when you have a cello audition but the committee’s running behind

A snippet of the sheet music for "MegaTron", a mash-up of many orchestral excerpts. this displays some of Ein Heldenleben, Brahms Second Piano Concerto, Brahms Second Symphony, and Tchaikovsky Fourth Symphony.

This one is just for fun…I wanted to make a giant mash-up of common orchestral excerpts that are seen on many audition lists. You should never use what is in here as any sort of authoritative source. It has no bowings, virtually no dynamics, and probably some mistakes, too. But if you want to mess… Continue reading →

How I Learned 164 Pieces In 7 Months

Thumbnail saying "I learned 2.1kg of music in 7 months How did I survive?" on an orange background with a shocked emoji and a picture of my scale displaying 2.1+kg of weight under the practice parts.

Professional orchestra life involves a giant queue of music. Whenever you finish learning a cycle, you can count on having to jump into learning the next one very soon after. So it requires careful management to be able to learn all of this repertoire, and learn it well. In this video, I give some insight… Continue reading →