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Author: Ashley
Date: 2001-07-12 05:15
Today I found out what I have to play for placement auditions for college. I'll do both on bass and Bb, even though i'll be playing bass in concert band (just in case they happen to want to put me in the orchestra or something..hahaha). I have to play a faster technical piece, and a lyrical piece. For bass i'll probably do the first 2 mvmts of Sonata in A minor by Marcello, i did it for contest 2 years ago, its not incredibly difficult, but there not a whole lot of difficult bass solos around here :( On Bb i was thinking the Adagio (which i played for contest this year) and the Rondo of the Mozart Concerto. Question is, can i learn a good chunk of the Rondo well enough by the end of august? I need probably the first page or so. I downloaded an mp3 of it, and i think i can pull it off. i really like that movement I just wondered what everybody else's experiences are with this movement and any advice you might have for me. It'll be a few days before I can get the piece (not quite sure where I'm going to get it, since i dont have any money, but i'll figure it out. probably borrow it from my former teacher), but i'll have a good month to work it up. the tempo seems a little fast, but if i only have to work up a page or so, it should be ok. Can this be done in a month and a half?????
~Ashley~
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Author: Ashley
Date: 2001-07-12 05:29
I forgot to mention that it, being summer and because i dont have a job, i have an IMMENSE amount of time to practice. and i'm definately up for a challenge right about now.
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Author: Brandon
Date: 2001-07-12 06:14
Sure. I don't know your playing ablility, but you can learn the notes in less that a week. Practice with a metronome. Don't practice it at performance tempo til you are comfortable. Actually, start slow and maybe turn the metronome up a few clicks every time you play it perfectly. Idiots practice fast right away. If you have such a great amount of freetime, go research the piece. Listen to as many recordings you can at the library or a local college if it is possible.
Brandon
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Author: mw
Date: 2001-07-12 13:54
The Rondo can be a challenging piece, technically w/articulation, etc. Good luck.
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Author: Sylvain
Date: 2001-07-12 15:02
Hi,
Personnaly I would not recommend playing the Mozart concerto. Not because it si too difficult technically but because the judges know this piece by heart and usually have strong opinions about its interpretation.
If your interpretation is different you might lose the job not because you are not capable but because they think of this piece differently than you/your teacher does.
But if you really want to do it I think, you are probably capable, practice slow and focus on keeping a very steady tempo and getting a very clean articulation. A rondo is a dance and you should give a very light feeling to this movement by a very precise and light staccato and smooth runs, feel the 6/8 pulse behind the notes.
Personnaly for an audition I would recommend something like the 2nd movement of the St Saens sonata, it will show some technical abilities (articulation, jumping between register, a few runs and you musicality).
As or the slow movement, well you can keep the Mozart or maybe play a well studied slow Rose etude for example.
Best of luck for your audition,
-Sylvain
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Author: susannah
Date: 2001-07-13 03:31
I agree with not doing the Mozart, but if you're passionate about it, it will come through, and you'll be fine. Just make sure you have a strong idea of how YOU want to play it..
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