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?
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Oh yeah well I'm applying to other schools also but we do have some significant cross over.
Nice that's some good rep there. I'm playing kouss 1st and 2nd movement, Bach 3rd suite bourrees and gigue, Mozart 39, and Beethoven 5. I have like the most stereotypical college rep haha.
Nice that's some good rep there. I'm playing kouss 1st and 2nd movement, Bach 3rd suite bourrees and gigue, Mozart 39, and Beethoven 5. I have like the most stereotypical college rep haha.
Ill never see you two, MSU, CIM, Peabody and Northwestern for me.
And thats some pretty unique rep, havent seen a lot of people doing Don Juan...
And thats some pretty unique rep, havent seen a lot of people doing Don Juan...
Are you playing the sterling bourrees I assume? I am playing from sterling, it starts with b-c-d, origonally I thought it was a intermediate type transcription but the more I look it seems like that is what everybody is playing.
chris1125 said:
Yeah the sterling edition. It's a piece that's easy to play mediocrely but playing it musically can be tough. Playing it in the right style, right baroque phrasings etc...
I'm using that versions but doing different bowings that the printed ones.
Looks like I'll be auditioning with Eccles sonata 1st, Beethoven's Sonatina, and the Bouree from Bach's 3rd Cello suite if I can get it sorted out in time (biggest problem here is Tenor clef), otherwise I might go for Eccles 2nd movement or something else.
(Auditioning to a bunch of Pre-Colleges here in Sweden
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(Auditioning to a bunch of Pre-Colleges here in Sweden
)Hello applying to peabody, Indiana, Vanderbilt, and USC. Im playing bottesini 1st movement, koussevitzky 2nd movement, courante from bach suite 1, brahms 2 4th movement, beethoven 5 3rd movement, and mozart 39. Good luck to you guys going for CIM! Hope everyones auditions go great haha. Now that February is here it really is crunch time.
applying to peabody, Indiana, Vanderbilt, and USC. Im playing bottesini 1st movement, koussevitzky 2nd movement, courante from bach suite 1, brahms 2 4th movement, beethoven 5 3rd movement, and mozart 39. Good luck to you guys going for CIM! Hope everyones auditions go great haha. Now that February is here it really is crunch time.
Looks like I'll be auditioning with Eccles sonata 1st, Beethoven's Sonatina, and the Bouree from Bach's 3rd Cello suite if I can get it sorted out in time (biggest problem here is Tenor clef), otherwise I might go for Eccles 2nd movement or something else.
(Auditioning to a bunch of Pre-Colleges here in Sweden
if you find tenor clef a problem, label the lines at the beginning of each staff. it'll do until you get used to it. also, the bottom line is open D, which is a good reference.
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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.
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?
Yeah, I've pretty much got it. I practised some by drawing up five lines on a paper and writing the notes on the lines in a random order over and over again. I'm suprised how quick it was to learn, but then, reading treble clef probably helps, as it's easier to relate to the high parts - the Tenor-clef's C is the low C on the treble clef so anything above it is essentially treble clef.
Some places where I'll have to sort out the fingerings, and the rythms, still got to learn how the piece sounds thoroughly first. It's pretty complicated so there's a lot to take in at once, but it's beautiful.
Kouss. 1st movement, Beethoven 5, Heldenleben and Mozart 40 for me... Sort of sterotypical.
How's the Hornsignal part going for you? I've seen it before, it looks like quite the adventure to work that up.
How's the Hornsignal part going for you? I've seen it before, it looks like quite the adventure to work that up.
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.
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 transitions into thumb position make it hard too and it has to have this airy flowing quality to it. I am still struggling with all of these aspects I just described too haha.
Haha yeah, the only reason I'm doing Heldenleben and Beethoven is because I played both this last summer at Interlochen (with iribassist, actually, we were stand partners). That was quite the adventure learning the whole piece since the entire thing is pretty much an excerpt, haha. And I can imagine... I saw the part in the last ISB magazine and it looked ridiculous. Good luck, man, haha.
I thought mine went pretty well... The only two bass faculty in the audition were Ed Barker and Todd Seeber, there was a third woman but I don't think she was a bassist (or atleast not a BU faculty bassist). It seemed like most of the people auditioning were grad students. I'm pretty happy with how it went but I only got to play the first movement of the Kouss, bach bourrees and mozart 40. Short audition, plus I got 0 feedback from any of the faculty but I noticed they were writing enough notes to fill up a page haha
I'm interrested to hear how everybody elses went...
I'm interrested to hear how everybody elses went...
chris1125 said:
Nice! Glad it went well.
I had Barker, Seeber, and Carolyn Fryer (I think she is the woman who was in your audition). I was the first audition this morning so I was up outside the room well before everyone was there so I got to talk to Ed barker when he showed up for a minute before he went inside. He's a nice guy. Very friendly.
I thought I played pretty well. Obviously i wasn't 100% satisfied, kind of impossible to do haha. I only played the 1st movement of kouss and the bourrees from the 3rd suite. Kouss was alright. I messed up a random part that i had never messed up before....of course. Bourrees were pretty good. They let me play through all of it with repeats which surprised me. I didn't get any feedback either.
I'm glad to hear that grad students were auditioning today. I heard some guys playing that we're reeeeealy just nailing everything pretty much perfectly. That makes me feel a little better haha
Now we wait...
