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Audition Information

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Audition Schedule
Audition Requirements
Advice
Application Procedure

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Audition Schedule
Auditions will take place in the following locations:

• Kuala Lumpur

• Penang

• Ipoh

• Kuantan

• Johor Bahru

Note: Auditions for percussion will only be conducted in Kuala Lumpur.

In your registration form, be sure to specify your first and second choice for an audition venue. Although we will do our best to accommodate you, auditions will be scheduled according to order of received applications, so get yours to us as soon as possible! If your application is accepted, you'll be notified by mail of your audition date, time and venue.

Click here to download your application brochure for audition.

Audition Requirements
Your audition will last approximately 15 minutes and may be recorded. You will need to prepare and perform:

Strings

1.	Two Pieces of your own choice • This is to be performed without accompaniment. • Both pieces should be contrasting in style to reflect your overall musical and technical ability. • The total time for performing both pieces should be no longer than 6 minutes. • Bring 2 sets of your music to the audition.

2.	Three Orchestral excerpts • Excerpts will be selected by MPYO and mailed to you prior to your audition.
3.	Sight reading • Will be at the discretion of the panel.

Winds, Brass and Harp

One Piece of your own choice
• This is to be performed without accompaniment.
• 2 sets of your music to the audition.

Orchestral excerpts
• Excerpts will be selected by MPYO and mailed to you prior to your audition.

Sight reading
• Will be at the discretion of the panel.

Note: If auditioning for instrument doublings

• Select only one unaccompanied solo for each instrument.
• Bring 2 sets of your music to the audition.

o	Flute – Should be able to play or willing to learn to play the piccolo. If auditioning for piccolo, please bring the instrument and prepare one orchestral excerpt.
o	Oboe- Should be able to play or willing to learn to play the English horn. If auditioning for the English horn, please bring the instrument and prepare one orchestral excerpt.
o	Clarinet – Should posses B flat and A clarinets. Must be able to play or willing to learn to play bass clarinet.
o	Bassoon – Should be able to play or willing to learn the contrabassoon.
o	Horn – Should be able to transpose.
o	Trumpet – Should posses B flat and C trumpets. Must be able to transpose.
o	Trombone – Able to read bass and tenor clef. Must be willing to read alto clef.

Percussions

One Piece of your own choice
• Bring 2 sets of your music to the audition.
• This is to be performed without accompaniment in each of the following:-

o	Mallet keyboard instruments (either xylophone, vibraphone or marimba)
o	Snare drum
o	Timpani

Three Orchestral excerpts
• Excerpts will be selected by MPYO and mailed to you prior to your audition.

Sight reading
• Will be at the discretion of the panel.

Note: The audition venue will be equipped with all percussion instruments needed for the audition. Applicants must bring their own mallets and sticks. They should also be able to play cymbals, triangle, tambourine and bass drum.

Piano

1.	Two Pieces of your own choice • These pieces should be contrasting in style to reflect your overall musical and technical ability. • The total time for performing both pieces should be no longer than 10 minutes. • Bring 2 sets of your music to the audition.

2.	Sight reading • Will be at the discretion of the panel.

Please note that all panel decisions are final and no correspondence regarding the decisions will be entertained.

Advice
Auditions can be a very challenging process, even for the seasoned professional musicians. Here are a few practical suggestions to help you get the most out of your audition.

Guidelines
	Choose your audition pieces carefully to best show off your abilities. You are not required to present a complete work; a selected passage from a longer piece is acceptable.

Preparing
	Consult with your private teacher to choose solos which best demonstrate your musical and technical abilities. There is no advantage in choosing a new piece or a piece which is too difficult or elementary.
	Go through the orchestral excerpts with your teacher. Practise the excerpts under and over the tempo, with different articulations and play the excerpts in random order so that you are prepared if you are asked to play them differently.
	Practise and work with a tuner and metronome. Record yourself playing the pieces is also a good way to judge your playing.
	Sight-reading is a part of the audition. Practice sight-reading with your teacher at each lesson.
	Mock auditions are useful in helping to prepare mentally and physically for the real audition experience.
	Make sure you have had plenty of sleep the night before your audition and are mentally as well as musically ready. Make a check list and pack all the items you intend to take with you ( sheet music, rosin, spare strings, valve oil, mallets, sticks, bottle of water, light lunch etc ). Wear clothing that is comfortable and will allow you freedom of movement.

Getting There
	Check for the directions to your audition venue and plan your journey carefully. We recommend that you arrive at least 20 minutes before your scheduled audition time.

While Waiting
	Sign-in, tune and warm up in the waiting room.
	Do ask questions. We will be happy to help you and make you feel as comfortable as possible.
	Focus on yourself and do not get distracted by other players in the waiting room.

The Audition
	Breathe deeply and relaxed. Focus on the music and your performance.
	Do not fluster or stop if you make a mistake, keep going.
	Due to time constraint, the panel may not be able to hear each piece in its entirety.
	Smile and enjoy yourself, remember that the panel wants you to play well as much as you do.
	Regardless of the outcome of your audition, look on it as good learning experience. Not getting a place does not mean that you are not a good musician.

All details are correct at time of publication. MPYO reserves the right to alter details of its 2006/2007 programme, its policies and guidelines at any time.