<p>Can anyone share her experience with auditions for Music 199/299? How demanding are these auditions? What sort of preparation is expected? What does it take to qualify for 199 or 299?</p>
<p>The context: my daughter, who will be starting at Wellesley in the fall, is an accomplished musician, but has had to limit her practice time this summer as she recovers from tendonitis.</p>
<p>Thanks for any insights or tips!</p>
<p>I play the clarinet and would consider myself good but not notably so (was not an All-State caliber clarinetist in high school, for example). I did 199 and the audition was not challenging; I simply played a piece for my clarinet teacher that I had been working on over the summer and it was far from perfect. There was no question for my teacher that I was good enough for 199. I cannot imagine that if your daughter is an accomplished musician that she would not qualify for 199, no matter how much she has had to cur her practicing. </p>
<p>Unfortunately I cannot speak to the difference in level of 199 and 299 (besides the fact that the lesson is longer). Hopefully someone else will come along.</p>