Professional programs

Prepare for the audition that could change your career.

Build the preparation, feedback, and professional context to walk into a major-orchestra audition as ready as possible.

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How I help

Bring the excerpts, feedback, and strategy into one audition plan.

I know major-orchestra auditions firsthand—as a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra and through years of helping violinists prepare excerpts, develop their audition skills, and win orchestral positions.

01

Build the excerpt work

Use focused lessons and the Essential Excerpts library to bring technical detail, style, and sound into the daily work.

02

Manage discomfort

Use mock auditions and direct feedback to turn preparation into a presentation that holds up when it counts.

03

The power of regular feedback

Pair private lessons and video check-ins with group classes held every other week as the work develops.

Professional options

Build the package the audition demands.

Depending on what you need, pair private lessons, Essential Excerpts, mock auditions, video check-ins, and every-other-week group classes.

One-day immersion

Orchestra Day

A full day in Philadelphia

$997

  • Come to rehearsal with Richard
  • Attend a Philadelphia Orchestra concert
  • An afternoon of private instruction
  • Dinner with Richard and, when available, a colleague
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Audition preparation

Two-month plan

Focused professional preparation

$997$1,354

Two monthly payments of $559 available.

  • 4 private lessons
  • 8 video check-ins
  • Access to 4 group classes
  • Mock audition
  • Access to all videos
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Semester option

Four-month plan

A full semester of supported work

$1,797$2,214

Four monthly payments of $555 available.

  • 8 private lessons
  • 16 video check-ins
  • All videos
  • Mock audition
  • All group classes
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Inside Pro Membership

When you become a member, you get access to these courses—and so much more.

Keep the Essential Excerpts library, professional context, and the detailed daily work close as you prepare for the audition room.

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Pro Membership · Advanced

The Core Audition Excerpts

Bring core orchestral repertoire into a focused practice process shaped for the audition room.

Skill level
Advanced
Lessons
27 videos
Format
Excerpt course
Price
$49.95
From the curriculum

Core audition repertoire

  • Mendelssohn Performance
  • Mastering Reliable Rhythm with Musical Phrasing
  • Brahms 4 Mvt 4 Performance
  • Mozart 39 Mvt 1 Performance
Intro video
Pro Membership · Advanced

Essential Excerpts · List 2

Keep the next list of professional excerpts organized as you refine sound, time, and musical direction.

Skill level
Advanced
Lessons
21 videos
Format
Excerpt course
Price
$99
From the curriculum

Essential Excerpts · List 2

  • Beethoven 9 Slow Mvt Performance
  • Mozart 39 Mvt 4 Performance
  • Introduction to List 2
  • Brahms 4 Mvt 1 Coda Performance
Intro video
Pro Membership · Advanced

Essential Excerpts · List 3

Carry a third focused list of professional repertoire into the daily listening and repetition that builds reliability.

Skill level
Advanced
Lessons
26 videos
Format
Excerpt course
Price
$99
From the curriculum

Essential Excerpts · List 3

  • Introduction to List 3
  • Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
  • Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Overture Performance
  • Debussy “La Mer” Performance
Intro video

Ready when you are

Build the audition plan that gets you ready.

Whether this is your first professional audition or the job you have been working toward, we can build a package around where you are and what you need to accomplish.

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