Klarinet Archive - Posting 000449.txt from 2003/07

From: NoName4882@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Met Clarinet opening
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:09:13 -0400

I agree that there's a bit of an elitist implication in "Only highly qualified applicants," but I think it's mainly done just as something to discourage people. Many of you have probably met clarinetists young and old who refuse to accept the reality that they are not as good as they think they are. I've seen awful players, many in their 20's from conservatories, who insist upon taking major auditions and wasting the committee's time. If adding a line like that can discourage anywhere from 100 to 1,000 unqualified players, I can hardly blame them for trying to weed out the field.

-James

In a message dated 7/15/2003 3:31:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, kenneth.wolman@-----.net writes:

>
>
> 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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