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Auditon Success

June 9, 2007 at 6:58 PM

Today, I had an audition. I played a piece which I had not played for a whole year, the second movement of the Mozart 3 plus the cadenza (Francko). Knowing the acoustics of the building which I would be auditioning in, I went an hour early to get used to the horrendous sound that the rooms revealed in my relatively cheap violin. But I noticed a marvelous improvement as I warmed up; I sounded way better than I did a year ago. I have not only grown in my playing but also in my confidence thus able to cope with a bad rooms.

When I went in to the actual auditioning room, the acoustics were different. Unfortunately for me, this room was worse than the other. Not having time to adjust like I did to the practice room, my nerves kicked in. Despite that, I missed only a couple of notes and nailed a really hard part in the cadenza that I could not do a year ago. So, long story short. I feel that I have succeeded even though my perfectionist side yells,"Why didn't you play that perfectly?"

For now, I am just happy to be able to see my improvement as a musician. I can not wait until next year to hear whether or not I will excel again.

P.S. Goal for next year:

Intonation better
No missed notes
Tone better
Rhythm intact