My Practice Notes This Week (5/22/2025)

Principal Flute Audition Prep & Mock Audition Notes

Happy…. THURSDAY!! I am so sorry I am a day late this week! I had a mock audition scheduled on Wednesday (yesterday), and I really wanted to include my notes from that mock in my practice notes this week.

I have continued to use Beta Blockers for my mock auditions in preparation for my upcoming actual Principal Flute audition, and the experience is getting a bit better each time. I’ve learned that it works best for me if I take one 2 hours before I perform, and I’m going to experiment with taking an additional 2.5 or 5mg (I can take up to 20mg- and take 10 right now) for my next mock audition on Saturday, because I think 10mg might not be quite enough to stop my shakiness. I have also found that I consistently struggle a bit with tempo memory when I play mock auditions (generally I play MUCH faster than I plan to) so I have been working on that this week in preparation for my next mock (and in preparation for the real thing!)

My audition is now 1.5 weeks away!!! I am SO excited to perform what I have prepared, which is a feeling I’ve never had before an audition, so I’m super excited. (Usually I just feel a sense of extreme dread. Hahaha)