Audition piece - Your suggestions please.

[darkandrew]

I've finally gone and done it! I've applied for a new job in another school. If I get an interview it will be next week and since the job involves some teaching of music, there might be a chance that they ask me to play something. So, I'm after a solo piece for bass - 4 or 5 strings, that I could prepare just in case. Any suggestions?

Edited February 3, 2017 by darkandrew

[xgsjx]

I'd play something that I'm already comfortable playing.
For me, this might be Bach's cello suite BVV1007, Kurt Elling's The Waking or Beethoven's Fur Elise.

[darkandrew]

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I'd play something that I'm already comfortable playing.
For me, this might be Bach's cello suite BVV1007, Kurt Elling's The Waking or Beethoven's Fur Elise.
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Thank you for the suggestions. I've never played the bass in a solo context before, only as part of a band, so don't really know where to start.

[Number6]

Take a look at Aram Bedrosian's website. He plays lots of solo pieces.


home | Aram Bedrosian
http://www.arambedrosian.com/phone/index.html

[ambient]

Bach's cello stuff is beautiful, and readily available.

I had to play a piece 2 years ago as part of an interview to teach for my local music service. I chose something that I'd already don't whilst at uni. A solo bass, chord melody arrangement of what a wonderful world, Steve Lawson plays a beautiful arrangement of this piece sometimes.