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sliversax · Post by **sliversax** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:14 pm

what would be good audition pieces based on my strengths.

streingths:
* i feel confident in my fingering ability and i feel like i can play fast passages.
* tounging
* range. high and low is all good with me
* playing pieces with character. ethnic pieces, fun pieces, very sad peices... anything that has a deffinate character.

not so much...:
* i dont feel so confident with my vibrato. i can do it (kind of), but it's not something to write home about. i know all/most pieces have vibrato, but if a piece depends on beautiful vibrato, it might not be a good piece for me.

i am looking for pieces for a college audition. thanks.

etgohomeok · Post by **etgohomeok** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:20 pm

Jethro Tull - Bouree.

Find a drummer, guitarist, and bassist.

That's if you want a "fun" "ethnic" piece with "character."

sliversax · Post by **sliversax** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:25 pm

it sounds cool. i'm not sure if it would work for me at this point in time... i guess i need something for a "classical" audition and i know i couldnt use accomp. of any kind. but it is a cool piece... but i suppose the search continues. but thanks for pointing this piece out to me.

etgohomeok · Post by **etgohomeok** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:28 pm

I think it would be cool to audition on a Jethro Tull song, but then some judges might not appreciate it.

If you want to do something fast and "ethic" and "fun," and me being part Irish, I would also recommend putting a Celtic arrangement together. Search for Kevin Crawford on Youtube to get some ideas.

pied_piper · Post by **pied_piper** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:07 pm

If you want something ethnic, but with character in a classical style, you might try Franz Doppler's Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy (Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise). Very nice piece and it's on a lot of college repertoire lists, so it would be very appropriate for a college audition. Just watch the rhythms. It's a slow tempo, but lots of "black" notes. Also, lots of opportunities to show expressive playing.

There's several recordings on YouTube to see if you like it. Here's one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bhX_qLQ ... re=related

sliversax · Post by **sliversax** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:52 pm

that's totally it! i know i would enjoy the Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise. i think that that and the Chaminade Concertino would be good for an audition. i am looking forward to learning more about this piece. thanks.
p.s. i love your signature quote.

pied_piper · Post by **pied_piper** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:53 pm

Yeah. I know how you feel. There's just something about that piece that grabs me too. I've loved it since the first time I heard it. That should be a good contrast to the Chaminade. Good luck with your audition.

BTW, I gather from your name you play sax too? Which is your primary instrument?

sliversax · Post by **sliversax** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:50 pm

yeah, i play sax too. primary instrument... well... i just finished my time at a comm. college. (plan on going to a 4 year in the spring) when i started (and in hs and jhs) my main instrument was the flute. i always liked it more, and was better at it. then durring my first semester at college i took flute lessons, and i just stopped enjoying the flute. i switched to sax lessons, since i didnt have good sax technique, and wasn't enjoying the flute as much... but i think i'm ready to go back to the flute. i still played flute in concert band, and worked on some flute pieces when my main focus was the sax.

i always enjoyed flute, but i suppose the combination of taking flute lessons for the first time and starting a new school just led me to want to stop focusing on the flute... and now i really just dont want to focus on sax any more. i enjoy listening to it, and i know i will play it later, but now it just feels like i will enjoy studying the flute more. the time off has helped me enjoy the flute again, so i guess i will go on that path.

hopefully when i audition they dont frown at me for not having focused on flute for the last 2 years (some schools say they require you to study it for a certian amount of time, but this school doesnt say that on their site)... but who knows... my former flute teacher came to my schools juries and was happy to see that i was working on my doubles (and i have always been told it is good to know doubles as a woodwinder)... so it could work for me or against me.

wow. that was a long winded answer. so yeah, it seems like my principal instrument will go back to being the flute... it has always been easyer for me than the sax, and more natural for me to play, and i think i've finally regained my senses and am going to step away from the dark side (the saxophone).

comtessedebergerac · Post by **comtessedebergerac** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:18 am

Hi,

the part that strikes me in your post is this

sliversax wrote: * i dont feel so confident with my vibrato. i can do it (kind of), but it's not something to write home about. i know all/most pieces have vibrato, but if a piece depends on beautiful vibrato, it might not be a good piece for me.

i am looking for pieces for a college audition. thanks.

if your vibrato is weak, I wonder about your timbre palette also...If that is not too good as well, I would recommend to avoid completely all romantic or impressionnist music...

Instead, bet on classical or baroque music... Mozart concertos, Bach sonatas (watch out for the phrasé). These are classics for auditions.

A good choice would also be a nice little concerto by Telemann, Devienne, Blavet, Quantz, Stamitz, or Vivaldi.

Or some virtuose piece (or study) by Andersen, Koehler, Gariboldi or Boehm.

The choice is vast.

Good Luck

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