Mistakes, onstage and/or during competition |
| *suddenly she* |
 Jan 21 2007, 11:10 PM
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What inspires me to make this topic is that I had an Orchestra Solo & Ensemble competition this past Saturday. Students who wish to participate pick a solo and/or an ensemble and work on it for a couple months and then perform in front of judges for critiquing. Solos need to be memorized; ensemble music doesn't.
I was involved in one cello solo, one quartet, one cello choir ensemble, and I accompanied a viola quartet on piano... and I destroyed my solo because my mind went blank after four pages and I stumbled like a crazy woman and took the music back for the cadenza. I got the worst rating.  It was pretty irritating because I skipped lunch at school five days a week to practice since I received the piece and I did better when I first sightread it than I did performing. Anyway... performers! What are some of the worst mistakes you've made onstage or during competition? |
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Jan 22 2007, 02:11 PM
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 daughter of sin  Group: Member Posts: 1,653 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 386,134 |
Hahaha.. only if it were one. I've had so many.
Just yesterday I had a run-through in front of my friend because I have ARCT exam on Friday and I have to play an hour of repertoire (piano). I knew I wasn't ready and I messed up EVERYTHING. My entire Beethoven sonata (even had a memory slip there), Bach - screwed up the fugue, Chopin etude - played it faster than ever before (frick, I don't know what happened there), Debussy.. well.. let's just say I wanted to kill myself after that. Only my Liszt sounded decent, and that's because I performed it numerous times before. I didn't even play Prokofiev because I was so terrified. After I finished I looked at my friend and said, "Ok, I'm gonna go practice" and he said "Good idea!" hahaha. Sometimes I wish I wasn't a musician. Doing it professionally kills me. |
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suddenly she Mistakes Jan 21 2007, 11:10 PM
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Corpsed utterly during To... Jan 22 2007, 02:47 PM xMyStIcShAd0wSx i screwed up some notes...
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Luckily, ... Jan 23 2007, 04:13 AM icy_wonderland I had to dance on stage and I forgot all my steps. Jan 23 2007, 04:37 AM Gypsy Eyes Oh and falling flat on my ass in front of the rock... Jan 23 2007, 05:53 PM peggysturr During a piano recital, I forgot the music that I ... Jan 23 2007, 06:48 PM
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