Audition in three days, and the bulk of one of those will be on the road. Very little time left to practice, but that's ok, because I think I'm sorta ready. Been a long time since I've had a college audition. Will be seeing Carrie, at least, so even if I fail miserably it's not a wasted trip.
Tonight I subbed again for the Madison Symphony, for a concerto competition concert that's going on TV. The four finalists were pretty damn awesome, especially the violinist who played Tcahikovsky. I've been watching her play since she was about 12, and now she's almost 18 and plays like a pro. Kinda scary; apparently she's already performed in Carnegie Hall, back when she was 15. Hell, when I was 18, I couldn't play like any of these four, not even close. But that's ok, because in tune is in tune, and we all have as many years as it takes to learn to play stuff that way.
As soon as I'm done with Indiana, I have two days to prepare my Tanglewood audition. I don't think it'll be good enough, but we'll see. I can play most of the excerpts pretty well, so as long as they don't pick two certain ones, I'll be ok, and maybe I'll be able to get those two up to speed in the two days I have. Then it's 1 month to memorize a Bach Suite, and master Ligeti and Arpeggione. Plenty of time, but I really hate my rep right now (except Ligeti). If I were able to turn the clock back, I would pick more interesting rep. Elgar just isn't doing it for me, and I've been doing Bach 4 for close to 3 years now, on and off (mostly off, but I'm still sick of it). Shoulda just bit the bullet and learned a new concerto, like Schumann. Yeah it's hard to pull off at an audition, but I'd be sooo much more motivated to practice right now. Once everything's said and done though, which is just over a month from now, I can start a whole new slate of rep, and maybe actually care about playing cello again.