Second (Horn) To None

Week 2 completely got away from me because it was my last week working in New Orleans, we had a ton of services and also quite a few horn quintet shows and I was hopping from couch to couch and socializing with my hosts.  It was a pretty great last week of work and I'm glad that I spent it with people I care about and will miss!  I didn't get any time to think through a change in routine though until now! On the audition prep front, many things have happened.  Things were progressing steadily when I left for Nola and then as I played shows and had less time to focus on really detailed practice, I felt like things started to feel a little odd halfway through the week, but I pushed through the shows I had left and came back to Houston feeling a bit worn down.  So this week, I'm bringing things back to the basics.  I don't feel like I need to do a ton of building exercises anymore, that will come through the excerpt work and that's a more applied use of it anyway. ...

I've just completed my move to Houston and am ready to start getting down to business.  So today I'm writing out a pretty detailed plan for myself to get in shape and learn all of the music I need to know.  The list is pretty extensive and of course I know a lot of the excerpts just from school, but I've never taken a principal horn audition, so there's plenty of rep that I have never learned or played at all.   The list includes Till Eulenspiegel in its entirety and the Mahler 5 obligato in full as well as excerpts from Ravel Piano concerto, Schoenberg Chamber symphony, and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.  So, my first step is sorting through what I know and don't know and prioritizing time spent on new rep.  1's, 2's, and 3's are the categories.  Most will be 2's but let's see how it shakes out. 1 (Don't know or never played) Till (entire1st part) Schoenberg Chamber Scheherazade Mahler 5 Obligato 2 (Know but needs a decent amount of...