<p>Hello everyone (actually this thread is geared more towards current students)!</p>
<p>I have been playing the cello since the 5th grade, and I simply love it, which I is why I want to keep playing in college and hopefully join POPS or the Campus Orch. But my dorm at Baits is fairly small, and the closest music practice room is at Bursleys. </p>
<p>Should I simply store my cello in my room or what should I do? Also, if I do join an orchestra, how do I transport it from my dorm room to the practice (rehearsal) place?</p>
<p>My parents said that I should leave my cello at home and not play until next year, especially if I move out of campus and into an apartment, but I don't want to think of that as an option. </p>
<p>I live on central campus. I usually just practice in my room, but I go to the School of Music if I need to practice for several hours. I store my cello in my room, but I bought a case humidifier. I carry my cello from my room to rehearsal and take my cello on the bus with me when I need to.</p>
<p>You could see if you could get an instrument locker at the School of Music, but for some reason they don’t like giving these to non-music students even when there are extras.</p>
<p>Also, campus orchestra auditions were today and I think pops auditions are next week.</p>
<p>Shoot. I didn’t know campus orch auditions were that soon … i wanted to try out for it, but I guess it’s too late (i sent the conductor an e-mail, but I think I’ll have to wait until next year). Though apparently rehearsals are 7-9:30p, but I have UROP seminars 6-7:30p in central, so it might not have worked out anyways. I’ll see if POPS works out. Btw how is POPS?</p>
<p>Pancakes – where do you usually store your cello?</p>
<p>I keep my cello in my dorm room. I bought a case humidifier and I bring a room humidifier into my room once the weather gets colder.</p>
<p>Pops isn’t the most serious orchestra on campus, but they have a lot of fun. They usually perform a huge repertoire for each concert and they tend to pick the most famous of classical pieces as well as some popular songs. The repertoire for the next concert is supposed to be awesome, as the theme is “aPOPScalypse” (apocalypse). Rehearsals are Sunday afternoon.</p>
<p>They still have auditions for POPS right? The CSO conductor e-mailed me back and said that he’s willing to give me a chance on Tuesday. Is this a good sign or bad? :)</p>
<p>It’s just I"m concerned CSO rehearsals may conflict with UROP…</p>
<p>Yea but the fact pops isn’t very serious makes me concerned. </p>
<p>Pancakes … did you do CSO and UROP together without time conflict? When are normal practice hours/rehearsals for CSO? And what are they looking for in the CSO/POPS audition? I’ve heard that they want 1 or 2 min sample of music, and I have 2 samples of music with about 3.5 to 4 min useful content in them (one fast, one slow)</p>
<p>From what you’ve told me, your UROP seminar overlaps with CSO rehearsals… that sounds like a time conflict to me. You can find normal practice hours/rehearsal hours for CSO on their website. They were Wednesday nights last year. A lot of orchestras are changing their rehearsal times slightly this year.</p>
<p>Pops also has a 2-octave scale and possible sight-reading. I think they have a mass meeting on Tuesday. You can also check their website.</p>
<p>Question: The conductor instructed to e-mail me today, Tuesday. I e-mailed to him at 8 a.m., and he still has yet to reply to my e-mail. I’m nervous, because I’m not sure whether he has recieved my e-mail yet and has chosen to ignore it b/c he doesn’t have any more room for cellos or whether he is busy and cannot reply to my e-mail. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>The CSO/CPO people did schedule an audition for me last Tuesday afternoon, and I kinda screwed up some of my high-pitched notes on the A string (7th/10th position-ish), so I guess that went against me. I also wished that I played faster on my fast piece and that I wanted to play out more than I did, because I didn’t really project so it wasn’t my best performance/tone. But I guess that’s harder to do when they put you up on a stage and the guy’s sitting in the audience seats writing notes down and when you look up you can see he’s writing but you wonder, “What IS he writing about?” </p>
<p>In the end, POPS and CSO rejected me.</p>
<p>I got into CPO though, so at least I do get to keep playing my cello in college, so that’s a good thing. :)</p>
<p>For my first rehearsal, I left UROP down in Central asap then rushed back up to North (my dorm) to grab my cello then rushed to rehearsal on foot (bypassing Bursleys on the way), but then I got lost because I didn’t know where they were holding CPO rehearsals … I ended up first in the CSO rehearsal room which didn’t end up too good, so eventually I got to the CPO hall, and by then it was 8:25 (rehearsal starts at 7 and ends at 9:30 lol). They didn’t seem to care that much, but I think I should be earlier next time. I think I’ll change my game plan for next week, but no matter what it was a pretty hellish Wednesday (I literally ran to Solar Car right after rehearsal).</p>
<p>Something tells me I have too much on my plate…</p>