Audition? What Audition?
It’s happening again where I get really busy right before an audition to the point that I have absolutely limited to no time to prepare for it and I go in feeling like I’m winging it. Or I get 10 second’s notice of the audition and I go in and I’m winging t. Why do I always feel like I’m winging it? Why am I making excuses? Maybe what I need to do is always be preparing for auditions even if I don’t have any auditions coming up. Hum. (Crickets). Am I late to the party again? Probably. Here’s my problem – let me know if this is what you deal with or if I’m alone out here – I have trouble getting motivated to prepare for an audition unless I already have one coming up (I know – the first part of this post was all about having trouble doing THAT too but bear with me). If I don’t have a goal right in front of me, it’s harder to get motivated. But if I do have it right in front me (such as a callback) I’m the best and most astute artist ever. I’m researching, doing backstory and even finding backstories of the backstories in case the director asks me a “let’s see if we can throw her off” type of question for which I will not only know the answer but the answer’s answer. Obviously, this isn’t the best way to go about motivation. I’m really trying to work on this. Has this happened to anyone out there or do you know some techniques to battle this?
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Hi! I’m currently a singer with the Voices of the Pops, the featured vocal ensemble for Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, with performances at the Kimmel Center, and the Philadelphia Singers, the featured choral ensemble for the Philadelphia Orchestra, with performances at the Kimmel Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Saratoga Music Festival. Past engagements included the soprano fairy soloist, Midsummer Night’s Dream, with the Philadelphia Kantorei in their performance with the Pennsylvannia Ballet, the title role in Suor Angelica with the Denver Opera Company, and several performances, too many to number, with Opera Colorado, and the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia.
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You’re not the only one. I just had an audition on Monday where I was required to prepare the solo parts of a piece. I got the music way ahead of time and worked on it pretty intensely…but then I put it away and let myself get distracted by other things. When I got to the audition, I felt almost as if I had never seen the music before! I think I did tolerably well, but certainly did NOT put forth my best side, and now I just have to hope the director knows me well enough to know I sing better than what I exhibited at the audition.
Sigh. I suppose we all need to follow the Boy Scout motto at all times and BE PREPARED!