Klarinet Archive - Posting 000922.txt from 1998/04

From: "Brent Eresman" <Beresman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V2 #79
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:18:46 -0400

I can tell you that Cincinnati and Pittsburgh both exclude on the
basis of resume alone. This is first hand experience.

> >Cleveland Orchestra
> >Boston Symphony
> >Baltimore Symphony
> >Metropolitan Opera
> >Kennedy Center Opera
> >Los Angeles Philharmonic
> >Dallas Symphony
> >San Francisco Symphony
>
> Tape is a different story. That is a valid audition of a person's playing
> ability. I was discussing orchestras which exclude people based on resume
> alone. Which is completely meaningless. A piece of paper tells you
> nothing of ones playing ability in orchestra or otherwise.
>
> I don't believe your list above is correct. I know, for example, that the
> Boston Symphony hears people who want to audition.
>
> Which of those exclude based on resume alone?
>
> - -------------------
> Jonathan Cohler
> cohler@-----.net
>
Brent Eresman
beresman@-----.com