Welcome to our All County & Regional Orchestra Prep!
Each 2-hour intensive session is aimed to help you ace your All County and Junior & Senior Regional Orchestra Audition.
Would you like to be the most prepared student at the audition this year? The one the judges put first on their list?
We'll cover everything you need to feel confident, play great, and make the cut on audition day.
Would you like to be the most prepared student at the audition this year? The one the judges put first on their list?
We'll cover everything you need to feel confident, play great, and make the cut on audition day.
Who can sign up?
Grades 7 and up are welcome to enroll, as we'll be focusing on valuable learning and playing skills that will benefit students who will be auditioning, as well as those just looking ahead and wanted to be prepared for the audition experience. We'll be focusing specifically on elements necessary for a successful audition, such as required applied theory elements, sight reading, and mastery of the required performance music.
What we do in the sessions.
- Provide personal instruction on the required audition elements: performance excerpts, scales, and sightreading
- In-depth technique practice and drills to make playing easy and fluid
- Learn (and practice) the secret to being an amazing sightreader
- Play required scales like a virtuoso
- Performance Skills, conquering nerves - we'll make sure you're ready and confident
- Mock Auditions, what to expect
- Plus, a checklist of everything you'll need to be the most prepared student on audition day!
This isn't a crash course.
No learning by ear or rote. No shortcuts. To make the cut, we'll be taking a very in-depth look at the repertoire you'll need, and working those scales to perfection. Expect A LOT of sightreading. But, by the end of our sessions, you'll own the music!
- Note and Rhythm Accuracy
- Dynamics, Expression
- Technique
- Ear Training, theory, form
- A look at the composer and historical elements
- Performance etiquette, audition preparation
What you'll receive when you register.
So that students can get a jump start before the Prep Course actually begins, once you register, we'll set you up with pre-class materials:
- a copy of the required audition music and our preparation guide
- practice guide
- copy of the required scales
- sample sightreading material & step-by-step guide
- countdown to audition day calendar
Schedule.
Session I; Sunday, June 23rd 2:00pm - 4:00pm (register by Friday, June 21st)
session II: Sunday, July 21st 2:00pm - 4:00pm (register by Friday, July 19th)
session II: Sunday, July 21st 2:00pm - 4:00pm (register by Friday, July 19th)
Location.
All classes will meet at The Music Studio, 300 Garrisonville Road, Suite 202, Stafford, VA 22554
Registration cost.
Cost: $85 per 2-hour session
How to register.
