Category: auditions
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West Texas Symphony 3rd flute/piccolo audition
I advanced! It’s only the second time I’ve advanced out of 29 auditions. It was an interesting preparation process. I was in the midst of transcribing/arranging a lot of new music for The Pan-Tones, and also learning to sing. Because I was spending a lot of time on this project, I didn’t specifically practice the…
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Mark Sparks on orchestra auditions
I interviewed Mark on July 23, 2022 with questions submitted by participants in this year’s mock audition. 1. What is your approach with orchestral auditions? Do you recommend taking auditions for the sake of practice, or only if you are really serious about the job? Well, everyone needs to get their feet wet, and that’s…
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Hawaiian inspired flute recital
On Sunday, June 12 at 5PM, I will present a solo flute recital at Orvis auditorium at UH Manoa. Full program here. I have been working on a duet arrangement of the Reinecke flute concerto, a piece that I fell deeply in love with. Never having had the opportunity to perform this piece before, I…
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Shreveport Symphony Principal Flute audition
Audition #28 in the books! I was proud of my performance- I think playing those two gigs a few nights before with The Pan-Tones helped loosen up my performance chops. I felt more musically confident and expressive than I have before, which was very exciting! I focused a lot on fundamentals leading up to the…
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[practice log] Week of 5/9/22
Monday, 5/9/22 (90 min) Warm up on Altes daily exercise (reversed the pattern). I’m focusing on the third octave legato playing, especially between D, F/#, A. I noticed these fingerings are problematic for me in both Dvorak 8 and Firebird. I also practiced those third octave exercises with both the RH 2 and RH 3…
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[practice log] Week of 5/2/22
Monday, 5/2/22 (60 min) Very strange day- kids were both sick and home from school, and the power was out from a storm. I laid around napping most of the day (since I woke up to help sick kids 4x in the night…). Then I spent an hour practicing the music for the Flower Mound…