Archive - January 18, 2010

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Nepotism, Diversity and the Audition Process–This Could be an Opera Plot
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Cleveland on strike

Nepotism, Diversity and the Audition Process–This Could be an Opera Plot

I’m going to riff a bit on Robert Levine’s January 15th blog post, Sometimes it’s hard to have a screened audition, where Robert points out the absurdity in the New York Philharmonic’s decision not to identify clarinetist, Burt Hara, who was playing what most musicians would call a trial week.  The NY Phil is looking[…]

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Cleveland on strike

At least for Monday: Oboist Jeffrey Rathbun says he and the other musicians are “sorely disappointed” management hasn’t acknowledged sacrifices they’ve made in their last two contracts or their offer to continue to work for the next contract year with no increase in salary or benefits. The musicians’ contract expired last summer. The musicians say[…]

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