tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702847.post1280659450695473630..comments2024-02-29T03:58:17.258-07:00Comments on hella frisch: audition aside: the waiting gameMatt Hellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03826702936313274744noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702847.post-22473460218090436952007-05-16T10:07:00.000-06:002007-05-16T10:07:00.000-06:00Man, all of that is so true: the Walkure analogy, ...Man, all of that is so true: the Walkure analogy, the unfilled time in an unfamiliar city.<BR/><BR/>How I hate(d) all that stuff about auditions. I probably would have had more success at auditions if there hadn't been all that time to think about them.Jacquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02374496116661609920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702847.post-46360779484533495722007-05-11T14:04:00.000-06:002007-05-11T14:04:00.000-06:00Great idea; figuring out how to fill empty time an...Great idea; figuring out how to fill empty time and keep a positive mindset is an integral part of the audition process. I find it most helpful to bring along books of humor, or short anecdotes...things that I can pick up and read from any page for any amount of time ranging from a minute to the half hour it might take to learn the news of who advanced in your audition group. Thanks for your comment-I responded on my blog.Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377342206175710286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702847.post-10692142234320284262007-05-10T19:38:00.000-06:002007-05-10T19:38:00.000-06:00Yeah, I got home from Walküre tonight at 1:30 in t...Yeah, I got home from Walküre tonight at 1:30 in the morning. It's long. Thankfully the third act blows by pretty quickly. It's that second act that's the killer.<BR/><BR/>I also remember going through the same garbage for the Met's horn audition in January. You're right - it's great that they're specific about what they want. But slogging through Wozzeck and Lulu trying to unearth a couple of eight or ten measure snippets was not the most pleasurable evening I've ever had.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914533249974226680noreply@blogger.com