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Hosted by rob knopper · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 10 episodes
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hi, i’m rob. i'm a percussionist in the met opera in new york city, and my goal is to help you win an orchestra audition quicker and easier than i did.during my decade-long career of (mostly) failed auditions, i've struggled through disappointment, rejection, intense nerves, and hopelessness. but i've personally overcome each of these to win my job. i've also helped musicians all over the world break through their struggles to get to finals and win auditions. with the right work ethic and preparation methods, i truly believe that anyone can win an orchestra job like mine.
rob knopper hosts the auditionhacker podcast, a music show with 10 episodes published.
“it was either this job or no job.” today i’m sharing a crazy audition win story with you. in 2019, a cellist named maria reached out to me about her audition struggles. on paper, she was the “worst audition candidate ev
getting audition comments is incredibly frustrating. you’ll get an email from the personnel manager and it’ll say something like: Hi ___, A judge from your audition committee gave you this feedback: “some good things. vo
how would you actually prepare yourself to record an entire classical music album in one session? it’s been 10 years, but i still have the detailed, day-by-day practice schedule i used to prepare for the recording of my
my first day at interlochen summer camp, i was placed dead last in the lowest orchestra. BOOM. a gut punch, right at the beginning of camp. the great percussionists of the world had gone through interlochen. chris lamb.
meet janet horvath, the former associate principal cello of the minnesota orchestra. when janet was in school, she wanted to be the best cellist in the world. she worked outrageously hard at her instrument for long hours
on one hand, the boston symphony's jim markey has had an objectively amazing career. he's held a handful major american jobs: pittsburgh symphony principal trombonist, NY philharmonic associate principal trombonist, NY p
sharon sparrow, flutist in the detroit symphony, wrote the book on audition prep. literally. it's called 6 weeks to finals, and it's the only book out there, i think, that walks you through a step-by-step guide to prepar
i'll remember the day forever: may 20th, 2011. i started the day waking up on molly yeh's couch on 96th street, and ended the day carrying two bottles of dewar's scotch whisky into a friend's apartment to celebrate somet
if you get rejected from an audition, should you just practice the exact same way and try again? ...HELL NO! to me, auditions are just a game. you prepare for audition day in a particular way, and you test that particula
welcome to the auditionhacker podcast! my name is rob knopper, i'm an audition coach and percussionist with the met opera, and i'll be your host. EVERYONE struggles with audition rejection at some point or another. but i
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