Klarinet Archive - Posting 000334.txt from 1998/08

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Audition Scales
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:52:19 -0400

On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Neil Leupold wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Roger Garrett wrote:
>
> > I can say with quite a bit of assurance that the Klose scales will be
> > perfectly acceptable for an audition into college.
>
> I guess it depends on how demanding the college is
> and the instructor in question. Eastman and Man-
> hattan wanted Baermann ten years ago. I suppose
> their requirements could have gone down in the
> mean time.

I'm afraid that you are in error if you feel that the kind of scale played
at an audition defines either level of instructor or quality/level of
school.

Neither is the level of scale asked for an indicator of how demanding an
instructor is or how demanding a school is. David
Shifrin never listened to one scale from me during the time I studied with
him at Michigan, nor was I asked for any on my taped audition (the live
audition was the same)........it is a question of philosophy....scales can
be learned and played for juries.........

I am aware of some very fine teachers at superb schools (both private or
otherwise) which do not ask for any scales during an audition.

Roger Garrett

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