Today's interviews, unlike yesterday's musical theatre outing, went really well. I had a theory exam at 8:00 am that was really hard, but somehow I managed to be one of only four people (out of about 20) that were asked to interview afterwards. The interview was split into two parts...the first, a typical theory TA interview, involved sight-reading at the piano, sight singing, a tiny bit of on-the-spot analysis, and rhythmic sight-reading while conducting. This went better than I have done in the past, and the woman interviewing me seemed pleased enough. Then came my mock teaching exercise where I was to lecture to one of the theory teachers on the Neapolitan 6th chord as if I were teaching a class on the subject. This went VERY well, as I came well-prepared and have had some good theory teaching experience over the past three months.
The other interview for the day was my composition interview, which went well. We all talked for about thirty minutes about why I want to go to school and what I'm looking for in terms of my musical career at the moment. In the end, I felt really comfortable with the faculty during the interview, and I feel like I've got a really good shot at getting in. Overall, a great day of interviews for sure!
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