On 24 Jul 2005 at 23:50, Christopher Smith wrote: > On Jul 24, 2005, at 4:58 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 24 Jul 2005 at 2:18, Christopher Smith wrote: > >> > >> Isn't it possible that at least part of the reason was because more > >> qualified female candidates were auditioning? . . . > > > > I don't know. > > > > What I do know is that the person who was quoted attributed most of > > the change to the blind auditions. He said (if I'm remembering > > correctly) that without the blind auditions, the big orchestras > > would not have nearly as many women in them as they do now. > > > > Hmm. They MIGHT have FEWER women without blind auditions, but I think > he is mistaken about the change being mostly attributable to that. > There were a LOT of shifts in gender politics going on at that time, > both among men (who might be less resistant to accepting women > candidates) AND among women (who might be more likely to push harder > for a career) and instituting blind auditions in orchestras was only > part of it.
Well, I'm not involved with orchestra management and I don't believe you are, either, so I'm inclined to believe the words of someone who is, rather than the impressions of outsiders. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
