Bumping, as finals are upon us.

Are we sure he's actually done his trial yet?

Bumping since finals have ostensibly happened.

Finals are on Saturday.

Any update on this?

https://www.robknopper.com/blog/2015/4/12/what-to-do-if-you-get-rejected-from-every-summer-festival This article from Rob Knopper of the MET Orchestra is a good reminder that festival rejections aren't a sign of how "on track" to an orchestra job you are, and that there's always a way to hone in on improving specific aspects of your playing. As someone who's also been rejected from everything so far this year, it's definitely a deflating experience. I've heard from so many friends that it's just been exceptionally more competitive across all instruments this year as well. But I suppose that is the nature of our profession. I'd recommend looking into instrument-specific workshops, which usually only run for one or two weeks. They're not as prestigious but can be immensely helpful in the long run.

For international candidates? I suppose it could be. But within the States I don't really see what effect it would have versus if you have problems with the state politics of GA. ASO's string of no hires are deeper rooted within the institution than that.

Bit of an update here: Jack Grimm won his trial and was principal for about a year. Now that he's with Philly, the orchestra has appointed Vlad Petrachev as principal. Congrats to these two stellar players.

Victoria Knudtson has passed her trial.

I had heard rumors that this would be the case but looks like it's official now. Time for auditon # 4...

This is correct.

Interesting, will trials be affected by this?

Finals are not until March 24th.

Eugene Lin passed his trial.

Has the 3rd horn position been offered to anyone at this point?

2 no-hires in a day... womp womp

Finals are on Friday.

Even rigged to professional recording equipment, getting trombone playing to come across through Zoom is difficult since it's designed for conferencing, and even with the outside noise auto-mute turned off it can get canny and the dynamic range is severely stunted. Not to mention the possible connectivity issues...

I know all activities at the Kennedy Center besides this audition were canceled for at least one of the days because of winter storms. Maybe that has something to do with it?

Yeah, I could've sworn I saw the Muvac posting. It probably got taken down once the application deadline passed.