of Galanta
Shostakovich Symphony No.9
Tchaikovsky Mozartiana (Suite No.4)
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2018-04-20 17:08
Speculator Sam,
I am puzzled by your suggestions above about the various performances you have cited and your expertise to do so. As I recall, you are a novice bass clarinet player yet you seem to constantly opine on a host of subjects both musical and otherwise. So, what is your musical training, education, and/or experience that provides your with the wisdom and insights that support your assertions.
Sam, there are a host of highly trained and able musicians who frequent this bulletin board who are well prepared to offer expert suggestions on many musical and performance subjects. These individuals typically have years of professional playing and teaching experience which allows them to offer thoughtful and valid opinions.
What is it in your background that enables you to dispense learned counsel and advice? IMHO, your posts and comments are very pedestrian and quite shallow.
HRL
PS Had you provided an email address in your profile, I would have sent you this message privately.
Post Edited (2018-04-20 17:18)
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2018-04-20 21:34
It's nice to have this board where people from various backgrounds can learn and contribute. Obviously any advice appearing on the internet must be treated cautiously, given the anonymity of the source and the limitations of writing. Readers unaware of that will soon discover it for themselves.
Even when statements come from apparently credentialed people, it's frequently noted that they can disagree with other similarly credentialed people, and the examination of the topic is often highly interesting.
If someone posts something manifestly in error, it's nice when someone corrects them and suggests something better instead (thanks rmk54.) That way people find their level, so to speak, and gradually learn who tends to know things that work. If instead, someone only demands to know what a poster's "professional" qualifications are, with put-downs appended, one wonders what they would prefer in a public clarinet board.
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Author: Speculator Sam
Date: 2018-04-21 00:13
@Hank Okay. I didn't realize I came off as opine. Simply stating my two cents on matters I don't know about... one's gotta learn somehow. I never thought I was qualified for much of anything, I just thought it'd be nice to suggest something.
As far as my experience, I started playing guitar and learning rock music when I was 13, then 14 I got into high school and parents couldn't afford band class so I took choir instead. That introduced me to classical music. When I graduated, I was an intermediate becoming advance guitar player, I learned how to play Mozart's Rondo alla Turca and Bach's Bouree in E minor. I also experienced and practiced harmonica, piano, string bass, and ukulele.
19 years old, I took a hiatus from music, I lost the interest when I got a job and trying to become an athlete, a distance runner. At 20, I discovered Adam Neely's channel and started composing and play instruments again. I started learning bass clarinet when I came across Sebastian Tozzala and Michael Lowenstern.
21 now, I ran a 5:07 mile and six pack abs, decided that was enough. I still workout, but I focus more time on clarinet and composing. I'm a composer more than anything, but I practice bass clarinet in order to learn how to write a decent woodwind phrase more than anything.
No I never had the pleasure to be in an orchestra and haven't the money to go to music school and/or hire a teacher. I'm just your everyday passionate gullible twenty-something trying to chase a dream while he still can. Thanks for humbling me Hank.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2018-04-21 01:14
Speculator Sam,
Thank you for the information. That's a very fine time for the mile!
I know there is much for you to learn here on the Clarinet Bulletin Board. I look forward to you making meaningful contributions to future discussions.
Keep discovering.
HRL
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