Recent content by Arisar

That's something that's worth mentioning. The "top" schools are already made up of the some of the most talented and driven young bassists in the country so it's no surprise that these are the same players that win auditions. Also, the audition winners thread doesn't tell you the success rates...

I've done a lot of thinking these last few days, and I think I finally made up my mind. Like you mentioned earlier, it's hard to beat free and Curtis and Colburn are the only schools that can do that. I've decided that the conservatory experience offered by these schools is too limiting for my...

Csrund, I've heard a few stories like yours where someone goes to school for performance and ends up doing something else. I could see myself doing something like that. I'll probably apply to Rice University Lee Moses. MikeCanada, you don't sound condescending or harsh; you're just being...

I didn't have Internet access for a while so I wasn't able to log on these last few days. :( I know that combined degrees won't help me win auditions but I want to be a well rounded person and I'm interested in more than just the bass. Also, my parents aren't exactly supportive of me going into...

Wow MikeCanada great post! I agree that it's probably too early to assess Scott's success with producing winners. With that being said, I don't want to be the guinea pig that waits around to find out if he produces some winners. He must be a great player since he's in the Cleveland Symphony but...

I really appreciate all the advice from you guys. It was brought up multiple times that to win a orchestra job, one should study with a teacher that has a history of producing winners. This is really just common sense but before I saw the audition winners thread I didn't know that all the...

I found the audition winners thread and apparently only 1 Oberlin grad, Scott Dixon, has won an audition since 1998. Scott teaches at Oberlin now and has been teaching since 2007 according to Oberlin'a website so the first group of kids to work with him for 4 years would've hit the auditon...

Hello everyone! I'll be going into my junior year of high school in August and I'm starting to look at colleges/conservatories. (Yes I know I'm late) Oberlin really caught my eye with its dual degree program. I know there's the Columbia/Juilliard and Harvard/NEC programs but the travel between...