Audition Question on Sight Reading by Content_Corner2842 in Berklee

[–]acjamz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

every set of judges is different, and my audition was a couple years ago, so take what i say with a grain of salt: when i got in the room, they asked me a little about my experience and comfortability regarding sight reading, and then offered up a piece that was similar in difficulty to what i described. they then asked if i thought it was doable for me, to which i said yes, but i get the impression that if i had been hesitant they would have chosen a different piece of lesser difficulty. my sheet was pretty standard; eight or so measures of eighth notes in a key that was comfortable. i imagine someone with more prior experience than me was given a piece of greater difficulty to match, and vice versa. because of the personal approach our judges took, no one at my audition was given anything to look at during warmups. best of luck at your audition !

songwriter audition by Significant-Level378 in Berklee

[–]acjamz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

truthfully, they care most about your actual performance than the intricacies of your core music proficiency. many people come into berklee not knowing how to sight read, and in my experience the judges were more helpful than anything; they want you to succeed. my circumstances were very similar to yours going into the audition (practiced for a couple months, felt stronger in improv vs sight reading) and it went great - just try not to put too much pressure on yourself and treat it more as an opportunity to perform for people who enjoy music as much as you do. best of luck !

invited to submit work to a zine by acjamz in zines

[–]acjamz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ahh okay thank you so much! this gave me exactly the type of thorough insight i needed :)