I am a junior in high school (11th grade), and I am primarily a euphonium player, a secondary trombone player. I should also mention I started off with trumpet for my first 3 or 4 years of music. I play on a YEP-642 which I recently cleaned and polished, using a 4AL as my mouthpiece. This is my second time auditioning for my district band. Last year the audition piece was Morceau Symphonique, and I auditioned well enough to make it, however I didn't do as well as I wished.
This year's audition is coming up next week, and the audition process is something like this:
4 Scales- Any 12 major scales, tongued and or slurred. Also a concert F-F two octave chromatic scale.
Sightreading
Piece- This year's piece being concertino op.4 for trombone. Without accompaniment. They will chose excerpts from the piece at random for me to play.
I have been practicing my piece since June, and I feel pretty prepared. My question being; with everyone playing the same audition piece, what are some specifics that separate me from the others? Do any of you more experienced players have tips for auditions or this piece in specific? This is a blind audition.
This year's audition is coming up next week, and the audition process is something like this:
4 Scales- Any 12 major scales, tongued and or slurred. Also a concert F-F two octave chromatic scale.
Sightreading
Piece- This year's piece being concertino op.4 for trombone. Without accompaniment. They will chose excerpts from the piece at random for me to play.
I have been practicing my piece since June, and I feel pretty prepared. My question being; with everyone playing the same audition piece, what are some specifics that separate me from the others? Do any of you more experienced players have tips for auditions or this piece in specific? This is a blind audition.
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