Double Bass
Nico Abondolo (weeks 1-8)
Double Bass applicants must 1. apply online and 2. perform a live audition OR submit 1 copy of a Video DVD audition recording. Live auditions are filmed for later review by Mr. Abondolo. Equal enrollment consideration is granted to both audition methods.
The Music Academy accepts six double bass players each summer.
Applying by the deadline does not guarantee a live audition; live auditions are first come, first served. See below prior to applying to verify if a particular city's audition schedule is already full.
STRINGS LIVE AUDITION DATES THAT ARE ALREADY FULL
(contact admissions regarding waiting list):
NYC: Sunday, January 22 (schedule full as of January 4)
Boston: Tuesday, January 31 (schedule full as of January 4)
Cleveland: Tuesday, February 7 (schedule full as of January 4)
SEMINAR IN Orchestra Leadership
The Music Academy offers an innovative program for string Fellows interested in deepening their understanding and experience of the role of the section leader in the modern symphony orchestra. Participants in this program will work weekly with the Academy's professional concertmaster, and with visiting concertmasters from major U.S. orchestras, and will have the opportunity to sit as section leaders in the Academy Festival Orchestra during the summer.
The Application
The online application requires three components: the application data, a one-page resume, and a short statement (100 words) explaining why you wish to attend the Music Academy.
An application fee is required by credit card or electronic check when submitting the online application. Application fees are NON-refundable.
audition repertoire - SUMMER 2012 applicants
All selections must be unaccompanied and in the following order
- J.S. Bach, Suites 1-6 for cello solo in key of applicants choice:
Any one Courante or Gigue, without repeats
OR
Any one pair of Menuets, Bourees, or Gavottes, without repeats or Da Capos - First movement exposition of one of the following concertos:
- Bottesini, Concerto No. 2
- Vanhal, Concerto
- Koussevitzky, Concerto (beginning through m40)
- Mozart, Symphony No. 35, Mvt IV, m134-181
- Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, rehearsal number 9 through 5 after number 12
- Ginastera, solo from Variaciones Concertantes
RECORDED VIDEO DVD AUDITIONS: Applicants who do not audition live must submit 1 copy of a continuos, unedited DVD (do not stop or pause filming between excerpts). To ensure that audio quality is excellent, please consider using an external microphone when applicable to your equipment. DVDs must be playable on a standard DVD player. Write your full name and "double bass" on the DVD and case (please do not adhere labels to the DVD). Mail DVD to:
Admissions
Music Academy of the West
1070 Fairway Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
Visit "Application Deadlines & Audition Dates" for further instructions
