Does a phenomenal applied teacher really trump everything?
Wow! Thank you all for such considerate, thoughtful replies. I am not sure where to start, but I will try to expand on the questions/comments brought out. First, DS did solicit suggestions for improvement from some of the schools he was rejected from. The response in most cases was that he was a very good player both artistically and technically, but there was someone better and they had very limited openings. In one case the response was to work to achieve a “warmer tone” but even then they qualified that his audition was very good. I don’t know if these things were said to not discourage him or if they were sincere. In a couple of cases, he knew that he didn’t audition well, but understands that that happens and moved on. We found out after the fact that one of the schools he auditioned for had one opening and they selected a grad student. Kind of made me wonder why they would let an undergrad audition, but it is probably just in case they run across the one undergrad phenom. DS was
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