Klarinet Archive - Posting 000457.txt from 2003/07

From: "Musician" <musicians@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Met Clarinet opening
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:41:15 -0400

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From: Kenneth Wolman <kenneth.wolman@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Met Clarinet opening

At 07:46 PM 7/15/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Metropolitan Opera
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>CLARINET - Principal (possibly two positions)
>R=E9sum=E9 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?

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Its simple Ken, they only want someone who is already in a similar position.
No jumping from a 4th rate Orchestra to a 1st (they barely want someone from
a 2nd for that matter). So someone who is already playing Principal in a
high level position who is not green or just out of College...... - or who
plays like Ricardo ;) Bottom line is that they won't waste their time
listening to "almost" players.

David Blumberg
http://mp3.toptempo.com/genres/Classical@-----.htm

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