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July 8, 2005 at 7:14 PM

Well, I'm almost done with Bruch Concerto No. 1... There are just a few spots in the last movement I need to work on, but for the most part, i can play it at Heifetz speed.

It is an easy concerto, especially since I learned it right after i got done with the first movement of lalo's Symphonie Espagnole. i guess I will go back and start with the second movement of Lalo when my teacher feels I am done with Bruch.

The second, thrid, and fourth movements from lalo aren't too tough. I know that if I learn the fifth movement, I will have to spend a lot of time on it.

And for a youth orchestra, I am going to audition for the Atlanta Symphony youth orchestra, which is the youth orchestra affiliated with the Atlanta Symphony orchestra.

I would like to play the third movement from Bruch Concerto No. 1 for my audition, but I'll ask my violin teacher about it. I know she originally wanted me to play Mozart Concerto No. 4, but I don't like that piece nearly as much as Bruch.

on my ASYO Application Form,I need my high school orchestra director's signiture, but i don't know how I can get it from her. I know she went to Europe, but I'm not sure when she'll be back.

I have to turn in the application form before ASYO will send me the excerpts.

I went to the MYSO of Atlanta website (another youth orchestra), and checked out their excerpts, because they just give them out through their website. it's not hard stuff. there's an excerpt from Copland's An outdoor Overture (which i played two years ago), an excerpt from tchaik's Nutcracker, and Dvorak's Carnival. there's also an excerpt for the 'concertmaster' audition : a solo from Dvorak's Carnival. MYSO looks kinda easy to get in.

I know Patrick got his viola excerpts for ASYO already, and said they were a lot easier this year than past years.

If any of you have any suggestions for what a good audition piece would be for me to play. I know you have not heard me play before, so you don't have an idea of how good/bad of a violinist I am.

But, something I could learn in a month. I have played for 5 years. I am the concertmaster of my local high school orchestra. I would spend an hour or two on the piece a day. I also work out of the Kreutzer Etude book.

Thanks.

For 5 years playing, your repertoire is impressive! Play whatever you feel most comfortable with. Mozart 4 is one of the most difficult things to play at an audition, the first couple bars have to be perfectly in tune, something which I have even heard the big name soloists mess up. But on the other hand, if you play it well, you will make an amzing impression, since musicality can shine absolutely through. But I admit, Bruch is a lot of fun too. Ask your teacher, she will know best, she knows you, presumably knows the orchestra and she might be able to make to most out of it. She might want you to play the Mozart for educational purposes, even if you feel the Bruch is right now more suitable.
Have fun preparing and good luck!
See if they'll accept it w/o a signature. If not, get her hotel from her family and fax her that page.
Definately not Mozart...Mozart has to be perfect, because everyone knows Mozart. With Mozart, you can tell it's wrong-it's very mathematical, if I can say that. They can tell at a glance if you have good or bad rhythm, and since it's such a popular piece, it's going to be a breeze to see about intonation, etc.
Well, in all fairness to any violinist Bruch no. 1 is pretty much like "Happy Birthday"... they know it quite well also.

Mozart allows one to really demonstrate technical security and a kind of musical control that you don't necessarily have to have in Bruch. If you can play Mozart well, that will really give them an insight into your abilities.

the only reservation i would have about playing the third mvmt. of bruch in an audition is that the section with the 10ths might not go as planned- then again, i don't know how you perform under pressure...