I just got back from my "Senior Spotlight" concert. (Our orchestra lets the seniors pick solos and play them with orchestra accompaniment for our fall concert.) I've been stressed out all week over it-I was playing a violin piece (I'm a violist), and there's a part that goes into 3rd position (for violin), but on the viola, since it doesn't have that string, it ends up in seventh position (which is 3 inches away from the edge of the fingerboard).
(And all the non-string instrument people are going "huh?")
Every time I practiced it, I'd end up missing that note. I only got to rehearse with the orchestra three times, and each time, I'd screw something up, because I was used to playing it "my way" and not the 'rythmically-correct' way.
So, concert. It went pretty well. I was playing it from memory, though I had the music there, and suddenly I looked back at the music, and went "what's the next note? Oh, B!" I don't think it was noticable, though. And I did screw up the really high note. (my train of thought: "yay, I hit the high F shar---oh no." ) But I got it back to that note, which I usually miss as well. :guitar: I felt horrible for one of the others. He was playing a Mozart concerto, and...the cadenza...died. Horribly. :( My spot was between my best friends'-so I felt bad for them, especially the one who went last: she had to be nervous for the one who went first of us three, then me, then her piece.
Yeah, so lots of stress is gone. Now I have to deal with...application stress.
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I'm sure you did fine! And when it comes to parents in the audience, they never know the difference anyway :lol:

Don't worry about it. As long as you did your best I'm sure it sounded great! Besides, no one is going to notice a few mistakes.

I personally don't play an instrument, so when my friends in orchestra tell me about a mishap in their performance I was at, I never even realized it. So, unless you're the one with the instrument, I don't think the audience can even tell. I'm sure you were wonderful.

I'm absolutely sure you did wonderfully! Yess, I can identify with you about the playing from ear then suddenly blanking out after looking at the notes :P And I always play it my own way, not the right rhythmical way - I never count! *drills self to count* Ahh, the high note sounds tricky!

Also, on the rare occasions I perform, I'll be moaning and rueing all my mistakes and apparently no one had noticed. But I don't believe them and stress out anyway.

But you did great! And good luck on those applications :D

...there's a part that goes into 3rd position (for violin), but on the viola, since it doesn't have that string, it ends up in seventh position...

I can definitely feel your pain (I play the viola too =P). I used to take private lessons and my teacher would purposely give me all this violin music to play that he re-wrote for viola but keeping the high positions in it... I have extrememly long fingers and I always felt like they were going to cramp up =/

Im sure you did great! Its hard to always play everything perfect. So long as its not a huge mistake, its fine :) (I play piano and clarinet just to let all of you know)