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Author: williamalex54
Date: 2013-10-17 04:03
I just happened to see this one, and I was sure that some of you would be interested in it!
http://www.clarinetjobs.com/houston-symphony-fair-or-fishy/
Post Edited (2013-10-17 04:17)
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Author: Dileep Gangolli
Date: 2013-10-17 11:55
The link goes to an article that is at best heresay and promotes an unsubstantiated conjecture.
It would have been better to not have posted such information in this article because it does greater damage than good to the parties involved.
Supposing that there was a favored candidate, it would not be the first time in orchestral audition history that a candidate was the "favorite son" - screen or no screen.
I think that that is part of audition reality and over time and multiple auditions, there will be some sort of mean reversion where candidates end up in the level of orchestras and positions that they are best qualified for.
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Author: 2E
Date: 2013-10-19 01:44
In this article, he explains the reason for the post and says he's taken it down
http://www.clarinetjobs.com/houston-symphony-the-bigger-picture/
A good friend of mine took this audition, I think the whole thing has been a bit blown out of proportion.
2E
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-10-20 02:11
I posted the following comment on the clarinetjobs site:
You did nothing unethical. Ignore the trolls.
I myself would have written your post with the same passion and probably even more zingers. But then I would have gone through and replaced each snarky word with a neutral one. I always do this in my posts on the Clarinet board, to make sure that I leave no excuse for anyone to take offense.
In my opinion, screening does little. In tapes of the quintet I used to play in, each player made a characteristic sound when taking a breath, which I could identify every time. Any skilled wind player can make a good guess whether an auditioner behind a screen is male or female, just from the pitch of the inhaling sound.
Also, important jobs are not nailed down at auditions. The Cleveland Orchestra hired a principal oboist but kept her on probation for three years, after which they fired her. The Philadelphia Orchestra demoted their principal clarinetist after he had held the job for several years.
Life’s unfair. Or, rather, life doesn’t care or even know about fairness. When the Cleveland Orchestra needed a principal clarinetist, they called up Daniel Bonade and asked for his best student. That was Robert Marcellus.
Ken Shaw
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Author: rmk54
Date: 2013-10-20 12:48
That's why they call it probation. It's more difficult to fire someone who has attained tenure.
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