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What horns did you bring to your most recent audition?
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:27 am
by Dylan King
I assume a CC and F tuba for most. Possibly a single Bb horn for Bydlo. The question just popped in my head and I thought it would make a good topic. Especially for you pros.
These days I make a living as a composer, but back in college I was working to be an orchestral player and I played auditions using the Yorkbrunner and my Rudy Meinl F, which just happens to be for sale (shameless plug). What have all you gentlemen, and ladies, used for auditions in the past?
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:05 am
by Chuck Jackson
An "Off-The-Shelf" $35.00 Mollard Baton. The last audition I took, I played an Alex 163 CC and a Zeiss 5V F with a Yamaha 641 BBb for Prokofiev's 5th. That was a long time ago in universe far, far away.
horns
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:01 am
by tubacdk
MW 5/4 rotary CC, B&S Symphonie F
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:22 am
by MartyNeilan
bass trombone
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:29 am
by corbasse
Alexander 103
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real horn (as approved by the IHS)
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:52 am
by Gorilla Tuba
like everyone else, my CC and F tuba. However, I may perform Bydlo on a euphonium, but I doubt I'd audition on euph.
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:35 pm
by Getzeng50s
CC GetzenG50 F Yamaha 822
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:04 pm
by Mark E. Chachich
Alexander 163 CC, that was some time ago.
My goal was to get on the substitute and extra list and I succeded.
Mark
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:04 pm
by runelk
I used a MW 2165 and a B & S Symphonie F
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:47 pm
by Leland
Just the most recent -- VMI 3302.
If I didn't bag the easy excerpt, I wouldn't have done too badly.
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:42 am
by JCradler
A Cerveny Piggy. It did everthing asked of it that day, mostly sight-reading.
Of course, that was a while back, before the arms race really kicked in.
jc
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:24 pm
by Jeffrey Hicks
My King 2370 Brass Sousaphone. God Bless the Marine Corps
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:48 am
by Lee Stofer
To my last audition, I took a thein bass trombone - no, I didn't win the audition, but I made the sub list, which was the intended result.
To my last tuba audition, I took a Conn grand orchestral BBb and a Rudi 5/4 F. I wish I'd played the entire audition on the F which is a great horn. The 2nd valve on the old Conn stuck firmly in the down position in the middle of the Prokofiev, which just ruined my day. The horn had sounded wonderful when I had gotten it just a month pior, and I'd thought, "the valves work fine - I don't need to clean this horn before the audition" I'll never do THAT again!
Which horn have I won the most auditions with? #1 - Rudi 3/4 CC