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What should I do to prepare to audition for the manhattan school of music? here are the requirements; A major/minor scale of applicant's choice, at least two octaves. Two contrasting movements of a sonata. One etude from Bille, Simandl, Storch-Hrabe, or Sturm. One orchestral excerpt of...

Well, I'm not strictly an orchestra player, and I think it would be interesting to take contemporary styles of music and put them in an orchestra setting and Berklee, I feel, is great of that. but opinions are opinions. but what do you think I should try as an audition piece? I'd love to...

woah. I accidentally posted this in the wrong forum. I thought this was the orchestra audition forum. my bad.

Hey there, I want to audition for Berklee college of music, but I'm not sure what to play as they allow students to perform just about anything they want as long it shows themselves, but that seems a little too naive to me. what advice or thoughts do you have about auditioning for berklee...

Hey there, I want to audition for Berklee college of music, but I'm not sure what to play as they allow students to perform just about anything they want as long it shows themselves, but that seems a little too naive to me. what advice or thoughts do you have about auditioning for berklee...