Injured on the audition day

glassharmonica
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:56:30 +0000

I don’t think TWpiano’s question is a general one. His audition is tomorrow (and he may have traveled here from Tawain.) It is a very sticky question. My daughter had a similar problem with an injury before an important audition this fall. She listened to her doctor’s advice and did not take the audition. She went on rest for 4 weeks, missing out on some opportunities that she had been looking forward to for a long time. But she came to see what happened as a wake-up call. She had been over-practicing prior to the injury. It happened before her callback for a concertmaster audition, which she was very sad to miss. But better to miss it that risk sustaining permanent damage, and better to have this happen now than years down the line when the stakes are even higher.

In your case the stakes are high because these are your college auditions. Without knowing how many auditions you are doing and over what spread of time, it is hard to give even the most general advice. Violindad’s thoughtful suggestions are a good starting point. If you can postpone, even for a week or two, you will have been able to do some healing. Meanwhile, be under the care of a specialist. The worst-case scenario would be postponing your auditions for a cycle, and coming back next year.