Winning candidates are required to show proof of US citizenship or eligibility to work.

The Phoenix Symphony currently holds a 35-week season with a base weekly salary of $1,308.79. Benefits include heath, dental, life, and instrument insurance. TPS is an equal opportunity employer.

About Auditions at the Phoenix Symphony:

Your audition will be heard by a committee of seven tenured orchestra members, including (whenever possible) the Principal player of your instrument and (whenever possible) three other members of that section.

By our policy, any candidate who insists on an audition must be allowed to participate. After reviewing your application materials, the committee may recommend that you do not take the audition. If that occurs and you still desire to audition, you will be included.

Audition times are decided in advance by random draw. Once the application deadline passes, you will be notified of your approximate start-time for your individual preliminary round audition. This audition time is subject to change. If it changes, it will almost certainly be moved earlier in the day due to a cancellation or withdrawal by another candidate. We will do everything in our power to notify you of a final audition time at least a week in advance of the audition.

Preliminary rounds of TPS auditions are always held behind a screen for anonymity. Upon entering the audition space, you will be allowed to play a few notes to get a feel for the acoustics. Once you are ready to begin, the proctor will announce your candidate number or letter to the committee before you start playing. Once you are announced, the committee is required to give you at least five minutes before they can ask you to conclude your audition.

The committee is not required to provide comments, but many are often willing to do so. Reach out to the Personnel Manager after the audition if you would like to request comments.

TPS auditions take place in three rounds: Preliminaries, Semi-Finals, and Finals. Typically, you will be notified within an hour of your performance in any of these rounds whether or not the committee has determined to advance you to the next stage.