<p>What pieces are you guys sending in?</p>
<p>You first :)</p>
<p>Chopsticks :p</p>
<p>lol jk... i couldn't play an instrument if my life depended on it ;)</p>
<p>I play violin, so I'm just gonna send in a live performance of me playing Tchaikovsky 1st mvt. at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Prokofiev No. 1 2nd movement, and part of Bach Sonata No. 1. (The other two were for prelim rounds for various comps, so they were in recording studios.) anyone else?</p>
<p>hey guys, this is for cornell u. (hope u dont mind asking this in a harvard forum)</p>
<p>but, how beneficial/effective is sending supplemental music.. im not the next mozart but i believe i show talent and dedication. (i play the violin by the way). im not going to major music..but biological sciences. The music i send in is used only for admission purposes..not as an audition, etc.</p>
<p>I play the horn, and I'm planning to send Adagio and Allegro by Schumann, and a horn concerto by Mozart, and maybe some excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Symphony no 4. The intro is awesome.
BTW, is there a limit to how many pieces you can send?</p>
<p>I'm no great pianist although I'm not too bad. Seems my piano teacher has 2 students currently studying at oxford for music and she tells me that I should send something in. </p>
<p>I have a 2 year old recording of my playing a Rubenstien Concerto with the TSO. But there's another eisteddfod on in mid-october and I'm practicing a Prokofiev concerto and if I like that Ill send it in- otherwise ill just send the Rubenstien in.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>BTW, is there a limit to how many pieces you can send?<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>I doubt there is a limit, but every year the music department must get bombed with hundreds of tapes and CDs from hopeful applicants. My guess is that they don't spend much more than about one minute listening to each one. So I'd say put your best chops right up front, and don't annoy them with stuff that is too lengthy.</p>
<p>sigh ... so much for a nice long and moving concerto... may as well focus on a few intensive liszt studies and chopin waltzes.</p>
<p>The "demo tape" principle really does apply - send in as little as you can, preferably short pieces. For example, I sent in a 1:50s flute solo, and a 3m composition. They really do get a lot of material sent - if you need 20 minutes worth of material to prove you're a good player, that might be saying something. Short and sweet...it really can work.</p>