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IrisH - LoonY
Had my school music competition today, entered the following

Piano - Schubert Impromptu No.2 in A flat Op.142
Ensemble - Poulenc Sonata for 2 Clarinets 2nd movement
Woodwind - (descant recorder) 2 Bruggen Etudes
(sopranino recorder) Chopin Variations on Non Piu Mesta
(flute) Debussy Syrinx

Well yeah I failed piano miserably despite only having 3 other competitors against me who did the Maple Leaf Rag, Debussy Arabesque No.1 and some jazz piece. The Debussy won.

Ensemble I only heard what I did with my friend, but we didn't win! saying that we did quite well for a weeks work and the judge LOVES Poulenc laugh.gif

Woodwind was my strongest point, though I fluffed the Chopin up a fair bit, played the Bruggen WAY too fast and didn't really make the Debussy very...professional.




Needless to say, my Bruggen etudes won me the Senior Woodwind prize! After 7 years of entering the competition I've finally WON!


One comment that came up for all my entries was that all the pieces I did were very difficult to pull off effectively, and I did a pretty good job of them...though that's up for debate



Point is, I FINALLY WON!!! WOO! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif
katyjay
Well done Chris.
IrisH - LoonY
*biiiig cheesy grin* thankies biggrin.gif
organgrinder
Well done - see hard work always pays in the end but having said that it is not always about the winning. Getting up to play at all was a fantastic achievment for you particularly with the standard of some of the pieces you were playing.

Well done again.
carol*piano
Yay! Congratulations! biggrin.gif
Cyrilla
Well done!

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andante_in_c
Congratulations. smile.gif
IrisH - LoonY
Sad as it is, I was thinking of the forums during the Syrinx O_o laugh.gif
sbhoa
Well done.
Rosemary7391
Well done!
IrisH - LoonY
Thank you all smile.gif
anacrusis
Woohoo, well done, you must be delighted.
Which is more scary, a competition or an exam?
IrisH - LoonY
QUOTE(anacrusis @ Mar 20 2007, 12:01 AM) *

Woohoo, well done, you must be delighted.
Which is more scary, a competition or an exam?


I am! especially since I did 2 Bruggen studies combined, one of which was so excessively fast I couldn't slow down ph34r.gif

This competition in particular has been the scariest for some reason...I've never figured out why
Wobby
Congratulations! smile.gif

~Wobby~
barry-clari
Well done IL!
LadyOrchestra
Well done! lots of pieces...!
ben_walker446
Well done again Chris biggrin.gif
Nocturne
Congratulations I-L, well done! biggrin.gif
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