Klarinet Archive - Posting 001128.txt from 1998/04

From: Hat NYC 62 <HatNYC62@-----.com>
Subj: Auditions
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 17:30:45 -0400

<<Sorry, but I fail to follow your logic here. Solo competitions test a lot
more than expressiveness. They also test solidity, ability to play under
pressure, sound quality, intonation, articulation, one's ability to phrase
and interpret, flexibility as well as one's expressivity.>>

No they don't. They tell nothing, unless you're judging it in person. Again,
many players who have won solo competitions are great players, not all players
who have won solo competitions are great! If I listed all of the solo
competitions I have won prizes in, it would take a whole page. But it is
meaningless because no one reading that list will know what the standard of
performance required to win was!