Why the best players don’t always win auditions

Download the Don Juan part that I've used for all my auditions: https://www.natesviolin.com/download-... Why don't the best players always win auditions? It's all about risk and reward. When you know your limitations (because everybody has them) and how to work within them, you're well on your way to formulating a winning audition plan. In this video, I introduce two images: "The Box" and "Ceiling/Floor" that have helped me understand how to frame each excerpt. 0:00 Introduction and Bartok Concerto for Orchestra 1:58 Auditions are like speed dating 3:13 The reason for each excerpt 4:13 Risk and reward vs. "playing it safe" 5:27 Introducing "The Box" 6:33 What's in, what's out? 8:09 Sound quality and Don Juan 9:40 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 11:00 Tempo and Mozart Symphony No. 39 12:27 Schumann Scherzo 13:27 Dynamics and Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream 15:41 Expressive choices and summing up 16:57 Introducing "Ceiling and Floor" 18:48 Long-term, raise the floor 20:25 Schumann Scherzo, tempo ceiling 21:37 Beethoven 3 Scherzo, dynamic ceiling 23:01 Brahms 4 slow mvt, fingering choice 25:53 Conclusion