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Claudia's Mum
post Sep 12 2011, 07:09 PM
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Still stuck on second piece. Not seen the teacher for 2 months now!
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post Sep 12 2011, 08:07 PM
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Still stuck on second piece. Not seen the teacher for 2 months now!


Us too! We have definites for the faster pieces for both viola and violin, but undecided on 2nd contrasting pieces. I think the ones that daughter and teacher have sort of settled on are too difficult, I would rather she played something a bit easier but what do I know - I am just the parent, albeit the parent who has to play the piano accompaniment! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif)
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post Sep 13 2011, 09:36 AM
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QUOTE(Claudia's Mum @ Sep 12 2011, 08:09 PM) *

Still stuck on second piece. Not seen the teacher for 2 months now!


albeit the parent who has to play the piano accompaniment! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif)


You've just reminded me that we have no accompanist either. Can't decide whether to go unaccompanied or try to hire a proper accompanist.......

The baroque piece will be fine unaccompanied but whatever else we choose probably won't.

I was toying with the idea of doing it myself but an unfamiliar piano would just freak me out totally and I am sure it would just go horribly wrong!
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post Sep 13 2011, 09:39 AM
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Did not mention that have finally persuaded older daughter to apply for Main orchestra as will be the last year she can; she remains unconvinced that music can be a fun social activity as at her school only the 'geeks' go to the music ensembles (in her eyes) but I'm hoping that this would change if she did NCO. Ironically she agreed to audition if I let her miss lunchtime orchestra this year... You would think that her sister's wonderful NCO experiences of the last 2 years would help, but she doesn't think her sister is particularly 'cool' either so it doesn't!!!!

On a different note, have asked daughter's piano teacher to play accompaniments but the fast piece she has chosen has a piano part suited only to a concert pianist; piano teacher very keen to play for her audition but not sure if she can manage it the part; do you think that simplifying the awful bits is fine for audition purposes?
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post Sep 13 2011, 10:48 AM
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Did not mention that have finally persuaded older daughter to apply for Main orchestra as will be the last year she can; she remains unconvinced that music can be a fun social activity as at her school only the 'geeks' go to the music ensembles (in her eyes) but I'm hoping that this would change if she did NCO. Ironically she agreed to audition if I let her miss lunchtime orchestra this year... You would think that her sister's wonderful NCO experiences of the last 2 years would help, but she doesn't think her sister is particularly 'cool' either so it doesn't!!!!

On a different note, have asked daughter's piano teacher to play accompaniments but the fast piece she has chosen has a piano part suited only to a concert pianist; piano teacher very keen to play for her audition but not sure if she can manage it the part; do you think that simplifying the awful bits is fine for audition purposes?


Good luck to both, and I am sure that simplifying the awful piano accompaniment bits is acceptable - I certainly hope so as that is what I will be doing, and I quite often do it in exams etc too! Daughter plays one of the pieces so fast I will be unable to keep up otherwise, as long as the main parts are in there it is fine, after all they are listening mainly to the child and hopefully not the accompanist!
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post Sep 13 2011, 03:29 PM
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We have decided to go without an accompanist! I think I read somewhere that 50% were accompanied, so it shouldn't make much difference!! The accompanist we have used for exams is wonderful, but very busy and I'd rather let him play unaccompanied rather than try to find someone he's not used to.

That was part of the problem with choosing pieces, Teacher wanted DS to play The Entertainer, but there are huge piano sections. So that was a no go!!

At a recent concert one girl was accompanied by her father (who is a music teacher), but he didn't seem to listen to her and they ended up playing separately! On the other hand, another dad accompanied his step-daughter and he paid very close attention to her so when she went a bit wrong he was able to adjust to her perfectly! I imagine accompanying children is VERY hard!


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she remains unconvinced that music can be a fun social activity as at her school only the 'geeks' go to the music ensembles (in her eyes)

LOL! Lucky we haven't got to that stage yet but I'm sure it will come!
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post Sep 13 2011, 05:27 PM
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At a recent concert one girl was accompanied by her father (who is a music teacher), but he didn't seem to listen to her and they ended up playing separately! On the other hand, another dad accompanied his step-daughter and he paid very close attention to her so when she went a bit wrong he was able to adjust to her perfectly! I imagine accompanying children is VERY hard!


It is - very hard! The only way I am happy to do it is if I know the piece really well, i.e. have practised it "ad nauseum and then some"!
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post Sep 19 2011, 12:48 PM
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Not sure how DS audition is going to go now. He's just got a new bassoon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif) and has been boarding for three weeks so hasn't picked it up. He learnt his pieces on the rental bassoon and this one is standard length with more buttony thingys. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) He can only see a teacher twice in the run up so I'm not hopeful now. He's going to play Telemann sonata in F minor second movement and Mozart in Bb second movement. I haven't even timed him so they may be out! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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QUOTE(MNW @ Sep 19 2011, 12:48 PM) *

Not sure how DS audition is going to go now. He's just got a new bassoon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif) and has been boarding for three weeks so hasn't picked it up. He learnt his pieces on the rental bassoon and this one is standard length with more buttony thingys. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) He can only see a teacher twice in the run up so I'm not hopeful now. He's going to play Telemann sonata in F minor second movement and Mozart in Bb second movement. I haven't even timed him so they may be out! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Nice to see you back, MNW (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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QUOTE(MNW @ Sep 19 2011, 01:48 PM) *

Not sure how DS audition is going to go now. He's just got a new bassoon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif) and has been boarding for three weeks so hasn't picked it up. He learnt his pieces on the rental bassoon and this one is standard length with more buttony thingys. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) He can only see a teacher twice in the run up so I'm not hopeful now. He's going to play Telemann sonata in F minor second movement and Mozart in Bb second movement. I haven't even timed him so they may be out! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)


Sure he will be fine, whatever happens it is good experience! (ps - nice to have you back!)
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post Sep 19 2011, 05:43 PM
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she remains unconvinced that music can be a fun social activity as at her school only the 'geeks' go to the music ensembles (in her eyes)

LOL! Lucky we haven't got to that stage yet but I'm sure it will come!

Don't be too sure - your child may end up being one of the music geeks who couldn't care less what the others think of them because they like music so much.
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post Sep 19 2011, 07:37 PM
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Not sure how DS audition is going to go now. He's just got a new bassoon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif) and has been boarding for three weeks so hasn't picked it up. He learnt his pieces on the rental bassoon and this one is standard length with more buttony thingys. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) He can only see a teacher twice in the run up so I'm not hopeful now. He's going to play Telemann sonata in F minor second movement and Mozart in Bb second movement. I haven't even timed him so they may be out! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Nice to see you back, MNW (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Indeed, oh yay, oh yay! Does this mean bassoons will get serious numbers of mentions again?

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Not the latter, please, I need some lightness in my life
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she remains unconvinced that music can be a fun social activity as at her school only the 'geeks' go to the music ensembles (in her eyes)

LOL! Lucky we haven't got to that stage yet but I'm sure it will come!

Don't be too sure - your child may end up being one of the music geeks who couldn't care less what the others think of them because they like music so much.



Some of them go to college and end up hanging out with a bunch of other musical geeks and having great fun jamming with them. The fact they are all lads from the year above doesn't seem to bother any of them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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