Recent content by Jordan Calixto

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    Double Bass Double Bass Audition Winners

    Shout out to Jon Borden for winning Buffalo today. Representing Albert Lazslos studio.
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    Double Bass Tanglewood

    aspen. waiting on music academy and pacific music festival
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    Double Bass Albert Laszlo contact

    Just noticed this today. haven't been on here i a while, but I am a freshman undergrad with him this year at juilliard. If you still have this questioning pending, message back.
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    It is going to be a great summer at Twood. The rep is so awesome. Going to be pretty cool meeting some of you guys in person.
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    Yes dude! This is gonna be my fourth year. I think it is going to be one of the best years ever, especially for bass. sam casseday is supposed to be going too, the chosen one.
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    Anyone doing any summer festivals this year? tanglewood anyone???
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    No dice on curtis or BU. anyone else get into Juilliard or NEC?
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    Congrats to everyone on their acceptances. I was accepted into Don Palma's studio at NEC and Albert Laszlo's studio at Juilliard. I will be attending Juilliard in the fall.
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    Wow, thats quite an excerpt list there. Heldenleiben is no walk in park by any means, neither are the rest of them. The hornsignal is really hard to play in the correct style. Its a pretty transparent solo so your intonation needs to be spot on or it will stick out like a sore thumb. The...
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    Oh thats awesome, I have heard great things about both of them. I actually have some exercises by Bradetich that my teacher gave me, really great stuff. I study with Don Palma right now at NEC prep.
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    Cool man, that is some tight rep. It will definitely show off many different strokes and styles of playing. By the way, who do you all study with currently?
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    Hahaha yeah, it's cause I have played it before, so I am relatively familiar with it. Since I am not doing anything like Mozart or Beethoven that can show my spicatto stroke, I need to make up for that by showing some other fast stroke.
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    Hey, thats pretty cool that we are applying to almost all the same schools. I am playing koussevitzky, courante or minuets from the first suite, vivaldi sonata 3, excerpts from don juan, haydn 31 and brahms 2 symphony first movement.
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    Double Bass Class of 2012, where are you applying/auditioning?

    Yo guys, I'm gonna be audition at NEC, BU, Curtis and Julliard. I've never really got around to using this blog before, but it's pretty informative.