Rep List “Subject to Change”
So I’m all signed up to take an audition in Philadelphia next month and I got an email from the PM last week that includes this ominous line:
“The list continues to remain subject to change and we encourage you to check our website periodically for updates.”
I will be emailing them to ask what that means and why, but in the meantime:
Has anybody else seen this before? I’ve heard of lists being altered without notice—generally due to some flavor of management miscommunication or incompetence—but to state deliberately in advance that it will/may change after an initial list being publicized is…a choice…?
Is this a committee decision? A capricious music director situation? A contract issue in desperate need of revision? A sneaky way of weeding people out of the process? What’s going on here?
Everything about the audition process is challenging under the most favorable conditions. Introducing variables like this into the mix strikes me as cruel and unusual, not to mention, unnecessary punishment.
Thoughts?
Is this different from the standard disclaimer included on most lists that reserves the right to ask for music not included on the list?