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Ouch! I once had a big pile of metal folding chairs at the back of the recital hall collapse with the biggest noise you can imagine, right as I was playing the softest, saddest part of my piece. Somehow I managed to keep my composure, but I still worry about something like that happening again. Sorry to hear about the bad result--better luck next time. :) Aw, I feel for you, Natasha! I flopped on my most important audition during my senior year, and placed third out of three. Only in my case, I had a full blown panic attack and couldn't even remember my music. Senioritis didn't help matters. I could have been better prepared, I think.

Anyway, if you're smart (and I think you are) you won't let one lousy little performance define your future as a musician. Everything will work out in the end. Keep your chin up!

It must have just been "one of those days." At one of my competitions/auditions (I don't know what you call allcounty lol) I walked into the hottest room in the building(it was during winter) and my violin strings were out of wack the whole time... and I wasn't allowed to stop. The only chance I had to tune it was right before sight reading. Needless to say I didn't get in that year. Hi Natasha,
I hope you're feeling a lot better by now.

Please take these things in your stride. You already know you are a good player. We all know how unnerving a stage performance can be, and a competition only heightens that feeling.

Easier said than done, I know, but what we all have to somehow learn is to play beautifully, heedless of the occasion or extraneous noise, etc.

As an earlier poster said: you are an intelligent person; you'll be fine in the end.