'Souvenirs D'enfance(Childhood Memories' level?

Yesterday, I did a clinic for students who are preparing their flute solo for NYSSMA. Yes - we ALL understand that it is the PLAYER who is adjudicated, not the work - but the student and their teacher must choose a work at a certain LEVEL from the Manual, to perform with all the technique and musicianship expected at that LEVEL to receive a score that reflects their abilities. The word "level" was used throughout the entire session, and NOBODY misunderstood - not the teacher, not the students. NOBODY thinks - least if all me, who is an adjudicator (just not in the area I live/teach) that anyone can just pick up a copy of the Prokofiev flute sonata, a Level 6 work (according to the Manual lists) and then slop thru it it horrendous fashion, not know the scales expected at the level of assessment, and not navigate the sight-reading - and then call themselves a Level 6 player.

You made your point. And those of us who are teachers/adjudicators and even the STUDENTS, have to be able to communicate efficiently - so "What level solo are you playing this year?" works fine. Again - we are talking about students who are in the educational system, either receiving instruction in schools, and/or from private teachers. The self-taught, learning form YouTube, no-guidance-from-ANY-teacher wannabees are the sources of confusion - and since they are that far out of the loop, let them stay there until they figure out that a TEACHER will sort it out for them - and that their PopCrap is just plain beneath the standards that we consider worthy of an adjudication festival - sorry, but true. A kid who is adept at gambling or 3-card Monte is not going to pass the Regents Exams in Math, either, unless he has legitimate math instruction - and not from a poker player or faro dealer, but a real teacher. We get it - they eventually WILL get it - but as my late Dad used to say "You can lead a horse to water - just remember what a wet horse smells like . . "

Let it go now, Liz. You've made your point well. Don't flog a dead horse. :-)

I know what level this piece is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ZSaxF63Gs - ☺