Subject: Re: Acousmatic Competition ...
From: A. Vande Gorne (musiques.recherches@skynet.be)
Date: Fri Sep 20 2002 - 02:15:58 EDT
Francis Dhomont is a member of the Jury…
Annette Vande Gorne, an "old" composer.
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz a *crit :
>
> At 10:54 AM 9/17/02 +0100, John Wynne wrote:
> >Hmmmm... What could their justification possibly be for excluding composers
> >over 50?
>
> People just love power, even in some little niche field like this one,
> don't they? I've said before that, except for students who are in a sense
> making claims to amateur status, I think age- or gender-limited
> competitions should be boycotted just as if they had racial or ethnic
> limitations.
>
> I'm sure the organizers have their convoluted and self-deluded reasons, but
> it's disgusting anyway. Dhomont and anybody else with integrity should
> resign from that jury immediately (assuming the dates were just typos, and
> this is a 2003 competition). I'll be making a statement against the
> competition (and competitions like it) on next week's radio show.
>
> Dennis
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