What do I practice for my audition?
Please refer to your full instrument requirements here. An overview is below:
- Scales
- Prepare the required scales listed in your selected requirements – use the listed tempos as a guide.
- Scales are written out for some levels – you can choose any articulation
- Minor scales can be performed in any form (natural, harmonic, or melodic)
- Solo
- Prepare music that demonstrates your best playing abilities. Selections can include solos, studies, school ensemble music, or other works.
- Your recorded solo should not be more than 3 minutes in length. If needed, please choose a shorter section of your solo to fit this time requirement.
- Excerpts
- Excerpts are short sections of music taken from larger pieces of music.
- Prepare all the excerpts included in your audition level and follow all markings.
- Look up or translate any unfamiliar musical terms to ensure a successful performance.
- Listen to recordings of excerpts (when available through YouTube, Spotify, etc.) for guidance with tempos, musicality, and phrasing – your excerpt performance will be judged on all artistic merits, not just note accuracy.