welcome to the auditionhacker podcast!
my name is rob knopper, i'm an audition coach and percussionist with the met opera, and i'll be your host.
EVERYONE struggles with audition rejection at some point or another. but if you're deadset on winning an orchestra job, then i'm here to help. no matter what audition obstacle you're struggling with, there's an answer. my goal is to help you discover all the best practice strategies that worked for me and other great musicians to perform at an elite level and win an orchestra audition.
to ask me an audition question, go to robknopper.com/ask
and if you'd like to learn how i prepared for my met orchestra audition, download the 5-step audition cheat sheet at robknopper.com/auditioncheatsheet
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