| If they keep having auditions, but never select anyone -- doesn't that eventually hurt the orchestra? If I was of that caliber, I wouldn't want to audition. It not about who can do the job, its about politics. After awhile, wouldn't apathy take over?
As a side note. A friend of mine, a graduate of The Julliard in oboe, played with several orchestras and on broadway for awhile. She now gives private lessons and sells real estate or something. Why? The politics were too much -- and to hear her tell it, directors often demand "more" in the after hours for the positions she supposedly "won".
Maybe that is way American orchestras are folding right and left. The best players are not playing, only those who can handle the crap are.
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