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Re: All-State help

Author: nellsonic
Date: 2018-10-27 20:54

Some more unvarnished advice:

Don't get 'marching-band-itis'. It's a terrible disease and the recovery process is longer than the time you'll have before your recording is due. During marching season it's especially important that you focus on the fundamentals of good tone production and hand position as these things tend to suffer. Practice slowly and well in front of a mirror and do extra work on your tone.

Don't sacrifice your musicianship for marching band. It's not going to help the marching band anyway. A full well balanced in-tune tone contributes much more than your loudest edgiest sound, although it might not feel like it from your perspective.

You need to multi-task now to have a good audition in December. The Mozart really can't be learned in a just couple weeks, especially if the scales present any kind of a real challenge. There are many students who are almost ready for the audition now in terms of technical skills and will spend the remaining time just getting more and more consistent and really digging deep into the musical issues. Most are also doing marching band and doing lots of sight-reading in preparation for the more strenuous All-Southern live auditions.

PS These are students who work on fundamentals year-round and have been preparing for this audition slowly, steadily, and methodically since mid-summer when you originally posted on this topic. They also have AP classes, other solo pieces, competitions, etudes, etc. but they make the time consistently because it's a priority for them. There's still time to do good work, but barely. Best wishes.

Anders

Post Edited (2018-10-27 21:22)

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