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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-12-30 06:50
Hey, I know we are all agog over the Cleveland Symphony opening, but I just saw the notice for the 2nd clarinet spot in Detroit. Apparently, all you need to do is show up and audition (no preliminary tape submission!!!). Is this becoming a "thing" with major symphonies or is this another rare example of the exception over the rule?
I liked the fact that this was how the audition went for The United States Marine Band (The President's Own). This way the audition committee knows exactly what the candidate actually sounds like, and it gives a chance to "unknown talent" to get their foot in the door.
..................Paul Aviles
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2014-12-30 07:36
They may not ask for a recording, we didn't years ago when we had a second clarinet audition in the Baltimore Symphony, but we still screened them by their resume. I haven't seen the ad yet but I'm wondering if they will be willing and able to actually listen to a few hundred players.
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Author: rmk54
Date: 2014-12-30 17:00
Also so they don't have to pay a musician committee to screen resumes.
Don't expect to play for much more than 30 seconds in the preliminary round...
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2014-12-30 17:22
>Also so they don't have to pay a musician committee to screen resumes.
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And also so the committee doesn't waste time screening recordings made by the applicants' instructors, then submitted under the applicants' names. That's been a problem for decades. I remember my piano teacher complaining about the practice (and accusing a competitor of doing it) back in the 1960s.
Lelia
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Author: Dileep Gangolli
Date: 2014-12-30 18:26
Unless you are qualified for the job, you may want to make sure the Zoo and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are open so you get your money's worth when you visit Cleveland for the audition.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2014-12-31 22:00
I can only speak for how we did it in Baltimore when I was there. Each member of the committee had a chance to "review" the application letter and say yea or nay. When we screened for our second clarinet audition about 12 or so years ago we screened from close to 200 applicants down to about 75. We did not get paid for screening but did for the auditions. If a known teacher called one of us and asked for their student to be accepted that was not we would reconsider based on our knowedge of the teacher and vote. We may have accepted a few that we orignally said nay to. About half a dozen that were accepted cancelled once we sent out the audition list. We gave each applicant at least 5 minutes each at the first round, some got more time. We all agreed that no matter what the committee members felt they deserved at least that much. Maybe three excerpts and opening piece. We voted in secret and each applicant had to get a majority of the nine of us to more to the next round, the semi finals. We gave different excerpts at that round and again voted my secret ballot to move a player into the finals at which time the conductor would be present. An applicant had to get at least 6 votes from the committee as well as the conductors vote to have a week or two to play with the orchestra on a trial bases. It took us two days of auditions for that many applicants. I can't imagine hearing twice that amount.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2014-12-31 22:07
Ed - time flies.
Bill J. got the job around 1997-8 if I recall. We spoke on the phone when he got it from Vancouver Symphony. ICA Magazine did a feature article on him around then if I recall.
Played with Bill at the Marcellus Scotia Festival in 1988
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