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post Apr 26 2008, 02:05 PM
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It is good see that the BBC have put the finalists of young musician on the web so you can listen to their full recital ahead of televisation. It is good to see that a harp player has gone through to the last rounds, I liked her performance . So far Im liking the tuba and trombone player and oboeist she has great tone. i havent listened to keyboard or strings yet. Anyone else out there had a listen
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post Apr 26 2008, 03:13 PM
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QUOTE(sjc @ Apr 26 2008, 03:05 PM) *
It is good see that the BBC have put the finalists of young musician on the web so you can listen to their full recital ahead of televisation. It is good to see that a harp player has gone through to the last rounds, I liked her performance . So far Im liking the tuba and trombone player and oboeist she has great tone. i havent listened to keyboard or strings yet. Anyone else out there had a listen






I thought that the Oboist was very good, but I don't know compaired to the other oboists who entered.
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post Apr 26 2008, 05:11 PM
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Link, anyone??
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post Apr 26 2008, 05:16 PM
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Link, anyone??

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/youngmusician/
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post Apr 26 2008, 05:17 PM
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cheers, forgot about link
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post Apr 26 2008, 07:19 PM
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Excuse me for being biased but the flautist i reckon is the best (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
And he's only been playing 4 years! He's very musical - his version of Zoom Tube - WOW! wish i had the confidence to play a piece like that. Really good!
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post Apr 26 2008, 08:47 PM
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Is it just me or does anyone find the level of swaying about getting excessive these days?

I only watched the oboist (that being my instrument), and found her waving around all over the place intensely off-putting. It seems to be getting worse and worse over the last few years - or am I imagining it? Woodwind players seem to get the disease worse than strings or brass. (Unless I just notice them more.)

She *is* good (but what do you expect from someone who goes to the Purcell School?!), although her tone is a little odd to my ears.
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post Apr 26 2008, 10:41 PM
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Is it just me or does anyone find the level of swaying about getting excessive these days?

I only watched the oboist (that being my instrument), and found her waving around all over the place intensely off-putting. It seems to be getting worse and worse over the last few years - or am I imagining it? Woodwind players seem to get the disease worse than strings or brass. (Unless I just notice them more.)

She *is* good (but what do you expect from someone who goes to the Purcell School?!), although her tone is a little odd to my ears.



There isnt one amongst them who doesnt go to a specialist music school or is studying music further. Yes I agree with the swaying think this topic was going off in another thread. I find it most distracting. I wasnt sure about the flute player although i too am usually biased. Maybe it was the choice of pieces.
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post Apr 27 2008, 11:32 AM
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The violinist has a lovely tone and a beautiful technique but she keeps playing out of tune! I know she's very young and I take my hat off to her for the good things about her playing but I was surprised to hear a violinist in this competition make so many mistakes with her intonation and fear she won't do very well if she repeats this at the next stage. If her violin was out of tune with itself she should have stopped and retuned, and if she was out of tune with the piano she could have adjusted her fingers to match the piano and avoided open strings - or taken a minute out to retune. I'm baffled.

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[There isnt one amongst them who doesnt go to a specialist music school or is studying music further.


Yes this does seem to be the case. Unfotunately nobody else has the time to do the amount of practice necessary to reach these levels, or can afford the high-level tuition for that matter.
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post Apr 27 2008, 02:02 PM
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There isnt one amongst them who doesnt go to a specialist music school or is studying music further.

...not completely true. Sam Law (piano) from Ballymena, Northern Ireland doesn't go to a specialist music school. His school - Ballymena Academy- is a state grammar school -(selection at 11 based on the 11+ (or what they call "transfer test" over here).
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There isnt one amongst them who doesnt go to a specialist music school or is studying music further.

...not completely true. Sam Law (piano) from Ballymena, Northern Ireland doesn't go to a specialist music school. His school - Ballymena Academy- is a state grammar school -(selection at 11 based on the 11+ (or what they call "transfer test" over here).



ahh I stand corrected. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)
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post Apr 27 2008, 02:49 PM
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I agree that almost all of them go to specialist music schools and stuff, and i don't think it's fair (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Obviously if they're the best, then they're the best, but it makes me feel as though there's no point in me entering any of these competitions as i stand no chance against people who've been at specialist music schools for years!
Is it the same way with auditioning for conservatoires? I'm wondering if there's any point - as i'm going to be up against these people!
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Got to say, I wasnt especially impressed by the flautist, he had a good stage presence but performance was somewhat average for this standard of competition. Chant de linos was ok, he mastered most of the notes for such a difficult piece but it didn't make me think 'wow' in any way. Zoom tube was well executed performance wise, but he made up rhythms losing sense of where the beat is, and at the end he misses out a little chunk of the piece with the top F's, probably just a memory slip. Im not saying hes not good, but in the past alongside the likes of Paul Skinners performance of Zoom tube, it does not compare, nor does it compare to Adam Walker's performance of Chant de Linos. And then theres the unoriginality of the programme, playing exactly the same pieces as the 2004 woodwind finalists.




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Is it the same way with auditioning for conservatoires? I'm wondering if there's any point - as i'm going to be up against these people!

Not really, I know plenty of flautists who have got into conservatoires without having been to music school. Of course you will encounter very tough competition at RAM and RCM, its to be expected and only the very best really get in, with alot of international entrants.
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post Apr 27 2008, 06:44 PM
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There isnt one amongst them who doesnt go to a specialist music school or is studying music further.

...not completely true. Sam Law (piano) from Ballymena, Northern Ireland doesn't go to a specialist music school. His school - Ballymena Academy- is a state grammar school -(selection at 11 based on the 11+ (or what they call "transfer test" over here).
Doesn't he (or didn't he) study piano at RIAM? Don't think he does piano at school though!

His biog says:
Ballymena Academy.......".where he is studying for A Levels in French, German, Maths and Further Maths.

He began playing at the age of six and travels regularly to Dublin for lessons at the Royal Irish Academy of Music."

Which I guess isn't the same as going to a specialist music school full-time, seeing as it would be a 200 mile round trip from Ballymena to Dublin.
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post Apr 27 2008, 07:11 PM
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How can you listen to them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

Found it!

I am not sure I like the flautist either (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

This is another stupid question, but when do they get the 20 down to 5?
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