Gary asked:


I desperately want to play in my College’s concert band. They require you to audition and such, I -think- I could do all they require but I’m not totally sure. To exacerbate the situation my clarinet is broken and needs repairing, meaning I haven’t practiced for a while (about a week or so) and auditioning takes place next week.
I would have my clarinet fixed but that’d cost at the least, 200 bucks. Now its not 100% sure I’d get in so I’m somewhat hesitant on spending 200$ on my clarinet(which I got for 300$ on ebay, it’s a yamaha ycl-34).

I can play level 4 songs (medium-medium advanced{with a bit practice}). I could play all my scales… the ones they require (up to 3 scaled flats and sharps) I could do 16th notes @ 80 bpm.
My sight reading is ok I think. Usually takes me less than 20 minutes to play high school concert music without any noticeable mistakes. The piece I want to play is the first portion of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto.

http://music.ucdavis.edu/concertband/Auditions

So my question is, should I audition or not?

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