I just auditioned for orchestra. It was interesting to say the least. I went to the wrong room first, and once I found the right one, I got out my instrument. There were other students there, and one guy, I'm not sure where he's from, but he had a thick accent, was writing down people names because it's supposed to be a blind audition. They had a curtain up so they couldn't see who the person playing was. BUt this guy was keeping track of who went. HE started talking to me, and he asked me if I was ready to go in. WHen I didn't answer, he was like,"don't tell me you're nervous" and I was like, yeah, a little. I was thinking, No, even though I'm shaking like a leaf, and can't breathe, but I'm not nervous. I mean, what a stupid question. anyway, he told me what to play, and I went in. I played my solo, and it sucked, and then I had to sightread. It was kind of nice, because I had played one of the excerpts before. We played it in ONU's symphony last year, so I already knew it. But of course the way I played it wasn't good enough, so the viola prof asked me to play it again, and watch dynamics more carefully. So I did that, and played the second excerpt. Once again, I wasn't playing the dynamic level loud enough for him, so I had to play it again. I ended up playing my solo once, and both the sightreading exerpts twice. It really sucked. I got out and the guy was like, "how was it?" and I was like, ehhhhh. He laughed and we started talking about how I hate auditions, and some of his bad auditions. So I guess overall, even though I sucked, and I'm probably going to get last chair, it wasn't too bad of a time. lol.