<p>"For a violinist, how are Lalo Symphonie Espagnol and Saint-Saens Concerto?"</p>
<p>lightning dragon, you're the one who doesn't know how to spell Itzhak Perlman and doesn't know that it's called Lincoln Center and not Lincoln Hall? Yes, you are. But yes, just like your previous post on your chances, don't you know the answer already? You post your perfect statistics and ask for your chances, and then you ask if two major violin concertos are decent repertoire. Grow up and stop pretending to doubt yourself in posts in order to boost your confidence.</p>
<p>this is a really scattered thread. there's a schism between the musicians and visual artists.</p>
<p>anyway, answering what someone asked earlier: i'm doing RD and sent in a visual arts porfolio. mostly recent stuff and some photographs. 17 slides.</p>
<p>i get a bit thrown off whe nthey say they only pay attention to "superior" talent. how do they judge? and they say they'll refer it to faculty "at their discretion." so basically my stuff may not even get looked at.</p>
<p>Justice I don't think Yundi Li was taking AP coursesand SATs and creating Science Fair projects while he was learning his repertoire....... a bit different</p>
<p>Yeah, do the admissions people ever review the supplements themselves? And do the faculty actually say if something is bad or only point out which ones are outstanding? I hope they do the latter, so if anything's bad, the admissions people will never know.</p>
<p>Harvard is a weird case...most ivies specify if they send out material...but harvard really doesn't say. When I visited, I asked the head of ves major (basically the head of studio arts at harvard) he said that "only rarely" do they review material...something like 10 to 15 cases a year...he also said that visual arts portfolios can be very beneficial...so basically he made no sense (in line with the rest of harvard admissions...). I think they most have a person within the admission who looks at slides (similar to wash u.'s thing). At least at Wash U. they have an prof look at art...however the dean of ves wasn't very clear if this happened at harvard....anyway, I know they do send out work at Yale!</p>
<p>the only person in history who has recorded that is ruggiero ricci</p>
<p>you should try wieniawski's variations on austrian anthem, its like ernst #4 except you have to do left hand pizz to play the melody while doing the 128th notes :(</p>
<p>never heard of the wieniawski..
and yes, i've heard ricci's recordings :D they're good for the most part, but he struggles with them (not to say that i don't either tho :P)</p>
<p>left hand pizz while doing 128th notes? ouch!</p>
<p>OMG.....so many violinist....and here I thought they wouldn't be too many....oh well...i send in a song from an anime....lol...i got my hand on the sheet music from my uncle....he works in japan with these kind of busines...anyway....it's only 2 mins long...is that bad? but it sounds cool...so i though</p>
<p>how could you not have heard the wieniawski variations when its on the same cd as ricci's ernst polyphonic studies? lol</p>
<p>anyway the wieniawski is like ernst last rose of summer (which i recorded for harvard and STILL got deferred, gonna do erlkonig next) except harder</p>
<p>when you listen to it you can't doubt that wieniawski was listening to the last rose and really wanted to outdo ernst</p>
<p>well....it not exactly anime music....it's a music from an anime...lol..i know it's weird...but at least it is highly unlikely that anyone else would sent it in....i thought they liked originality (is that a word?) I never watched the anime itself though....but i heard the song..and it's cool...it took some skills too....cuz i had to play like triple stops and super! staccato to pull it off....and it helps me express my anger and stuff....iono...is it bad to send in a non-classical song?</p>
<p>lol mm. i wouldn't say it's bad to send in a non-classical song, but i do question the assertion that harvard would like originality/uniqueness in this aspect of your application- i'm thinking that uniqueness in your essays, activities, recs, and app as a whole are what they're looking for... they usually ask for movements from well known concertos and such for music auditions, probably because they're so well known that whoever's listening them can easily assess your abilities and playing characterstics and compare your recording to others without too much trouble, no? hmm. well, i'm not here to judge. xD i'm sure your recording won't HURT you, at least.</p>