Publications
Books
Resources for musicians serious about audition preparation and orchestral performance.
Behind the Screen
A Winner's Guide to Preparing Your Next Audition
Print ISBN: 9781735285726
An inside look at the process that helped Detroit Symphony Principal Clarinetist Ralph Skiano achieve success in his own auditions. In this flexible guide, Skiano shows you step-by-step how to effectively organize your materials and time to maximize your potential at your next audition.
Learn how to plan your travel to win, how to divide an audition list to practice effectively, what to do in the hotel, how to manage time in the warmup room, how to get feedback, and how to process feedback in the most helpful way. Plenty of practice suggestions are included to address fundamental issues like technique, musical expression, and intonation.
A must-have resource for any aspiring orchestral musician.
Little Scores for Audition Success
with Dr. Jeffrey Anderson
Print ISBN: 978-1-7352857-0-2
Clarinet ensemble arrangements of some of the most common excerpts that appear on professional orchestral auditions. Creating multi-track recordings of these Little Scores harmonically informs phrasing choices, reinforces pitch and rhythm, and helps to internalize the music.
Repertoire includes the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Beethoven Symphonies No. 4, 6, and 8, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Brahms Symphonies No. 3 and 4, Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2, and Schubert Symphony No. 8.