<p>my friend who applied RD sent in a recording of her playing her instrument and the director of orchestras sent her an email saying that he was impressed...:</p>
<p>Dear ******,<br>
I listened to your CD and I was very impressed with your musicianship.
I have sent a letter of support to the admissions office.
If you are planning a visit to Cornell I invite you to get in touch<br>
with me so I can meet you.
It might even be a good idea for you to schedule your visit in<br>
conjunction with one of the orchestra concerts.
The orchestra website has info about our upcoming concerts and<br>
rehearsal schedule.
<a href="http://www.arts.cornell.edu/orchestra%5B/url%5D">www.arts.cornell.edu/orchestra</a></p>
<p>I wish you luck and look forward to meeting you in person,
Best,
Chris Younghoon Kim
director of orchestras at Cornell University</p>
<p>does everyone who sends in a music recording get these emails, or is this a really good thing?</p>
<p>I'd imagine its a good thing, just the fact that you could meet up with the director might benefit you.</p>
<p>it's a good thing. </p>
<p>not everyone gets theses.</p>
<p>o wow. I wish I got one.<br>
When was this email sent?
The director's Korean, too...hehe, one thing I noted.
What was your friend's instrument?</p>
<p>why the hell would they send you an email saying they were impressed with your recording and send a letter of support to admissions if they weren't impressed? no offense, but sometimes the people on this board seem way to dense to be going to a school like cornell.</p>
<p>That's very impressive; congratulations. good luck on your decision.</p>
<p>hahaha what an ass</p>
<p>i still think its a computer-generated thingie though</p>
<p>same thing happened to me and i got in.</p>
<p>perhaps it is a standard letter, but I really doubt it's computer generated. Cornell doesn't stand to gain anything from lying to you. It's a compliment being payed from one musician to another. If I hear a great performance, I tell the person playing I liked it or tthat I was impressed.</p>
<p>The other parts of the letter are to partially pacify the applicant who is worried about admissions ("I have sent letter of support"), and draw the applicant to cornell ("visit," "talk to me," "see our performance emsembles")</p>
<p>I will agree with you in that it's possible/likely that the Orchestra Direcor didn't sit down and spontaneously write the email, but I still firmly believe that, he was impressed, and therefore he wants you and is trying to help you out. He took the initiative to send you one of these letters.</p>
<p>going to cornell's orchestra webpage, it says there are only 3 string bass openings. Was your friend possibly a String Bass player?</p>
<p>Yeah, I got a similar e-mail.</p>
<p>i'd love to be a smartass and send in a sample of me playing the woodblock. I wonder if i'd get a letter or something. </p>
<p>"Dear XXXXX,
I listened to your CD and I was very impressed with your musicianship. Your talent far exceeds that of the average Cornell student. Never before have I heard such woodblock playing: the finess and power of sound you can manipulate from a 4" by 6" piece of wood is nothing short of incredible. Please contact me so that we may meet and discuss a possible future path that your talent might dirrect you in here at Cornell."</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>The letter is a good thing, congratulations.</p>