Klarinet Archive - Posting 000646.txt from 1996/09

From: Richard Johnson <rjohnso@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: ICA Young Artist Competition - Age?
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:20:06 -0400

On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Daniel A. Paprocki wrote:

> David,
> Please explain why 26 is the magic age?
(snip)
> Dan (Yes, I'm older than 26)
>
This would be just a guess and nothing more, but it may be to give young
people a chance to succeed that they may not have competing against
musicians with 30, 40, or more years of experience. Admittedly this would
still fail to explain allowing professionals in the competition.

Rick