Juilliard Audition
Spent the day at Juilliard yesterday with a wonderful young violinist, Madison "Madi" Marcucci, helping her with her audition. I played "korean tourist", snapping pictures with my Sony Cybershot DSC-T7.As we were driving to the hotel where Maddie and her mother were staying, Madi's father, Rich, said something very poignant: "We spent 18 years getting ready for this day." Those of us involved in adjudicating and accompanying these prospective students to our schools need to really keep that in mind - that brief, 5 or 10 minute appearance is the culmination of a lifetime of work and preparation. These wonderful students (and their families!) deserve all the support, encouragement, and respect possible during audition season!
Madi's mother, Sandy, was absolutely amazing - with Juilliard only offering a 10 minute warmup time in a tiny room with NO piano, she scoured the street in front of her hotel and came up with a restaurant that was gracious enough to let Madi and me rehearse before her audition! (Dillons Restaurant & Lounge, 245 West 54th Street between Broadway & 8th Avenue). BTW, Sandy Marcucci is the Co-Founder (along with Kimberly Fisher of the Philadelphia Orchestra) of the highly successful Strings International Summer Music Camp!
Here are some pictures of Madi and me at Dillons -
Here's another picture of the restaurant owners - THANK YOU!!!
Madi and me in front of Juilliard
Madi gets ready to enter
Follow us inside!
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tags: madison, marcucci, violin, juillliard, audition, new, york, nyc, madi, sandy, strings, camp, kim, fisher, kim_fisher
Registering at the applicant sign-up table
Some of the collaborative pianists and student volunteers helping out backstage
Here's Peter Wittenberg, one of the collaborative pianists helping out
Check out the cool 'student volunteer' T-shirts these students get to wear!
Next in line - Madi gets ready
The post-audition Italian dinner - food always tastes great after an ordeal!
Madi's younger sister, Michal, enjoying her dessert!
Good luck with all your auditions, Maddie! You did great today!!
tags: madison, marcucci, violin, juillliard, audition, new, york, nyc, madi, sandy, strings, camp, kim, fisher, kim_fisher
