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Memorization: a necessary chore, or a path to a more enjoyable performance (audition) experience?

Audition, General, Graduate, UndergraduateBy Matthew ArdizzoneJanuary 14, 2014

Many of you are required, or at least encouraged, to perform all or part of your audition from memory.[i]  What I’ve learned from my own performing and teaching career is that memorization is not important so much for its own sake, but more so for the musical benefits it brings.  The ultimate goal is a…

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