if you get rejected from an audition, should you just practice the exact same way and try again? ...HELL NO! to me, auditions are just a game. you prepare for audition day in a particular way, and you test that particular system of preparation by going to the audition and seeing what happens. once it's over, you carefully analyze what happened, brainstorm tweaks to your audition preparation process, and try again using a new and improved system. the most important thing you can do is tweak the details of how you actually practice. in today's episode, i'll go over: my audition journey and how i ended up winning the met opera job, 3 of my favorite audition hacks, and the one thing that's so much more meaningful than the result of the audition. thanks to laura from brussels for her awesome question! if you want to ask a question to be answered on a future episode, go to robknopper.com/ask and to learn the 5-step audition preparation process i used to win my met opera audition, download the audition cheat sheet at robknopper.com/auditioncheatsheet

welcome to the auditionhacker podcast! my name is rob knopper, i'm an audition coach and percussionist with the met opera, and i'll be your host.  EVERYONE struggles with audition rejection at some point or another. but if you're deadset on winning an orchestra job, then i'm here to help. no matter what audition obstacle you're struggling with, there's an answer. my goal is to help you discover all the best practice strategies that worked for me and other great musicians to perform at an elite level and win an orchestra audition. to ask me an audition question, go to robknopper.com/ask and if you'd like to learn how i prepared for my met orchestra audition, download the 5-step audition cheat sheet at robknopper.com/auditioncheatsheet