Klarinet Archive - Posting 000890.txt from 2000/09

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Montreal Audition
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:56:59 -0400

On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:22:50 -0500, rgarrett@-----.edu said:

> Walter said:
>
> > > Exerpts........gotta know them cold, be able to play them
> > > flawlessly, anytime, anywhere, in front of ANYBODY...if you can't
> > > do that, you wont get the job.
>
> Tony Pay responded:
>
> > Oh, come on, Walter. Don't say things like that.
> >
> > Our culture is quite sufficiently hyped up into mechanical
> > perfection as it is. And actually, having sat on audition panels, I
> > don't think it's representative of the attitude of the musicians who
> > are listening for someone they might want to give the job to.
>
> In thinking about Walter's comment, as an educator, I would never hint
> to anyone that they should have excerpts learned any less than
> flawlessly - and they absolutely should be able to play them anywhere
> at anytime. I honestly don't know about how auditions are run in
> Europe, but I have been in many in the U.S. and sat on the panel for
> several myself, and technical/mechanical perfection is an important
> part of the audition. It isn't the end-all, but the player who misses
> notes or (especially) is not rhythmically solid won't make the finals
> of most auditions. There are many, many reasons for this distinction.

My post was nothing to do with whether you've prepared excerpts well, or
whether you should prepare them well. They were to do with whether you
can actually produce them perfectly, even if you've prepared well,
because you're nervous.

What a silly man you are.

Tony
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