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RE: Pro players: Is this a pipe dream?

Author: David Dow
Date: 2002-07-30 13:07

Just thought I would mention it would important as well to get used to the concept of auditioning for an orchestra, so if a subbing job appears locally auditions are a great way of hearing how you sound. If the audition doesn't go so well at least then you can go back to the drawing board and work harder at the material you were'nt prepared for.
I would also then get some lessons from a highly qualiified teacher, and not necessarily from the orchestra you want to get in. I have in the past been on audition committees and have found that the tendency is to invite back players if they don't make the cut. The main criteria in our orchestra are tone quality, technical ability, ability to play exerts with a variety of tempo and tonal qualities as well as ability to come off confident with presence. The Mozart Comncerto is generally the main solo piece we

ask of clarinet players or a tough movement from Weber 1 or 2.

A sample sudition list could be the following experpts:
Brahms Symphony 3 Mvt. 3 opening solo
Sibelius 1 Scherzo all of
Strauss Don Juan clarinet parts all of
Medellsohn Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo
Beethoven Symphony No. 8* Trio
Shostakovich 5 Ist Mvt. solo then; Own
Choice piece Fast Movement from a major concerto ie. Mozart Clarinet Concerto Mvt. 1 GoodLuck David

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