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wamcmw
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I'm playing this for the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest. What are some of your thoughts on the piece?
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Musio4fun
(54 points)
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Good Luck... Its a difficult piece that requires endurance! Hope your good enough to play it!
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prodigyNYC
(27 points)
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Ambitious choice! It's a very difficult piece musically, in that you really need to have an intrinsic comprehension and familiarity with several musical styles. There are places where you need to be a straight-up classical player, and parts where you need to be a jazz cat and let it all hang out. It's very possible for a high schooler to pull this off (I did), but it takes tremendous work.
My advice to you is to listen to as many recordings as you can of the piece, and try to form your own interpretation from what you hear on the recordings.
Also, get familiar with some alternate fingerings that will help you tremendously in the piece (one that jumps to mind is the 2nd-space A to high E leap on the first page).
I played this piece at Heinz Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1997, and again for my sophomore recital at Juilliard, so I'm really familiar with the piece, and I'd be happy to address any specific questions you might have if you want to email me.
Good luck! :-)
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wittlenix1
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Woah, the Copland's a gut buster! But it's great. The trick is not to play the cadenza too fast just to sound showy. Nine times out of ten, it'll fall apart. The more you pace yourself, the more secure it is and the more effective. Work really slowly on the altissimo passages until it's in your finger memory as reading passages up that high can be confusing, especially in the 6 flats section. And finally just go for it. If you play it cheekily and with heaps of energy regardless of any nerves, it'll cover up any technical mishaps a lot better than if you play it cautiously.
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