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at December 6th, 2006 (10:16 pm)

OK, I am a violist in High school, and this year is my first year in Chamber orchestra(top orchestra at my school.)Well this year we are auditioning to go to Carnegie hall in New York. Well we got 2 hard songs and 2 easy songs. The hard ones are Marche Militaire Francaise, by Camille Saint-Saens arranged by Merle J. Issac, we were told this is a level 5 and if anyone has any hints on it or a recording i would love you forever. The hardest one for me is Night in Mexico by Paul Creston, i have not been able to find a recording or it anywhere and i am having a lot of difficulty with the parts where it goes into treble (I've never had to read treble before.) The other two are; An arrangement of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J.S. Bach (arranger the same for the other piece) and Elegy by. Robert Washburn these ones are pretty easy thought. Anyway sorry for the long post and any help on the music or finding recordings is much appreciated.

Posted by: Awesome and Awe-inspiring (not of oz) (filteredthrough) Posted at: December 7th, 2006 05:29 am (UTC)

Yeah, I remember trying to play Night in Mexico. It was a really hard piece for me, but thankfully the conductor of the orchestra I was in decided the morning before the concert that the entire orchestra just couldn't play it well enough, and I was off the hook. To find a recording, have you checked maybe the local library (sometimes they have stuff that can't be found anywhere else. I know, I work at one.), or maybe a site that you can download it from? That's all I can think of it you can't find it in the stores.