Audition and Competition Preparation

In this webinar you will be given general tips and advice on how to be successful during the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra audition, and other orchestral auditions for woodwind and percussion instruments as well, by professors at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Music who are also experienced in playing for professional orchestras.
Speakers: Simon KLAVŽAR | Jože KOTAR | Karolina ŠANTL ZUPAN
Proposed by the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana

In this webinar, you will be given general tips and advice on how to be successful during the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra audition and other orchestral auditions for brass instruments, by professors at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Music who are also experienced at playing in professional orchestras.
Speakers: Jure GRADIŠNIK | Dušan KRAJNC | Boštjan LIPOVŠEK
Proposed by the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana

In this webinar, you will receive general tips and advice on how to be successful during auditions for string instruments, from professors at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Music, who are also experienced at playing in professional orchestras.
Speakers: Gal FAGANEL | Zoran MARKOVIĆ  | Janez PODLESEK | Maja ROME
Proposed by the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana

This presentation highlights the importance of psychological skills in honing your performance. How to efficiently re-direct pre-performance excitation towards your flow, in an optimal performing state? What are the basic psychological skills for optimal performance? What is the relationship between performance anxiety and flow? What are the strategies to cope with pre-performance excitation on a physical, emotional, and cognitive level, and how can you use them?
Speaker: Katarina HABE
Proposed by the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana

This webinar offers keys to improve your audition practice and be better prepared for these important and career-defining steps. Quentin Hindley guides you towards the strategic decisions you need to take: from the piece of your own-choosing, the time management of your audition, the goals you are targeting while auditioning, your presentation and speech, and messages you want the jury to receive from you.
Speaker: Quentin Hindley
Proposed by the Mediterrean Youth Orchestra and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

This webinar is an opportunity to learn about the expectations of jury members during orchestra auditions. Advice is given to former and future candidates by professors from the Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana who have long been working in orchestras and have served as jury members for professional orchestra auditions.
Speakers: Ana Dolžan | Matej Grahek | Franc Kosem
Proposed by University of Ljubljana, Academy of Music

This webinar concentrates on former candidates’ experiences. The Academy has alumni and teachers who passed auditions for various international orchestras and this webinar is an opportunity to learn about different aspects of orchestra auditions through the experiences of recognized international orchestra members.
Speakers: Andrej Žust | Petra Kovačič | Matic Kuder
Proposed by University of Ljubljana, Academy of Music

This webinar is an opportunity for musicians to make the experience smoother and help them perform at their best. Participants will be able to find out the most important things they need to keep in order to be technically competent and, above all, expressive.
Speaker: Marko Letonja
Proposed by University of Ljubljana, Academy of Music

Martina Batič evokes the different stages of her professional career as a choir director. She pinpoints the importance of competition: why should you participate in them? How should you prepare for the psychological, organisational, and tactical aspects of such competitions?
Speaker: Martina Batič
Proposed by University of Ljubljana, Academy of Music