<p>annie43,
Thank you so much for your informative post! That was so thoughtful of you to come back here and report on your daughter’s experience. Especially, imo, since it was not a wholly positive experience. It sounds like you and your D walked away with a great attitude, had some fun, and made the best of everything. Kudos to you!</p>
<p>Mezzo’sMama has offered a lot of good advice for years. She has a lot to offer, and she’s right that the music world is surprisingly small and that people take offense at the weirdest things. But I perceived that you were simply explaining the facts – your D did this; Mikael Eliasen did that --and then you explained your D’s perception of those facts. Besides, yes, I DO think you have some anonymity here. Mikael Eliasen is not, in all likelihood, going to care that a parent gave what I assume is a fairly accurate description of events at your D’s audition. I presume that he already knows that people go home and talk about their experiences. I also presume that he could give a flying flip about College Confidential! And even if he did care about anything anybody had to say here, I can’t see why or how he’d take offense at what you had to say. It read to me like a simple description of a somewhat difficult and tense audition, and I think it will be helpful to many readers to come even those who aren’t auditioning at Curtis. It’s a fact that some auditions are like that. And I believe it’s helpful for young auditioners to know going in that those types of auditions might happen to them!</p>
<p>So, thanks for sharing! :)</p>