Brought to you this hour by

Advertising and Web Hosting on Woodwind.Org!

Doublereed Archive - Posting 000078.txt from 2006/09

From: Jackie Kovach <jl.kovach@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] apology
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:22:35 -0400

I suppose I'll add my 2=A2 here, because I was involved in this thread, =20=

so....

In our musical world, it's been my experience that somebody or other =20
usually knows the results of semi-final auditions and they become =20
rather "public", although usually not in a formal manner. There =20
seems to be no legal restrictions to sharing this information, that =20
is the "results". What is confidential is the audition, itself. And =20=

the confidentiality stems from the listening panel supposedly not =20
knowing who is behind the screen, playing for them. In the past, on =20
our double-reed lists, I have never noticed that the names of those =20
people who have made the final round of auditions have been kept =20
secret from the general public. That's been my perception, at any rate.

Jackie
On Sep 17, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Kevin H. Moore wrote:

> Matthew -
>
> Thank you for your reply. I very much do appreciate your thoughts and
> opinions.
>
> On one of your points, I think it's possible things are a little =20
> different
> in Europe from the way things are here in the US. I've never known =20
> audition
> results, even information about finalists, to be confidential. =20
> Perhaps,
> information about the details of how candidates played is highly =20
> private,
> but results have always been considered public information.
>
> Also, while I do want to be and appear sensitive to the feelings of =20=

> others,
> honestly, it's a little tough to see how one could very justifyably =20=

> get bent
> out of shape about discussion of such things. I mean it's not =20
> exactly like
> discussion of who is sleeping with whom, for instance.
>
> While I am very sorry to have hurt some feelings, I don't want to be
> interpreted as saying that I won't express curiousity regarding job =20=

> openings
> and winners, here on list. The only thing that I might modify is =20
> how I do
> it. To me, it hardly seems as if that would be totally out of =20
> place, here.
>
> Respectfully -
>
> Kevin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Peaceman" <mpeaceman@-----.de>
>
>
>> I must say while reading this thread that it occurred to me that:
>> 1) Most everyone knows that there are people here on this list who =20=

>> are
>> directly and indirectly involved with one or the other orchestras.
>> 2) That audtions are legal transactions that stand under strict
>> confidentiality.
>> 3) that the informal tone of livingroom gossip of this list does not
>> give anyone the right to assume that he/she may speak publically =20
>> of the
>> private affairs of others on the list.
>> 4) If one finds himself writing something to which he feels the =20
>> need to
>> write a disclaimer such as: "actually I don't know the facts nor am I
>> personally involved" then maybe he should consider NOT writing on the
>> subject at all. It isn't always clear what might be considered =20
>> gossip or
>> hurtful as opposed to just showing interest. Perhaps asking yourself
>> how you might feel about it if you were the subject of the =20
>> conversation
>> BEFORE hitting the send button might spare you and the rest of us =20
>> from
>> more embarrassing apologies...
>>
>> I am certain that my post will put a little dent in some feelings. =20=

>> I do
>> it consciously but without malice. Therefore THIS last sentence is =20=

>> not
>> an apology.
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> For personal help: email doublereed-owner@-----.org
> Doublereed is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org
>

----------------------
Jacqueline Kovach, oboe
Temple University Music Prep faculty
Community College of Philadelphia, adjunct faculty
http://geocities.com/briankovach19126

---------------------------------------------------------------------
For personal help: email doublereed-owner@-----.org
Doublereed is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org