I stumbled across this "old" video of Hal Robinson, now the principal bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra, giving a lecture/demo of THREE HOURS of audition excerpts and preparation advice on YouTube today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1D30AgYAk4
I'm blogging here so that we can all find it again in the future. I saw this video, and yes it was recorded on videoTAPE years ago before everyone had a digital camera in their phone with better quality than tape. But the advice he gives and the playing he demonstrates is so outstanding I want to recommend this to you and any of your students who are interested in pursuing orchestra or college auditions.
Scroll through the comments to find someone who has exhaustively listed the excerpts and the timings on the video for those who wish to jump in and examine only the pieces they are studying now. (so much easier than fast-forwarding videotape, if you recall)
I'm not going to summarize or adapt anything from this video because I think it's worth your time to watch at least some of it and to hear his playing.
Happy practicing!
Gaelen
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