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Re: Auditions/Ornamentation

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2013-11-22 15:05

Liquorice wrote:

> Unfortunately many jury members might be asking themselves the
> former question, so clarinetist04's "lowest common denominator"
> theory may sadly be the safest approach for auditions.
>

Are we talking about an audition for an orchestra position or a solo competition of some kind?

Maybe it's naivete on my part. I'm not sure why an orchestra audition committee would hold deliberate, purposeful ornamentation against a player if the playing were clean, musical and technically secure. I don't know why adding something to the written script would matter in an audition if the execution, sound and musical approach to the basic problems of the material were what the committee members are listening for.

It's probably a different situation if the audition is a competition with a solo performance and money award, Then, I suppose, the tastes and awareness of the judging panel would almost certainly influence the result.

Karl

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