gms979

Greetings,

Just curious, what are some obscure pieces people have been asked to play on auditions?

As I look on the contents listing of the Hickman excerpt books, I have studied, at one point or another, maybe 70% - 80% of them. I've studied all of the music in the Norris Top 50 excerpt book, using complete parts to all but a few pieces that are unavailable for purchase. Even though I'm familiar with the standard meat and potatoes stuff, and a good bit beyond that, I'm curious as to what "wierd stuff" appears. On every audition list I've seen, I've studied about 99% of the pieces, but am always the most intrigued with the "additional excerpts from standard reperitoire" section.

Any thoughts, or concrete preparation strategies that people have used to thoroughly cover all bases?

Thanks,
Greg