I did an audition for a production Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondolier’s this evening. It didn’t really go as well as I had hoped. I’m not sure what happened, but in the middle of my pierce, I swear either I changed key or my accompanist did. I’m not sure, but something was very wrong and the whole thing fell apart. We started again, but the same thing happened. I eventually limped to the end of the piece, but sufficient to say, it was not my best performance. I really wish I knew what went wrong. It certainly wasn’t a matter of not being prepared. I uses rep that I’ve known for a good 6 months now and I spent all week practicing, so I knew what I was doing.
Oh well, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it now. On the upside my cold dramatic reading went really well and I’m usually not very good at those and my dance audition was alright. So all I can do now it wait and see. Though to be honest, I’m really not expecting to get in after that train wreck. It just really annoys me because I knew the piece and I’d spent so much time working on characterization.
I’ll just file it away under the category of “experience”, hope for the best and be on the look out for the next audition.
