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Author: brwndot
Date: 2008-02-20 17:50
As I expected, a search for "audition" on this board yielded a ton of hits. So forgive me if this has been asked a thousand times before, but what are your thoughts on audition materials? More specifically, when an application does not specify any particular works, studies, etc, what do you prepare?
Post Edited (2008-02-20 18:26)
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2008-02-20 18:58
A piece... one that has a good first 3-5 minutes, and, depending on the situation, perhaps that you can continue playing for 10 if need be.
Copland, Weber, Arnold, Poulenc...
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: brwndot
Date: 2008-02-20 21:49
A piece alone? Would you avoid scales, etudes, or excerpts?
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2008-02-20 21:56
If the audition doesn't specify EXACTLY what they want to hear then I would be concerned!
There is nothing wrong with contacting the organization you would like to join and ask them what they would like. Perhaps you can contact the director themselves.
Generally speaking, auditions are never as open-ended as your situation.
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2008-02-20 22:28
I think most institutions will ask for something specific but if they don’t you can’t go wrong with the Mozart Concerto for starters. Most orchestra auditions require that as your prepared piece. At Peabody, for undergraduates, we ask for the Adagio movement so we can compare musicianship, tone, intonation etc. It’s a great piece for that. Then we require any fast movement from any standard work. Some play the other movements of the Mozart, or the outer movements of one of the Weber’s, Debussy Rhapsodie, Stravinsky Three pieces, Copland Concerto, we even heard a Krommer this year. Having some excerpts helps too, we require some for a Master degree. I hope this helps. ESP
www.peabody.jhu.edu/457
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
Post Edited (2008-02-20 22:44)
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2008-02-20 22:30
Depends on what the audition is for.
Only play scales if they are explicitly requested.
Having a few excerpts ready is not a bad idea.
If nobody specifies otherwise, though, I prefer to just have a piece. I'd start playing with that, and if I finish and/or they stop me and they ask to hear something else, out come the excerpts.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: brwndot
Date: 2008-02-23 17:12
Audition information only says to record "music that demonstrates the technical and interpretive qualities of the individual auditioning."
I should have mentioned that this is for a chamber music program, with the option to apply as a group or as an individual. I'm applying on my own.
Mozart would probably be best, but I haven't worked on it in quite a while. I'm thinking Weber 2, mvt. III and some excerpts.
Thanks for the suggestions!
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2008-02-24 03:09
Winds and Strings? WW Quintet? What instrumentation is the program.
Typically a good thing to do is to know a bit about who you are playing for. Example of that is that the old Conductor of the Phila. Youth Orch just hated the Mozart Concerto - so ya don't play that for him!! There's an Indiana Univ. instructor who is really sick of hearing the Poulenc Sonata - another one to avoid.
So if you know anyone in the program already, talk to them and get a feel for what they are looking for.
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: davyd
Date: 2008-02-25 02:38
If you're auditioning for a chamber music program, it would seem that chamber music excerpts, rather than concerto or orchestral excerpts, would be in order: stuff from the various trios, quartets, quintets, etc. But it does seem odd that they don't have any specific list.
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