Son grew scraggly beard just in time for auditions?

My son is a jazz guitarist with auditions coming up at Eastman, Oberlin, NEC etc. Apparently, his New Years resolution is to grow a beard - a pretty scraggly one so far. Any opinions? He’s not opposed to shaving if it might make a better impression but he thinks it’s completely unimportant. Is it?!

Oops How do I move this to the Music thread?