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Well, let's not forget [hearsay], so definitely [assumption].

Yeah, still a remarkable deal, just one degree less remarkable

Just to update, a couple changes at Colburn starting this fall: -there is a $1500/semester fee -there is a Masters program

Unfortunately nobody was hired

he seems not to play well with others

There's only one position, and it's called balance.

Extended E or regular?

Tim Cobb taking over would be the best possible outcome! a. his Met spot would be open and apparently they have a rule to always hire, totally blind b. maybe he'll take those Met policies with him and persuade the rest of future panels to hire for the remaining NY Phil openings c. I hear...

Dude, Paul, can I have a section spot?

I played french bow my whole bass life, including two and a half years of college studying with a primarily german-playing teacher. This semester I studied/played mostly german bow due to a combination of interest and some nagging arm problems. There was much more to talk about, but that's to be...

See, this is the problem. You need both. To the nth degree. I'm with the PCan, if you don't think you need to phrase the **** out of immaculately clean excerpts, don't bother showing up to an ICSOM Orchestra audition, because somebody there will (and still might not get the gig -- there, kind of...

And most importantly, athletes don't get tenure.

Not to mention, if you don't hire anyone at the first audition, you're assuming, I assume, that you'll find someone better at the second audition (unless nobody is hired because the panel can't agree, but that's where trials come in). But it's insane to assume that more people would spend their...

I think the argument is more that for those who have a finger on the pulse of the young classical scene, it's silly to think that at least one person out of the hundred+ who show up to these big auditions isn't good enough to even make it out of the first round, much less get a trial with the...