Klarinet Archive - Posting 000803.txt from 1998/08

From: Jeff Carwile <carwile@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Bad Audition (on bass clarinet)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:09:12 -0400

I'm not saying I agree with this, but I do think there are valid
differences between the way one should present their music for a
successful ensemble audition versus a successful concerto competition,
for example.

I think many orchestral and band conductors are concerned more with
homogenous expression of a section or group of instruments than
individual expression of one soloist. So perhaps they are concentrating
more on a "fit" within a section than your individual creativity.

One of my older instructors used to tell me orchestral playing was much
like being a pipe in an organ that the conductor could use to his taste.
Perhaps that is why I like chamber music most!

Jeff Carwile
carwile@-----.org

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