On Jul 25, 2005, at 2:41 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Well, I'm not involved with orchestra management and I don't believe
you are, either, so I'm inclined to believe the words of someone who
is, rather than the impressions of outsiders.
Fine. Discussion closed.
Christopher
On 24 Jul 2005 at 23:50, Christopher Smith wrote:
> On Jul 24, 2005, at 4:58 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
>
> > On 24 Jul 2005 at 2:18, Christopher Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> Isn't it possible that at least part of the reason was because more
> >> qualified female candidates were auditioning? . . .
> >
On Jul 24, 2005, at 4:58 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 24 Jul 2005 at 2:18, Christopher Smith wrote:
Isn't it possible that at least part of the reason was because more
qualified female candidates were auditioning? . . .
I don't know.
What I do know is that the person who was quoted attrib
Perhaps, but about 1966 or 67 I remember that the NY Phil still had but
one female non-harpist (a bass player).
Raymond Horton
Louisville Orchestra
John Howell wrote:
At 6:02 PM -0400 7/23/05, David W. Fenton wrote:
I remember reading somewhere recently about the change in orchestras
where
On 24 Jul 2005 at 2:18, Christopher Smith wrote:
> On Jul 23, 2005, at 6:02 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
> >
> > I remember reading somewhere recently about the change in orchestras
> > where someone entirely attributed the increasing hiring of women
> > entirely to the institution of blind audition
On Jul 23, 2005, at 6:02 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
I remember reading somewhere recently about the change in orchestras
where someone entirely attributed the increasing hiring of women
entirely to the institution of blind auditions 10 or 15 years ago.
There was a particularly striking passage
At 6:02 PM -0400 7/23/05, David W. Fenton wrote:
I remember reading somewhere recently about the change in orchestras
where someone entirely attributed the increasing hiring of women
entirely to the institution of blind auditions 10 or 15 years ago.
That may be correct in terms of the top tier
On 23 Jul 2005 at 11:24, John Howell wrote:
> The orchestra
> world went through its own identity crisis around mid-20th century,
> with more women very gradually being admitted to more orchestras and
> better orchestras, even unto the exalted ranks of principals and
> concertmasters, until parit
At 7:47 AM -0400 7/23/05, dhbailey wrote:
Come to think of it, of all the choruses and choirs I know of in
this area, only 4 or so out of 20 that I can think of, have the
"women sing soprano and alto and men sing tenor and bass" model.
Good post and good analysis, David. Maybe we'd be better
