rob’s inner circle is a two-year intensive audition coaching program that begins on september 4th, 2025.
talent? no. it’s all about process.
i’ve watched musicians who have gone through years of audition rejections make just one or two simple tweaks in their process and suddenly advance for the first time. imagine how your next audition could be different if you found the root causes of your biggest audition struggles and corrected them, one by one. imagine what you could accomplish with a professional-level audition preparation process.
in rob’s inner circle, you’ll build a practice system designed to win auditions
with a focus on four major areas:
deliberate practice.
use the scientific method to identify, experiment with, and solve problems.
nerves.
learn to perform the way you practice: fearlessly without shaking or losing focus.
total organization.
work at peak efficiency with a structured practice system.
the committee.
increase the odds of advancing by removing every last reason for jury members to vote no.
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we’ll refine your personal, unique audition preparation process to attack your obstacles and showcase your strengths. you’ll be left with the plan, the tools, and the confidence to prepare for your next audition at the highest level.
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during year 2, you'll master advanced practice strategies that maximize precision and refine musicality in your repertoire. you'll remove red flags, sculpt phrasing, and build interpretations so compelling that audition jurors will have no choice but to vote yes.
introducing the inner circle faculty
hi, i’m rob.
i took 54 auditions over 9 years before finally winning my audition with the met orchestra.
most of these were rejections. i dealt with debilitating nerves, musical insecurity, insurmountable technical deficits, and more before finally building an audition preparation process that gave me the confidence, precision, and musicality to win my audition.
since then, i’ve devoted my life to helping others win orchestra auditions quicker and easier than i did. my students have won auditions all over the world, and i’d love to add you to our hall of fame.
welcome sharon sparrow
sharon’s the former assistant principal flutist with the detroit symphony and author of the book 6 weeks to finals, her approach to audition training focuses on mental training, event training, pacing and positivity.
she has trained recent audition winners in the:
cincinnati symphony orchestra,
virginia symphony,
victoria symphony, BC,
omaha symphony,
kalamazoo symphony, and
jönköping sinfonietta, sweden.
she has an incredible ear, vast experience as an audition coach, and a vision for how to help you bring your playing to the highest level. you'll work directly with sharon through coaching, trainings, and 1-on-1 feedback sessions.
here’s the gameplan
1. audition audit
you’ll start by deeply analyzing your entire audition history, review feedback, and listen to past recordings in order to pinpoint areas needing improvement and chart a path forward.
2. plan your audition strategy
we'll work through a structured curriculum that includes methodically building out your audition preparation process, designing your personal audition calendar, and perfecting your daily practice session.
3. meet your audition team
you’ll join a small group of like-minded musicians who will become your partners-in-crime. you’ll regularly gather with the group for strategy sessions, audition preparation process analysis, mock auditions, and more. many groups continue on as lifetime friends and still work together regularly, years after they first met.
4. olympic level of support
since you’re building an olympic level skill, you need an olympic team of support. you’ll have me, structuring your curriculum and providing you with constant musical, process, and mindset guidance. you’ll work with sharon sparrow to learn her 6 weeks to finals method. you'll play mock auditions for outside professional orchestra musicians, and you'll experience essential insights and specialized preparation strategies from visiting audition gurus.
past guests include:
noa kageyama, performance psychologist and author of bulletproof musician
nathan cole, concertmaster of the boston symphony
yannick nezet-seguin, music director of the metropolitan opera and philadelphia orchestra
mark aoyagi, sports psychologist with the university of denver, formerly with the denver broncos
nishi badhwar, personnel manager with the dallas symphony
...and many, many more.
5. direct coaching
you'll work with me, sharon, and audition-winning auditionhacker alumni to check up on your progress, work through your biggest struggles, and update your goals, schedule, and practice systems through 1-on-1 and group coaching.
6. major audition projects
you’ll work towards 4 major audition performances throughout the program. you’ll master audio and video audition tape creation, you’ll get comfortable performing live through constant 1-on-1 mock auditions, and you’ll compete in two major audition competitions in front of a jury of professional musicians.
7. bonus
full access to trainings from rob’s auditionhacker formula
enrollment in rob’s organize your practice
here's what people are saying
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here's what people are saying ➡
“like a muscle, you can train courage.”
inner circle testimonial videos
when you prepare alone you tend to get stuck and obsess about the wrong things. by joining rob’s inner circle you’re joining a team of driven musicians who will keep you pointed in the right direction. through group brainstorming, healthy competition, and accountability, you’ll get the support you need to make incredible progress.
so…how long are you going to wait to start auditioning the right way?
how many more calls to your friends and family saying, “i thought everything was pretty good, but it just didn’t work out this time”? how much longer are you going to put up with feeling panic when the next audition is getting closer and closer?
sure…you could just keep doing what you’ve been doing and hope for the best. or we can go on this journey together in rob’s inner circle and barrel through every last audition struggle, once and for all.
learn more about our successful alumni
"one month into inner circle i finally advanced at an audition…i have a new level of confidence in myself as a performer.”