HCP 21: The number one advice for winning composition competitions
As a composer, I don’t know anymore how many competitions I have participated. I have won many, national and international, and lost even more of them but no matter what, this is the tip that has always helped me to win!
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In this episode, you will learn:
- The number one and most useful advice to win competitions
- Why they say that the most difficult things are the most simple
- The Self-doubt that composers go through in their career
- What not following this advice will result in
- Why I have never won an orchestral composition competition
- Why even when you have the best piece, if you don’t follow this advice, you won’t be able to know if you win
- My story with my first ever winning piece and Chorus Austin
- To participate in competitions can be simpler than we think and why
- Healthy goals for participating in competitions
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Produced by Carlos Cordero.
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