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Not so much controversial as puzzling. If you mean by "something concrete" that a musician has played with a youth symphony, done a concerto, won a contest, while those things are nice and part of gaining experience, they still do nothing for the admission. All that matters is the audition. Every applied music faculty considers that they are the only ones who can judge who is admissable and who is not, and they will judge based on talent and ability. Sure, bad recommendations can ruin an appication, regardless of the audition, but nothing overcomes the audition.
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