by lisaflutevt | Sep 20, 2014 | Preparing for an Audition |
(This blog entry is a supplement to a series of tips on preparing for an audition. Click here for the beginning of this series). I’d love to get into writing some highlights about all of the composers represented in the Vermont All State (and Winooski Valley...
by lisaflutevt | Sep 20, 2014 | Preparing for an Audition |
“As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note.” Georges Bizet (Note: this entry is part of a series of audition tips. Click here for the...
by lisaflutevt | Sep 20, 2014 | Preparing for an Audition |
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Note: This is part of a series of audition tips. Click the link for the beginning...
by lisaflutevt | Sep 20, 2014 | Preparing for an Audition |
Here are a few lovely YouTube video recordings of Bizet’s Menuet from l’Arlesienne, coming up in this fall’s Winooski Valley District audition (click here for the beginning of the series “Preparing for an Audition”): There are slight...
by lisaflutevt | Sep 20, 2014 | Preparing for an Audition |
Winooski Valley District Festival audition requirements for flute, as of fall of 2014 are explained fully on their website – click here for their full scoop. Quick summary: Major Scales – All scales (C,F,Bb,Eb,Ab,G,D,A,E) are memorized, articulated (not...
by lisaflutevt | Sep 20, 2014 | Preparing for an Audition |
You’ll want to check out as many high quality recordings of the Mozart G major concerto as you can – it’s so gorgeous and no two recordings are identical – you’ll want to listen until you’re humming it in your sleep. Listen in the...
