A counterintuitive strategy. Looking forward to giving this a spin.

The only recent committee member feedback I got was that 3+ questionable pitched notes was the hard limit for prelims. It was a hard reality check to switch from a "performance" to that of a firing squad, but it's something that's given a lot of necessary if not distressing clarity.

Is it safe to say that my first round should be "technical perfection above all", and leave any potentially distracting stuff such as musicality or creative liberties for later rounds?

Resume stated the orchestra’s full name, the city and state. I also have my city of residence which is one county over so I assume it’s an oversight on their end.

You have to snail mail, but they check their mailbox only a couple times a year.