So, a few weeks ago, I was preparing for my All-State auditions and my band director told me I needed to work on my interpretation of the piece. Now, he told me that, but never explained what interpretation was, I quote "It's something my band director told me when I was in high school."
Now, is interpretation adding or removing elements from the etude, like playin' the music with a rubato feel, or raising the tempo a little? Or is it something deeper I haven't found yet? With my 1st idea of interpretation, I would believe they would take points off for such things, but I hope it's not the latter.
If anyone wants to know, I made to the 2nd round of auditions, only 2 students from my county made it I think (and we both play sax and knew each other, lol).
How many other kids from Georgia made it to the 2nd audition for All-State? My extra $17 for it hasn't gone to waste yet, lol.
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