June 12, 2018

You CAN Practice Sight-Reading – Really

Sight-reading is arguably the worst part of every audition whether as a student or a professional.  For many people, sight-reading comes easily.  For others (like me), not so much.  Plus, there’s a common belief that you can’t learn to sight-read before you need to do it at an audition.  After all, how can you practice…

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violinguy

September 3, 2016

Audition Advice for Orchestral Violin Players

I have (update: had – it was cancelled, sigh) an orchestral audition coming up in a few weeks so I thought I would share some of the audition advice I have learned over my many years of playing the violin.  I have scoured the interwebs for audition advice and have found some great stuff.  There…

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violinguy