Klarinet Archive - Posting 000447.txt from 2003/07

From: "Stacy-Michelle" <stacy-michelle@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] Met Clarinet opening
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:42:32 -0400

well if its like anything else here in NY, they already know who they
want and probably just want to deter too many people from coming. But
if I was was that off-key subway squeaker, I'd still apply, just to
piss somebody off.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:31:58 -0400, Kenneth Wolman
<kenneth.wolman@-----.net> wrote :

> At 07:46 PM 7/15/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >Metropolitan Opera
> >
> >CLARINET - Principal (possibly two positions)
> >Résumé Date - August 15, 2003
> >Audition Date - Late November 2003
> >Starting Date - Winning candidates to start at earliest
availability
> >General Information - Only highly qualifed applicants should apply.
> >Equal Opportunity Employer.
>
> I love how they wrote this: it's pure Personnel Department. "Only
highly
> qualified applicants should apply"? Do they expect some guy who
plays his
> squeaks off-key in the subway to walk in and ask for audition time?
>
> Seriously--if a resume is involved, who evaluates the resumes and
on what
> bases? Where the person trained? Conservatory or college
background? His
> or her private teachers? Where this person has played before?
Direct
> experience with operatic repertoire, and in what level of company?
All of
> the above?
>
> I knew about Morales going to Philadelphia. Who's the other
> possibility? Rabbai? Ognibene? The person who was hired to
replace Sean
> Osborn? A hell of a plum job, whatever it is: you get to sit in
the middle
> and watch gallons of sweat pour off Valery Gergiev:-).
>
> Ken
>
>
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Soulfully,

Stacy-Michelle Valentine
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