Audition week

After many weeks of practice, it's about time to see how much my practice has paid off. I have finally moved up to a harder, stronger reed for my saxophone. Changing strengths of a reed is difficult but once you have made the switch, your tone will improve almost overnight. The downside to switching to a harder reed is that you should never EVER play on a softer reed again. Doing so will undo all the hard work you put into trying just to get a sound out of a harder reed. I am now playing on a reed strength of 4. Four is about as hard as most reeds can get but there is the occasional strenght 5 or 6.
Saturday, I will be travelling to the University of Xavier in order to play my scholarship audition and be admitted into their pep, jazz and concert band. I will be performing Introduction to Czardas and something else...I forget what it is called but it begins with an A. I'm fairly nervous about it but I should do well enough to get in. I have a lesson tonight with Mr. Clark, the band's renowned woodwind instructor, just to make sure my performance is solid. I have heard that colleges require musicians to know their basic scales which, I don't know but hopefully they won't want that. Overall, I feel ready for this performance but wish me luck because a little bit of luck never hurt anyone.