U of Oregon audition

I am giving doctoral school a shot. The next couple posts will chronicle that.

I thought I should record my feelings after this audition in Eugene OR. Yesterday I felt like not showing up for my audition today. They threw a curve ball at me and told me that if I wanted to teach class piano to majors I'd have to take a theory test. I would have to be good at aural skills, keyboard skills and a written part to qualify for the position. I really don't think it was fair. If I do not take the test, they'd wonder what's up with me and if I do badly on the test (which I'm sure I will after looking through what they would ask), they would also wonder. Either way, I don't like this situation.

Today, I felt like I was 14 again flunking Grade 8 scales, stuff I should be playing better by now. I think I played horribly and butchered Beethoven (again). Why do they always pick pieces you aren't good at? Murphy's Law was at work today. The piano has really light action and was very bright. I struggled to control it. I thought I wasn't shading anything and may have not produced the variety of tone color that I intended.

The campus is a beautiful place and I like the library a lot! I do not know what I think about the music school. I think the standards that they have are great. The facilities are ok and the practice rooms are nice. I may practice there a little more today. I met the piano faculty but I didn't manage to meet with the musicology faculty :(. Maybe, I should ditch the piano and pursue that instead. I will meet with a piano prof later this afternoon and I'll see what she says. Wait for the next post.