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 Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:42 pm
I recently had chair auditions.
And it sucked.
Because I was sick.
And my flute was all messed up.
I was a 1st before, but now my section leader made me a second.
And he knows how much I've improved.
So I kind of don't like him now.
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I had to play two pieces.
Then sight read a piece.
Discuss:
-Chair auditions.
-How much they suck.
-What you've had to do for auditions.
-Dumb section leaders.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:50 pm
ive never had 1 yet,but they sound horrible!(im still in middle school)
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:36 pm
I've had the same chair position ever since they started in 7th grade. xD I'm a senior now. Still second chair. And what's funny is it's always been the same first four chairs from 7th grade too. Everbody hated us when the freshmen were the top four!
But hey, yeah they suck, we have to play a piece, then do all of our scales, and sight read something.
But it's just something that you have to deal with. You want to play the fun music....You have to be able to play good.
My band director has loved me, always will too.
((By the by, I play saxophone))
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:54 pm
I was always first chair when we did chair auditions....but thats because i was the only one who played Baritone rofl rofl
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:55 pm
We have chair auditions...but we play them to a recording machine...i know...it doesnt seem bad AT 1ST!!! but when you get in front of it your nervous as hell. we usually play a piece that he tells us what its over. like the all-district things cause he makes us play em' before he signs that stupid paper to get in. Then anyways...uhh i...am the section leader...basically...but i dont suck.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:05 pm
I used to get pissed when i would be 5th or 6th chair... but then i remembered that all the seniors were before me...then i became my own section
BASS CLARINETS RULE
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:06 pm
Yes, they do suck. but since I've become a bassoonist I've really stopped caring about them. We don't even have them at my college. ^_^
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:59 am
I never liked them becuase my band director would do auditions without us realizing, he'd make us play something awnd switch with whoever played better. I thought that there was injustice to this because we never play the same everday day, and I don't think anyone would expect us to. But I think its to motivate us to practice, despite the fact that our middle school and high school was blooming with crazy musicians who are just crazy, I think it made many lazy, believing that they were the best without practice.
I held the position as first chair for two years, in some reasonable view I do; my band director had confirmed to me that I was first chair first then later on he couldn't decide between my rival and I [we both have the same fantastic teacher so yeah]. We'd fight over it and stuff gonk . Now this year I WAS first chair as a freshie, but then challenges started happening, the thing I hate is challenges,, its stupid, i'm so sorry you didn't do great at your audition but that doesn't give you any reason to take over someone's chair they really deserved >>; thats what gets me angry...
For auditions...well I had to play this one etude for my chair auditions in january. But
for outside auditions I've had to play all my major scales, orchestral excerpts, solo pieces [my most famous audition solo piece=mozart's clarinet concerto], and sight read.
For a couple auditions i've had to do interviews [for the 'music academy' and i'll be doing one for a music high school next month]
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:17 am
--alone4ever1210-- ive never had 1 yet,but they sound horrible!(im still in middle school) im in middle school too and we have 2 do them...
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:30 pm
We have scale tests coming up in a while.
So I'll practice hard for those.
And blow him out of the water.
And maybe I'll get my chair back...
Dang I wish we could do challenges!
I so would.
I would challenge the freshman first.
Ugh.
Or maybe we can...
I dunno.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:20 am
I've never had to do anything like that (I'm still in middle school). Thank goodness I haven't had to!...But I'm going to be a freshman in high school next year....Curses!!! DX...I always get nervous when I have to play something off or blah...(sigh)
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:11 pm
Our BD doesn't like doing chairs because he doesn't want us to go against each other, so we don't have to do them biggrin . But for district band I'm 1st chair.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:57 pm
We never do chair tests...which kinda sucks...
Our section leader gave the 1st chair to himself and the girl that he likes, even though she kinda sucks. So three of the better players are stuck playing 3rd chair, including me... crying But...I guess it's okay, cause I like low parts and harmony things... xp
But the thing is that when we perform, people hear the 1st clarinets and then they assume that they're the best ones. So they're like, "Eh...if that's how the 1st clarinets sound...then how do the 3rd clarinets sound?!"...and it especially sucks when we go on recruiting things and middle school bands think that... gonk
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:17 pm
DayofDance I recently had chair auditions.
And it sucked.
Because I was sick.
And my flute was all messed up.
I was a 1st before, but now my section leader made me a second.
And he knows how much I've improved.
So I kind of don't like him now.
[/rant]
I had to play two pieces.
Then sight read a piece.
:]
I also hate chair adutiton and my flute is currently messed up I have no springs or any thing but now one can play it So I mgiht ahev to play my piccolo solo for my test tomorrow Which i can't play very well yet So Im screwed
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:19 pm
xXHeart-LightXx I've never had to do anything like that (I'm still in middle school). Thank goodness I haven't had to!...But I'm going to be a freshman in high school next year....Curses!!! DX...I always get nervous when I have to play something off or blah...(sigh) Thats not fair >.< Im in Middle School and we have been doing then since 5th grade band High School wont be that bad I hope 0.o hahahaha at the high school Im attendeing next year you ahve to go to band camp XD
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