Klarinet Archive - Posting 000236.txt from 1999/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Which argument is right
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 08:12:50 -0500

On Sun, 07 Nov 1999 08:03:49 -0500, reedman@-----.com said:

> Tony wrote: Now on the one hand this was simply a deficiency of the
> audition system. Someone capable of doing such a job to everyone's
> satisfaction is not someone correctly to be eliminated in a first
> round, with two further rounds to go. So since we happened to possess
> the information that he was much better than he had seemed, it looked
> only sensible at least to pass him on to the next round. On the other
> hand, this could be argued to be unfair to the other eliminated
> candidates, who equally might have been better than they demonstrated
> on that occasion. So, which argument is right? And, what did we do?
> Tony
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> There have been auditions that Ricardo Morales did not get past the
> first round. It does happen - a friend of mine took an audition in NY.
> in 1992 - Rochester I think. Was the same year he got the Met job.
> I understand that Ricardo played well, but was not what they were
> looking for, got knocked out in the first round. Principal Trumpet of
> Boston Sym. Charlie Schluter told me that when he got the Boston Job,
> he was playing Principal in Milwaukee (think that was the job), and
> BSO called him to audition. He told them "I don't do nude
> auditions", put me in the Orchestra, and I'll play for you. Was that
> fair? Is life always fair?

Since you relabel the thread to be, 'Which argument is right', I find it
rather striking that you don't answer the question:-)

Tony
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