Posted by Alex C on July 25, 2001 at 20:19:16:
In Reply to: Berlioz - Romeo and Juliett posted by Chaz on July 24, 2001 at 23:21:15:
Show tempo in this excerpt.  Show "musicianship" in the solo presentation.  If the committee wants to hear more rubato, they'll ask for it.  
A committee may tend to hear rubato less as your expressiveness and more as tempo problems.  Just my experience from both sides of the curtain.