Klarinet Archive - Posting 000910.txt from 2004/10

From: "Nicholas Yip" <clarinets21@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] adjudication at festivals
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:56:45 -0400

I tried playing these tapes to the students and they seemed put down by the
comments, such as and this is from the horses mouth, your tone is bad, your
intonation is bad here, the notes were articulated poorly on this passage.
This comes after they say good things about you. They then give you a
superior or excellent, and then you walk away without them suggesting to
your group their way on how to correct the problem. I am a band geek and
can fix the problems, but the students should also here from other
educators.

I do understand that there are other groups, but at least a suggestion or
two.

Nicholas Yip
Clarinetist and Music Teacher

>From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: RE: [kl] adjudication at festivals
>Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:39:46 -0400
>
>Nicholas, the adjudicators have to assume you already know how to fix the
>problems - they're providing a fresh set of ears and perhaps some
>validation
>of the things you may already have been saying to the kids in rehearsals.
>They make those taped comments in real time while the performance is taking
>place. Some judges are better at it than others, but there isn't time to
>expand on anything - they just note a problem and go on listening to the
>rest. Then, when the performance is finished, they need to finish quickly
>with their comments so the next group can get started.
>
>I have a lot of bad feelings about those adjudication festivals, even when
>comparative ratings (1st, 2nd, 3rd place, etc.) aren't awarded. But if you
>take a band or orchestra to them, you get what they offer, which is
>whatever
>the judges can manage to hear and note quickly. It's not an in-depth
>exercise nor a teaching tutorial.
>
>Karl Krelove
>

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