application fee: $50 (though fully refunded)
round-trip plane ticket to new orleans: $200 (including a $60 flight-change fee)
cab ride from the airport: $17 (including tip and fuel surcharge…for a 1.6 mile trip)
time waiting in a hot holding room (total): 4 hours
time warming up/waiting in a practice room (total): 2 hours 15 minutes
number of auditionees in the beginning: 32
number of auditionees in the 2nd round: 10
excerpts played: 7, plus a concerto exposition
time waiting for a cab to come get me so i could eat: going on 9 hours (i.e. it never came)
lunch that the workers were nice enough to get me (since the stupid cab didn’t come): $5
cab ride back to the airport: $7 (but shh. he broke the rules)
getting into the semi-finals at my first professional audition: priceless
yeah…i had a really long day today. got up at 7:30 this morning to catch a flight to new orleans to partake in the louisiana philharmonic orchestra’s 2nd bassoon audition. i decided to do it for the experience, not expecting to get much more than just that out of it. i ended up getting to the 2nd round. i played the best mozart concerto that i’ve every played in my life today. and was really satisfied overall with everything else (obviously i did something right…). i’m already back home and really tired, but really happy with the way everything went. i didn’t get nervous (just a little crazy, though, hearing others in the warm-up rooms around me, but i just took really deep breaths and played arpeggios to get my mind off of them), and had a great reed (thanks, cheryl!), and played like a real bassoon player (because that is what i am…a REAL bassoon player. not someone who just thinks they can play…i CAN play!). so yea!
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