Ah, nothing like going back to the old high school days of challenging for position. Milton
________________________________ From: Richard Hirsh <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Richard Hirsh <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, May 16, 2010 7:04:58 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] auditions We have a relatively new phenomenon in our section. Twice this year, the conductor has had us do recorded auditions to select players for principal/obbligato parts. We are pretty evenly matched, and the results have born that out. Most recently we auditioned for the obbligato part in Mahler 5, which we'll be doing on June 6. (See www.lsso.org) The conductor did not know which player was playing based on anything except his ears. He told us it was very difficult for him to pick one over the other, because he would like one part from one player and another part from another, etc. He eventually picked the player who usually plays fourth; when we did Till Eulenspiegel in the fall he picked the player who normally plays second. The player for Till did a fine job, and expect the player for the Mahler will as well. Except for the anxiety leading up to the audition, I think the whole episode just underlines what a great situation we are in - the section is well balanced in capability and gets along. I have been long periods without one or another of those statements, and I intend to enjoy the current situation as long as possible. Regards, Richard Hirsh, sometime principal horn Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra of Chicago _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
