I didn't see that anyone had posted this back in 2012 or since, so here it is, the single best piece i've ever read that captures the determination and despair of the classical audition process.
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2012/06/b ... -audition/
Boston Magazine - Audition Article - worth your time
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Boston Magazine - Audition Article - worth your time
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. - Rumi
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. - Jesus of Nazareth
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. - Jesus of Nazareth
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Re: Boston Magazine - Audition Article - worth your time
There is a lot of truth in that.Mostly, though, he’s consumed by a single thought these days: Give me success or take this desire away from me. One of the two.
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Nice post! Thanks.
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Reminds me of my failed audition about ten years ago. A very high-quality, all-audition wind symphony admitted new members only upon successful audition. I didn't make it. My competition was a retired tuba player from the U.S. Air Force Band-DC. The group had intended to have two tubas, but no one could pass the audition for second. So, for years, the ensemble got by quite nicely with the one tuba.
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