Ever wish you could be psychic for a moment and find out what audition committees are thinking about your performance?
Where they focused more on the technical aspects of your playing? The musical aspects of your playing? Or something else entirely?
A 2022 study (Kegelaers et al.) took a look at feedback provided by members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to participants in their academy program in a series of mock auditions, and categorized these comments into 14 categories and 3 main themes.
The results were probably not what the academy fellows were expecting!
Get all the nerdy details here:
What Are Audition Committees Really Listening For?
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