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 Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:07 pm
Hi.
My friend goes to this amazing school. They have the best music program I've ever heard of. They have music class every day, both semesters, they play really advanced stuff etc. You have to audition to get in.
I think I might want to switch in to this school. I'm at a school now where the grade 10,11,12 plays the same level as grade 9s there. If I decide to go, I need an audition piece. I'm thinking something with hard fingering/tonguing parts, high notes, low notes, and places to put in a lot of expression.
I play alto sax. You also need to play scales. What scales should I play?
I'm kind of afraid to ask my music teacher for the forms and stuff, she might hate me for wanting to switch out of her music program.
So... any advice, tips, songs..
Thanks biggrin
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:01 pm
That sounds awesome! We have an Arts & Communications academy at my school, which teaches college level arts and stuff. Advanced Music Studies is like a college course here, and you have to audition for it...I'm thinking about doing it my senior year.
Ask your director if you can look through the music that the school has, one of our french horn players does that a lot to find audition music. (I swear, he auditions for EVERYTHING...) Anyway, scales...how many do you have to play? You could always just do all the major scales and a couple minor scales, if you want to.
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:30 pm
Terra of the Lilies That sounds awesome! We have an Arts & Communications academy at my school, which teaches college level arts and stuff. Advanced Music Studies is like a college course here, and you have to audition for it...I'm thinking about doing it my senior year.
Ask your director if you can look through the music that the school has, one of our french horn players does that a lot to find audition music. (I swear, he auditions for EVERYTHING...) Anyway, scales...how many do you have to play? You could always just do all the major scales and a couple minor scales, if you want to. That's cool. I don't think my school does that. That sounds a little like what I want to do. Maybe.. I don't think there will be stuff advanced enough though. Like, the grade 12s played a song last year, and we're playing it for festival this year, I sneaked a peek at it, it wasn't actually THAT hard, so... Well, you never know. I'll probably ask her on Wednesday at band rehearsal. Uhh. I don't think I need to play THAT many. Well I know I'm not going to play something like concert Eb or Bb. I'll probably go with like concert E or something. (I think that's C#+ on alto) We don't really play minor scales at school. I play them from knowing them on piano, so they're not as good.
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:51 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:26 pm
Well, if you're really good, you can try using the California All-state honor band audition piece, which are selections from "Tableaux De Provence". That's some REALLY hard stuff for 10th graders, though... maybe if you ask your BD (or, even better, your private lessons instructor,) they will help you choose some good audition music. And if you don't take private lessons, you really should. They help soooooo much!
Oh... and if you're doing scales, maybe concert D major (B for alto) or even try out a 2-octave concert F melodic minor scale. The scales are important, even though you may not think that they are; they're usually the first thing that judges listen to, so they will influence the rest of your audition. Choose hard scales, but not too hard - you should be able to play them relatively fast and without any flaws.
Other than that, good luck finding audition material. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:49 pm
megamanfan66 Well, if you're really good, you can try using the California All-state honor band audition piece, which are selections from "Tableaux De Provence". That's some REALLY hard stuff for 10th graders, though... maybe if you ask your BD (or, even better, your private lessons instructor,) they will help you choose some good audition music. And if you don't take private lessons, you really should. They help soooooo much! Oh... and if you're doing scales, maybe concert D major (B for alto) or even try out a 2-octave concert F melodic minor scale. The scales are important, even though you may not think that they are; they're usually the first thing that judges listen to, so they will influence the rest of your audition. Choose hard scales, but not too hard - you should be able to play them relatively fast and without any flaws. Other than that, good luck finding audition material. 3nodding Thanks. biggrin Actually, I love playing scales. Sometimes I sit in my room and play scales for a couple hours. O.o What grade is "Tableaux de Province" and how do I get it? And no, I don't have a sax teacher, but I have a piano teacher, and I've found that both instruments help each other out with my progression with them. O.o So you mean scales like C# for alto, or E for alto? (Maybe E is too easy, but it can show off high-ish notes)
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:53 pm
Oh wow. Just youtubed it.
I MIGHT MIGGHT MIGHT be able to play it with practice.
Its so pretty. biggrin
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:58 pm
OH MY GAWD!
I JUST LISTENED TO THE SECOND MOVEMENT@@@@
WHERE THE F DO I GET THIS.
*foam at mouth*
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:39 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:26 pm
What school? compare it to Interlochen
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:55 pm
candy!x0x0 What school? compare it to Interlochen Its just a high school. No need saying the name. If you know it, you'll know it if I say its in Ottawa.
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:26 pm
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:27 pm
the only thing i really have to say is...definitely DON'T do Bb or Eb(concert) for your scales...even Bb for alto would be a little...generic. concert Bb and Eb are really simple, and aren't very impressive to people looking for advanced players.
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:28 pm
oh yeah..and ANY scale can "show off" low AND high notes. start on the lowest octave you play the root note and go to the highest you can get the root note.
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:50 am
toco clarinet oh yeah..and ANY scale can "show off" low AND high notes. start on the lowest octave you play the root note and go to the highest you can get the root note. Well... the one that can't is concert Bb. It can't go down an octave (without using the foot) and it can't go two octaves without using altissimo notes. (And G is the hardest altissimo note, apparently) And I'd know better than to do scales like that. xP I'll probably do like.... Concert E (C#+) I would like to do concert G#, but it only has one flat. I might even go with concert G. There are four sharps and it goes pretty high. I wish I could do concert C#. (I think that's Bb on alto) I love the low notes, but it only has two flats. D: Any advice on this next point? I'm kind of afraid to ask my music teacher about it. I'm afraid she'll hate me for wanting to switch out of her music program. The school is well known, and its an "art school" so.... she'd know why, but I'm still scared she'd take it the wrong way or something, and then, if I don't make it in, she'll hate me for the next two years.
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