So it has finally come
down to this eh?
On Feb 28, I sent in my
application to join the most prestigious youth orchestra of Malaysia known as
the MPYO as a violinist and pianist. At this moment in time, I started to be serious
again for my music career and practiced longer than usual. As a result, my
school results seemed to have dropped significantly, but it was an annual
opportunity I did not want to miss.
According to the fact
sheet, MPYO should’ve gotten back to me on the fifth. Just as I was about to
give up that night (since MPYO didn’t get back to me), Sham from the admin team
called my mobile phone and told me that I was shortlisted for violin. I was
pretty upset as my piano application didn’t get through.
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| So you see, even Jerry has to practice the piano =) |
On the sixth day of March, I was anguished as I
asked Rad what day it was. So I didn’t get shortlisted for piano after all, I
thought to myself. Well, considering the amount of applicants, I’m sure Stanley
didn’t have that extra edge to even be short-listed.
Then I received an email
that evening and it had both my audition details and that meant I made the mark
for both instruments! On this day, I went for Violin
class at Seputeh and I think I’ve improved a fair bit. I just have to breathe
through my notes. After that I became really not productive and slept early at
night. However, this was the
impetus I needed and I started to practice hard again the next few days.
The
last two days have been rigorous training sessions between my violin, my piano
and I. It sounds rather sad, but considering the fact that practice is a rather
lonely thing, I have come to accept the terms. This excerpt comes from my daily
analysis of my progress:
On the seventh, I
practiced hard and could start getting the rhythms and tempos of my pieces.On the eighth, I was really happy that I could
finally play my pieces in tune with minimal errors. Aunty Winnie even commented
on my style saying, “I’ve never seen you work so hard before”. I made her
listen to me play my two songs again and this extended the class time by half
an hour. After dinner I did practice violin and piano again. I’m starting to
feel anxious for my piano performance.
Today marks the last
day of preparations before facing the MPYO audition team. I contracted a bad
cough when I woke up this morning but this did not hinder my spirit. I rested
more than I should have but I feel confident for the auditions. Now, I’m going
to polish up some parts of my piano pieces (as I’m doing the piano audition
first) and ensure I don’t screw up the violin audition excerpts.
While it has been
tiring for me, I found great joy in practicing so hard. I started to see the
happiness and excitement musicians feel when they accomplish songs and make
them sound beautiful. This past week I have made my violin sound so awesome
that I never knew it could produce such a sound. I realized the importance of vibrato as I did my pieces and with my
new piano teacher’s help, I have made the grand sonata Pathetique sing out to me.
Now, I’m going to
conclude it all. With a cough and a pair of tired eyes, I will embark on
another two hours of practice. Tomorrow I face the audition and who knows? You
might actually see me alongside MPYO this year. If I don’t make it, well, there’s
always next time eh?
Good Luck!
In case you are wondering why it's Audition 2.0, well, let's just say I have failed an audition (not MPYO) before, and I want to redeem myself this time! :)
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