No disrespect to Preston, who is the legitimate winner of this audition, but seemingly resumes were cut based on distance, not experience. I know several people with multiple degrees from good schools™️, including the timpanist of another ROPA orchestra, who were not invited to the audition; it seems strange that a third year undergrad student would be invited in light of this. It’s slimy for an orchestra to think about their pocketbook in deciding who gets to take their audition unless they’re going to hold an above-board, announced local audition with a specific radius.
edit: It sounds like it’s not radius, but something even more arbitrary—applying sooner! Which isn’t cheap, just lazy.
No disrespect to Preston, who is the legitimate winner of this audition, but seemingly resumes were cut based on distance, not experience. I know several people with multiple degrees from good schools™️, including the timpanist of another ROPA orchestra, who were not invited to the audition; it seems strange that a third year undergrad student would be invited in light of this. It’s slimy for an orchestra to think about their pocketbook in deciding who gets to take their audition unless they’re going to hold an above-board, announced local audition with a specific radius.
edit: It sounds like it’s not radius, but something even more arbitrary—applying sooner! Which isn’t cheap, just lazy.