Well, today is the day that I have auditions for the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (www.nyoc.org). Pretty scary process, but I think that I am prepared enough to make a good showing. My prof here seems to think that I've got a good shot if I represent my playing abilities well. Hopefully it goes well, but I'll probably have to wait a month or so to actually hear anything about how I did.
The stuff I have to play (excerpts from the orchestra trombone repertoire) is pretty standard for any professional competition. Which means to say that it is the hardest moments in a given piece for the trombone player. The problem with auditions is that I find that interpretation is a difficult point to get correct. There is no conductor, no orchestra, no trombone section to work with, just me and my lonesome. So you listen to recordings and get your context for the passage that way. At least, that's what I've been doing, but the issue is that what if that isn't the correct context? Every conductor/group has their own interpretation, some more drastic than others.
Basically, this leaves me with the choice of doing exactly what is on the page, and blending in with the masses of other trombone players auditioning, or doing something more interpretive with the materials (obviously still within the realm of what is actually written) and maybe distinguishing myself just a little bit. I don't know what I'm going to do yet, I could swing any way at this point. I guess we'll see what happens in 4 hours.
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