Can you look around and read what the signs in your life are telling you?ĭoes your desire line up with your talent and work ethic?ĭesire is important. If you’re not one of the best players in your local area, how is it that you think that you are really good enough to win a position that will be sought after by the top players in many areas, as well as people who already have jobs in other orchestras? If you’ve taken 50 auditions and you have never advanced past the first round, that is telling you something. In your college, in your local freelance area. Where do you stack up in your local universe of trombone players. You would not be alone that would be a highly coveted job for many people in the world. Let’s suppose you want to win a position in the trombone section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Where do you stack up locally? Can you read the signs? I wrote an article on my website about this subject you can read it by clicking here. If you don’t know the answer to this question, then you’re not being serious about actually achieving a goal. You need to know how good you actually have to be in order to attain it. If you are in pursuit of a goal, you need to know what the standard is. Perhaps there is something here that might resonate with and help you. Here are the points that I emphasized in my part of the class along with a little commentary. Our class at the International Trombone Festival was titled: The One Hundred: Effective Strategies for Successful Audition Preparation Megumi’s book is The One Hundred: Essential Works for the Symphonic Tenor Trombonist, and my book is The One Hundred: Essential Works for the Symphonic Bass Trombonist. In short, we are trying to help trombonists climb the mountain of life and achieve success through the pursuit of excellence. Megumi is principal trombonist of the Milwaukee Symphony, and we have each authored books to help trombone players prepare better for auditions and concerts. When I was at the International Trombone Festival at University of Redlands, California, a few weeks ago, I presented a class along with my friend, Megumi Kanda. We all want to excel, to be great at something – or some things – and the pursuit of excellence is high on just about everyone’s life list. I mean, how many people do you know who have, as their goal in life, to be mediocre? I don’t know anyone like that. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want to be great at something.
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