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i had my moravian audition today. and despite my mom and i bickering and getting lost for about 5 minutes in bethlehem, we were early. the admission people were really nice, they had doughnut holes and coffee and everything. we talked to the woman at registration explaining that the clarinet teacher that works there was going to come to see my audition.

they put me in a room to warm up (it was about 10 minutes or so) and then they were like "okay! you all warmed up and ready to go?" and so i briefly met with the clarinet teacher before going into the huge hall.

i was slightly nervous. not as nervous as i thought i would have been. they asked me which piece i was going to perform and then i played. missed note there, a squeak here, forgot that dynamic. then onto the second piece. took that way to fast, not enough vibrato there, missed notes here, half assed ending. stand up. smile. thank you. walk off the stage.

i felt pretty good. they took me to another room to test my sight singing and piano skills. alto? soprano? alto. good. sing this. starting note A. key D minor. go. stop. listen. sing. a perfect 5th above this. a minor 3rd below this.

i failed, but no worries, this is only for placement. now play piano. twinkle twinkle, home on the range, we gather together, stop. fail. smile. thank you. walk.

it wasn't a bad audition. i was really chill for most the time. it was a thousand times better than the region auditions (where everything is so fast paced, and if you talk/laugh/cough you get points taken off your score).

i have confidence that i'll make it in. for certain.