I have moved through the Suzuki books sorta fast given that I have been a dedicated student for a little over a year. My teacher ,however, does not really adhere to the Suzuki method but does use the material. I have never memorized anything from any of the books, and typically spend enough time on a piece to get it down pretty good but not perfect. Then we move on, it is a style that seems to work for me.
I am able to practice a lot, my wife and I have no children and she is a ceramic artist at night so I pretty much play as much as I want. More often than not I have to remind myself to not over do it.
Ultimately I would like to play in some sort of community orchestra. However, all the ones I'm aware of in Denver and the surrounding area require auditions. There is no way I am going to win a spot with my current chops. Maybe in 5 years, 10, who knows.
Actually, here is our family.....don't all cellists have cats?????? Here is Go-Go and Wagner.
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Don't sell yourself short. From what you describe, your playing level is quite fine for many community orchestras. I think the key is to be aware that the ones you want to play with right now probably don't have fancy web sites, so may not be so easy to find. What you need is some old-fashioned networking - to plug into the local amateur cellist community.
I won't write a whole 'nother post here, but two ways I can think of are to call the orchestras you do know about and ask to sit in to either observe or play in a rehearsal. While you are there, ask the cellists about other orchestras they play or have played in that might be looking for cellists at your level. And a second thing to do is to join ACMP and call all the local cellists on the membership roster to ask the same question.
Good luck - 5 or 10 years is way too long to wait!
Hi, thanks for posting and the encouragement. Maybe next year I'll explore comm. orchestra.
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