Klarinet Archive - Posting 000141.txt from 1999/11

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Auditions
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:13:42 -0500

It seems to me it makes a difference what kind of audition you're asking
about. Having been a judge at a good many high school county and district
level auditions, I can answer the question as it comes up at the school
level. The scoring "rubrics" or scales on which the scores are recorded
never, in my experience, consist of a single number that you assign after
the player has performed. There are separate scoring scales for several
areas, including but not necessarily limited to technical accuracy, rhythmic
accuracy, expression and musicality, tone quality, etc... The scores on each
parameter are then totaled for a final score. I don't remember ever judging
an audition in which my score for technical accuracy was in the least
changed for a couple of fumbled notes unless they happened to be the very
notes that were included in the selection to give a way to distinguish among
the top few players. Some mistakes are just fluky accidents that never
happened before and will never happen again. On the other hand, a player who
plays with an obvious sense of phrasing, shows an awareness of some nuance
in tonguing styles and lengths, observes the written expression marks and
executes them in a sensible and musical way gets a high score on any
parameter concerning these things regardless of a fumbled note or two. Of
course, fumbling that is consistent throughout the audition and seems to
demonstrate a lack of technical control will result in a score in the
technical (and probably the rhythmic) areas that will be low enough to
offset a high musicality score. The result may still be the same as a player
with high technical scores and poor musicality ratings.

To place highest in one of these things, a player needs to demonstrate BOTH
musicality and technical security, or at least a better blend of both than
the others who are competing.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noelette Stout [mailto:clarinets@-----.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 6:11 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Auditions
>
>
> This thread on auditions, brings to mind a question I found
> myself frequently
> asking in college and high school. Which makes the bigger first
> impression:
> technique or musicality? I heard a lot of players that had
> fabulous technique,
> but they were about as interesting as a flat midi file. All the notes were
> there, but there was no feeling in it.
>
> So my question stands. For those of you who have judged auditions, given a
> player that fumbles a couple of notes but plays musically, or a
> player that
> hits every not perfectly but plays like a monotone, which would you rank
> higher?
>
> I realise this is a loaded question, but I am very curious to hear others'
> thoughts on this.
>
>
> Noelette Stout
> clarinets@-----.net
>
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