SEAN PRATT PRESENTS - A FUNDRAISER/SEMINARSPONSORED BY THE Baltimore/Washington, DC, AEA LIAISON COMMITTEEWHAT: Auditioning – How Working to Get the Part, Works! WHEN: Monday,July 28, 2008 from 6:30 to 10:00 pm. Seminar begins promptly at 7:00 pmWHERE: Imagination Stage (Lerner Theatre) 4908 Auburn Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 visit www.imaginationstage.org for d
Instructor: Alison McBryde has worked as a Casting Director and Associate for over 15 years on film and television projects such as The Island, Nicholas Nickleby, Pearl Harbor, Heat, Ali, Armageddon, The Insider, and CBS' series Robbery Homicide Division. Along the way, she has worked with top filmmakers and actors including Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Mann, Robert Redford and Al Pacino. Her most r
Instructor: Alison McBryde has worked as a Casting Director and Associate for over 15 years on film and television projects such as The Island, Nicholas Nickleby, Pearl Harbor, Heat, Ali, Armageddon, The Insider, and CBS' series Robbery Homicide Division. Along the way, she has worked with top filmmakers and actors including Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Mann, Robert Redford and Al Pacino. Her most r
SEAN PRATT PRESENTS - A FUNDRAISER/SEMINARSPONSORED BY THE Baltimore/Washington, DC, AEA LIAISON COMMITTEEWHAT: Auditioning – How Working to Get the Part, Works! WHEN: Monday,July 28, 2008 from 6:30 to 10:00 pm. Seminar begins promptly at 7:00 pmWHERE: Imagination Stage (Lerner Theatre) 4908 Auburn Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 visit www.imaginationstage.org
Poor Paris.She attracts hot guys to kiss.
But when it comes to (television casting) friends, she ain’t so lucky reports OK! Magazine.
A casting audition for Paris Hilton’s new reality show this week in New York didn’t pull in this week a mob of people … or a tiny mob of people … or really any mob [...]
I was once very fortunate to have a young professional photographer called David Hodge as a neighbour. He taught me about how much of the technique to getting a good photograph was about putting yourself in the right place at the right time. Plus just how many photos it takes to get a halfway decent one (approx 1 in 10) and how many it takes to get a stunner (more like 1 in 100 if not more).
This is part 2 of a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. You can read part 1 of Benjy's post here. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the Strasbourg Philharmonic since 1985. He studied double bass at Temple University with Edward Arian and at Yale University with Homer Mensch, as well as additional studies with Roger Scott and François Rabbath.___________Last May 23rd, I auditioned for the same job I had been holding for the past year, that of temporary assistant principle. In our contract, there is a special clause stating that after 15 years of occupying a certain chair, you can retrograde, (move back into the section), WITHOUT loss of pay. This is a clause destined primarily for wind players, whose chops let loose after a number of years, and are replaced by younger performers. This clause can also be applicable for strings players. Thus, one of our 2 assist
This is a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the Strasbourg Philharmonic since 1985. He studied double bass at Temple University with Edward Arian and at Yale University with Homer Mensch, as well as additional studies with Roger Scott and François Rabbath.Click here to read Benjy's excellent post on how to polish ebony fingerboards, or check out his post on Jean Cros. He has also contributed a great story/photo post titled Strollin' Down the River.I really appreciate the opportunity to post this excellent and informative article. Feel free to leave your thoughts and questions for Benjy in the comments to this post.____________As an American bass player living in France for the past 30 years, being a member of the Strasbourg Philharmonic for the past 22 years has been undoubtedly the ultimate milestone of my career. I enter
John Floeter put out a great post on his bass studio blog recently about his thoughts and observations on freelancing and auditioning. This post is quite relevant to many of my writings about the freelance business (which you can find under my Articles link).Here are a couple of key points from this post:I'm in my late 40s. Lots of things make me feel old. Times change, new stuff gets invented, like the internet, cell phones...and people actually buy recordings of rap and ringtones quite frequently these days. But why should someone preparing for an audition make me feel old?When I'm finished with the GPO season, I have my usual patchwork of employment from a dozen or so places, and most without guarantees of renewal. I don't want to get in a rant about how great they've got it over me. I'm happy with the kind of work I do throughout the year, but I am open to new opportunities. Also, I can't afford to play badly. When you freelance, a few bad concerts can kill a career. Even wi
Patty from oboeinsight made some recent posts highlighting a story about auditioning on Charles Noble's blog Daily Observations. Check out the story--it is about his recent audition for the Seattle Symphony, and it is a great document the whole complicated and stressful process.This is a great "insider" classical music blog. I just added it to my blogroll in the sidebar of this blog.Part I:Many of you may not have been aware that over the past two weeks I’ve been preparing for an audition for the Seattle Symphony this past weekend (April 19-21). The orchestra had two vacancies, for Assistant principal (2nd chair) and section. As a relatively young person (38) but also a person who is a good deal older than most active auditioners (mid to late 20’s), I have been wondering about my competetiveness in the audition scene these days. Over the past five seasons or so I’ve taken two auditions, both for the Philadelphia Orchestra, and I did not progress beyond the preliminary rounds.
16 days till Spain. As we fell asleep last night, The Boy murmured "Sun, Sand, Wine and Tapas." Hmm, 3 out of 4 isn't too bad. Having researched the three local wineries on Mallorca, I made reservations for tours. I am auditioning self tanner in preparation for island weather, I even bought new flip flops but it is only now that I am now reading my Tapas cookbooks.
These cocktail hour (8pm-10pm for Spaniards) appetizers are wickedly simple and devilishly fun. Whether a fried meat and vegetable croquette or simply marinated olives and a slice of manchego cheese, they can be a meal or a tease before the main attraction at 11pm that night.
For me, tapas are a fascination much like Dim Sum from a Chinese restaurant. Tiny little plates of lovely morsels you shouldn't have a great deal of. (Dim Sum by the way is Cantonese for "touch the heart" in an effort for one to order until their heart's content. *eyes fill with tears of joy*)
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