Although it would certainly seem to create a more worthwhile experience, anonymity and judges with doctoral degrees and an orchestral concert of the winners afterwards and $2,000 commissions for the winners is not practical at this juncture. Thank you for your concern, Neuhausen.
I would also like to mention that I did not want to run this competition at first, because I wanted to compete in it. But I don't see, since I will not be handling the entries, how me doing both is bad...
But, I would like to say that I really like the idea of each competitor getting a full review of their piece, in addition to comments from the judges. The review should be done by a member of the reviewing staff, whether or not they are a judge. Maybe someone who is not a judge would be better to review the pieces. Someone we all yearn for reviews of our music from, perhaps. If such a person exists...
