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Cartera,
It can be lessons beforehand, it could be they've studied with them at summer festivas (Aspen/Tanglewood are big recruiting places). Also, if you get a recommendation letter from a very prominent teacher/player who is friends with the faculty member... my friend got to study with someone really famous because of that, and the teacher wasn't even at the audition. The teacher might also accept the kid because they played amazingly at the audition, and the teacher that wasn't there can be powerful and take seniority over the people who did go, and can snatch the student up. It's no secret that the most famous teachers tend to take the most technically accomplished kids.
Best thing you can do is to build a raport with the person you want to study with. I did that through summer festivals and I got some really huge opportunities as a result. Of course, your playing has to be of a certain caliber, they do have to WANT you afterall.
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