What to do? Please help!

[cometear]

Ok so I signed up a for a competition in Princeton, NJ and the audition is next Sunday. I'm using the Mozart Sonata No. 8 in A Minor The piece is nowhere near performance quality and I'm not sure if it will come close by than. I really signed up for it so I could try to learn the piece quickly and than have much more time to experiment with music and to analyze it for future performances. I didn't take into account how I've never done anything like it or as difficult so I wasn't familiar with the style. I can barely get through the piece memorized without taking certain parts slow or having a train wreck. Should I forfeit? Go and audition to gain experience (negative included)? Try to get a refund? Tell me your opinion!

[dima_76557]

I'm using the Mozart Sonata No. 8 in A Minor

You may want to stop "using" pieces for purposes that have nothing to do with genuine love/interest for classical music? If a piece you like very much and which you have invested a lot of time in is ready for performance, you could always consider trying it out under such conditions, but what you did is a big no-no in all respects.

Also: back out while you can. Just let the organizers know immediately that you won't participate. If I were you, I wouldn't even try to get a refund; after all: they have given you a lesson of a lifetime for comparatively little money.

[cometear]

Who said I didn't love the piece?

[jazzyprof]

I can barely get through the piece memorized without taking certain parts slow or having a train wreck. Should I forfeit? Go and audition to gain experience (negative included)? Try to get a refund? Tell me your opinion!

I agree with dima: back out immediately.  You know the piece is not performance ready so why place yourself in a situation where a train wreck is bound to occur?  You will get enough negative experiences in life even when you are fully prepared.  Why create a totally unnecessary one?

[cometear]

I agree with dima: back out immediately.  You know the piece is not performance ready so why place yourself in a situation where a train wreck is bound to occur?  You will get enough negative experiences in life even when you are fully prepared.  Why create a totally unnecessary one?

That's true.

[cometear]

Thanks everyone. After careful consideration I dropped out. The competition offered to transfer the fee to another competition in February which gives me plenty more time. I'll probably have more questions sooner or later.