The San Francisco Philharmonic orchestra used to do their auditions with the person playing behind curtain so looks had nothing to do with the section. Someone sued of course and now that practice ended a long time ago.
I would think that would be the best way to hold auditions, because in the end, the sound, the music and what they play is the entire point. Looks, race, gender don’t matter.
So some loser sues because they believed if the interviewers known their race/gender/looks, it would have helped them over come their less stellar performance.
Sad what our country has become