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Another Entry No One Will Read
Aug. 23rd, 2005 03:18 pm(Probably only of interest to ![[info]](https://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
Leah-bear anyway...)
I had my audition for the Columbia Orchestra on Sunday. Yes, that's the orchestra I already play in. I'd wanted to audition because a) I didn't audition the first time around, so 2) I was playing second violin last year and wanted to see if I could get in the firsts. I'd been over at my dad's in the early part of the day hanging out with my cousin and my brother, who was in from NYC for the weekend. I was a little too rushed getting to the audition, but they weren't in a hurry and let us go out of order. I knew there was another violinist trying out, but I didn't want to let him intimidate me, even though I heard him playing Mendelssohn's concerto.
When it came to be my turn, fortunately I didn't do as badly as I'd feared. I was still a little shaky because of nerves, but not to the point of stopping or anything. The sight-reading was a little bit from Symphonie Fantastique that I should have done better on, but it didn't seem to matter. Jason, Brenda, and Annette (the conductor, concertmistress and assistant, respectively) were all very friendly to me, and must have been suitably impressed. Jason said, "we'd love to have you play first violin with us" and said they'd work out final seating by the second rehearsal. So, six months of work did pay off. Go me! =)
Friday night also ended up being really fun. On the way back from PA, we were all talking in the car and Gibson said he hoped I could play my audition pieces for him, and maybe I had something he could accompany me on piano. So we stopped at my apartment on the way back and I grabbed a stack of music. A little later that night we got around to the impromptu recital and he said I was playing very well and shouldn't have any trouble at the audition (glad he was right).
Gibson wanted to try the music I brought, and was sight-reading everything, but we managed to stumble our way through such pieces as the slow movement of Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy", a few of Brahms' Hungarian Dances (the Joachim arrangements!) and all three movements of the Mendelssohn concerto! My stepmother thought it was hilarious, and fortunately for him, my dad fell asleep before he could hear us butchering the concerto. There's even photographic evidence, courtesy of my stepmother:
( Full-size under the cut... )
Leah-bear anyway...)I had my audition for the Columbia Orchestra on Sunday. Yes, that's the orchestra I already play in. I'd wanted to audition because a) I didn't audition the first time around, so 2) I was playing second violin last year and wanted to see if I could get in the firsts. I'd been over at my dad's in the early part of the day hanging out with my cousin and my brother, who was in from NYC for the weekend. I was a little too rushed getting to the audition, but they weren't in a hurry and let us go out of order. I knew there was another violinist trying out, but I didn't want to let him intimidate me, even though I heard him playing Mendelssohn's concerto.
When it came to be my turn, fortunately I didn't do as badly as I'd feared. I was still a little shaky because of nerves, but not to the point of stopping or anything. The sight-reading was a little bit from Symphonie Fantastique that I should have done better on, but it didn't seem to matter. Jason, Brenda, and Annette (the conductor, concertmistress and assistant, respectively) were all very friendly to me, and must have been suitably impressed. Jason said, "we'd love to have you play first violin with us" and said they'd work out final seating by the second rehearsal. So, six months of work did pay off. Go me! =)
Friday night also ended up being really fun. On the way back from PA, we were all talking in the car and Gibson said he hoped I could play my audition pieces for him, and maybe I had something he could accompany me on piano. So we stopped at my apartment on the way back and I grabbed a stack of music. A little later that night we got around to the impromptu recital and he said I was playing very well and shouldn't have any trouble at the audition (glad he was right).
Gibson wanted to try the music I brought, and was sight-reading everything, but we managed to stumble our way through such pieces as the slow movement of Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy", a few of Brahms' Hungarian Dances (the Joachim arrangements!) and all three movements of the Mendelssohn concerto! My stepmother thought it was hilarious, and fortunately for him, my dad fell asleep before he could hear us butchering the concerto. There's even photographic evidence, courtesy of my stepmother:
( Full-size under the cut... )
