ecarroll

Robin,

This audition was for Canadian nationals only and by invitation. I'm sure that there were some good players to choose from and it appears that they made a choice.

The Montreal Symphony held fourth trumpet auditions for Canadian nationals last season and didn't choose anyone, leading to an international audition earlier this month. 80 people played, 11 advanced to the semi finals, and the job was offered to Chris Smith, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Band.

I got a kick out of these three lines: "if you can't just roll outta bed, put the horn to your mouth, and play the exposition of the Hadyn trumpet concerto pretty much note perfect and with great élan, than why are you auditioning for a major job?". . ."trumpet players carry around a lot of crap. They've got all the horns they have to play, the various mutes, mouthpieces, ancillary equipment (hats for the 2nd mvt. of the Gershwin Concerto in F), and only God knows what else." and . . ."listening to auditions all day is an easy way to become an alcoholic".

Bottoms up,
EC