Orchestra Rep schedule Spring 2010

The Spring Semester Rep Class will be focused by different techniques that are required to skillfully demonstrate in an audition:  bow techniques such as spiccatto, legato; how to maximize intonation; rhythm, and psychological techniques for the audition boot camp.  Students are required to obtain the Don Greene book "Performing Under Pressure."

Orch rep schedule Spring 2010

Jan 25:  legato:  Brahms 3 and Tchaikovsky 4

Feb 1:  legato: Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe

Feb 8:  fakey spicatto: a review of last semesters spiccato excerpts: Mendelssohn Scherzo, Brahms Haydn Variation 5

Feb 15: “real” spiccatto:  Mozart Haffner

Feb 22: string crossing nightmares:  Mozart Haffner

Mar 1: rhythmic issues: Daphnis and Chloe; how to practice sightreading

Mar 8: midterm, friendly audition

March 22: intonation: Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2

March 29: intonation (high): Heldenleben

April 5: Don Greene drills

April 12: mock audition (internal) using Don Greene techniques

April 19: more drills: spiccato under pressure, legato under pressure

April 26: yearly review for scary mock audition final

May 3: FINAL MOCK AUDITION