| Re: Auditions
Right on, Jim.
We need to talk about attitude, a winning attitude.
My first big audition was for the Senior Student Concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra. It seemed like every soloist in training was there. It was 1962 and Curtis Institute seemed to have a bumper crop of violinists and pianists. I was the lone wind player there. Puzzled looks from my string playing opponents....... "what's he doing here with that thing?" I was confident. I went on that stage at the Academy of Music and played. I won!
I have always been prepared at auditions. I know which horn I am going to use for which piece. I know what the lick sounds like in it's orchestral context. I am throughly prepared.
Wilmer
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Be sure Brain is engaged before putting Mouthpiece in gear.
S.Suark 1951 |