Nervous About Preforming for a Judge- What Should I Do?
vampirezz asked:
In one week I have to go to Jackson, Tennessee to audition for All West Tennessee. I’m really nervous though! This is my first year, and I’ve never played in front of a judge. With a group, or independently.
In one week I have to go to Jackson, Tennessee to audition for All West Tennessee. I’m really nervous though! This is my first year, and I’ve never played in front of a judge. With a group, or independently.
For the competition, we have to sight read, play all twelve scales (the Chromatic as well), and our prepared music as well. I don’t have all the scales memorized, I’m working on that, and my Chromatic is ok. I suck at sight reading. But, my prepared sheet sounds great.
* Here’s what the music looks like, if you have any suggestions!
http://www.scsk12.org/scs/middle/Arlington_Mid/WT01_Jr_Flute2009.pdf
I’m really nervous, any tips? Also, if you have any ideas that I could add to the piece (stacsto, retards, slurs, crecendo, ect.) please let me know! 
How to Sight Read Music
Learn How to Sight Read Music
Stage Fright
To eliminate stage fright:
Practice performing at home by yourself. Only think about the performance. Where the music is going, what you are trying to do to make it great. Think about how your voice sounds. Think about what the words mean.
If you think about these things, focusing on the performance you have no reason for stage fright. You are not thinking about the audience. You must learn to do this in practice and performance.
This is not going to be a one day cure. If you seriously practice this way you should see results in a week.
Make sure that you sight read for a few minutes every time you practice. Even if you have to turn the music upside down to have something you haven’t seen. Make sure you look over the music you are sight reading before you begin to play it.
Good Luck
How to Sight Read Music Lesson
Just relax and keep practicing. Play in front of whoever you can. Looks like your on flute right?
i’m a flutie as well. I suggest relaxing as much as possible. the second you start getting nervous your sound will go downhill. When you perform, keep breathing as much as possible, or atleast remember to breath 
and you don’t necessarily have to go at the marked tempo. Play where you feel comfortable, but don’t make it to much slower than the given tempo either. With the scales, same thing. Play them at the speed you feel comfortable. And there’s nothing you can really do about sight reading. Hardest thing to do personally. For that I recommend getting an etude book and sight read a different excerpt and act as if your doing a sight reading audition. From the looks of it, basically practice excerpts similar to your audition piece.
Good luck! I hope I helped somehow