Audition Mode

A chapter closes, but the memories remain. With heartfelt gratitude, we announce that Audition Mode is bidding farewell. For the past 15 years, we've loved every seminar working with all the participants on their journey to become better musicians and horn players. Thank you to everyone who helped us along the way, but especially to Maddy Tarantelli who made our last few years fantastic!

Until next time, we wish you all the best.

Denise Tryon
Karl Pituch

This year’s Audition Mode was a 3-day online event. We so enjoyed working with everyone, even if only online 🥴. Use your new knowledge to go win those auditions!!

Are you in need of some motivation during this time? Do you want to be ready once we finally have auditions back in our calendars? If so, check out our announcement below.

We are excited to announce the dates and details for Audition Mode 2021! We have decided to hold a shorter, online only event from June 13 - 15, 2021. These 3 days will be packed with masterclasses on our high and low horn excerpt list, mock auditions, discussion/lecture on audition preparation and resumes.

Only $350 to participate and $75/day to audit!!

Feel free to comment below with questions. Applications can be found on our website: www.auditionmode.com

We hope to work with you this summer!

Yesterday would’ve been our first full day of learning at Audition Mode. We’re so sad we weren’t able to move forward with the seminar this year. We will be back for 2021! Until then, we got these fantastic shirts where the zeros are replaced with 🦠. Plus, check out that amazing quarantine hair....

Karls Horn of the Week 6-3–19

This week’s DSO concert includes Bela Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra. Commissioned by Serge Koussevitsky to display the extraordinary talents of his musicians of the Boston Symphony, the piece has been in the standard repertoire ever since its premiere in 1944. The title of the work refers to his treatment of single instruments or instrument groups as soloists. Bartok was inspired by the wealth of folk music of his native country and this piece with its brilliant orchestration, melodic fertility and rhythmic vitality is a twentieth century masterpiece.

Karl will use his Kortesmaki/Hill triple horn for this symphony.

The DSO webcast for this concert will be Sunday, June 9th at 3 pm EDT. https://www.dso.org/live

DSO | Live from Orchestra Hall Webcasts Beatrice Rana “possesses a soul that belies her years, and more than a touch of genius,” says Gramophone magazine. Be there for her acclaimed interpretation of Prokofiev’s blistering Piano Concerto No. 3. And Kent Nagano, Music Director of the Montreal Symphony, conducts Bruckner’s majestic ...