Klarinet Archive - Posting 000746.txt from 2000/07

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] ICA Orchestral Auditions - (was ICA winner -- Shoot the
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:00:46 -0400

<><> Gregory=A0Smith wrote:
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0The simulated or mock orchestral audition is a
newer development at the ICA Clarinetfest

At Dr. Ormand's master class yesterday, one of the students was
given a booklet of excerpts from many different composers and asked to
play 5 or 6 of them, hopping rapidly from one to the next and not in the
order in which they appeared in the booklet. It was obvious how
grueling this can be -- changing mood & tempo & tone every minute or
two.
I've never seen a competition myself, and I can imagine that none
of them are 'lightweight' or 'trivial' events. But 'resetting' oneself
every minute or two, instead of following through with a basic mood for
an entire composition, seems particularly demanding to me.

Cheers,
Bill

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