Montreal symphony?

[Alex Kidston]

Well spoken, Mark, glad to see sensible wisdom from a huge contributor to the Canadian tuba scene, still remember lessons and listening to you with the TSO in Roy Thomson Hall...real inspiration.

All best,

Alex

[niconitram]

It's been that way for 25 years...

All of us Canadian players take that for a fact!

This is a lot of us guys' (I don't play pro anymore, didn't take the audition, but it was my dream job) dream job, and some great players flew out and practiced long hours for that eventhough they knew of that FACT.

The least the jury pannel could have done is listen to(a least some of) them more...THey might have been surprised

Thumbs down to the MSO brass pannel

In defense of the OSM panel- these musicians are charged with maintaining the very high standards of the orchestra and replacing an outstanding tubist, Dennis Miller. Those are big shoes to fill!

Hello Mark,

thanks for your input

With all due respect, I don't think the MSO pannel decided to go international beforehand, and my comment was perhaps misleading. I think they were hasty...that's all.

One could say that I was hasty giving my "thumbs down", and I would maybe change it to say that I was dispapointed in them as I have the utmost repect for the members of the MSO brass section.

Wilst they were they were sitting in that room they could have asked;
"Could you do this one, one more time.." from a few of them

I have to agree with you: Dennis' shoes can't be filled easily. He is an outstanding players and I don't think anybody's ever gonnna sound like him in this orchestra hence taking the time to listen to some guys...Why not coconut!

Word on the street (and pretty much fact) is that they almost always go international, but it does not mean they don't pick Canadians...

Anyhow all the best to them all

Nicolas Martin