All tape audition, candidates would have been notified of results or updated on the process by April 1, Timpani was notified of those who advanced to finals. As of April 26, no notification of results is this the case for other positions in the orchestra? Have winners been notified, or has no one been notified of anything?
Anyone hear yet?
Many positions were being filled for Permanent Track Positions, including:
Principal Flute
Flute III / Piccolo / Utility
Oboe III / English horn / Utility
Principal Clarinet
Clarinet II / Utility
Finals were 1/21
Finals were today, anyone know the result?
Did anyone hear anything about the United Arab Emirates National Orchestra for any instrument? The contracts were supposed to begin in September, but the website doesn't have any info about concerts or personnel.
I can confirm that rehearsals have already begun for this orchestra, as per a press release from Emirati Times. I guess they'll publish the roster of musicians when the season starts.
Auditions were earlier this month for flute, bassoon, horn, and several string positions.
Bunch of woodwind and brass auditions over the past 2 days. Any winners?
Auditions took place 8/22 and 8/23 for all string sections, harp, bass trombone, and percussion. Any news?
I’ve heard the following:
Bass trombone - Jason Donnelly
Harp (one year) - Margaret Anne Altadena
Viola - Noel Medford
Finals were this past week
I’m told Zulfiya Bashirova was offered a section violin position.
Laura Herrera won the 1st violin fellowship, but declined and the position has been offered to runner up Maria Gabriela Mendez.
Javier Torres won the 2nd violin fellowship.
Finals today
Recorded audition results were due out April 1st with several positions open in strings and brass. Anyone heard anything?
Auditions were in early 2025.
Results for the prescreening?
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival Fellows?
I’m curious who won the Verbier brass positions for the festival orchestra this summer
Results of recorded auditions are theoretically going out any day now, I believe there are several string positions and horn?
Violins: Christina Choi, Elise Haukenes, Jessy Kim, Amy Soyoon Yi
Assistant Principal Viola: Darren Carter
Cellos: Evan Kahn (Assistant), Bridget Pasker, Peter Garrett, Noémie Golubovie
Principal Horn: Gerry Wood
Utility Horn: Nicolee Kuester
There was a multiple-instrument audition on Friday. Anyone know who's walking out with a job?
Auditions were today I believe.
Congratulations to Thomas Valle on passing his trial at the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra!
NM Phil had auditions this week for principal double bass, principal harp, and assistant/utility horn. Any results?
Here are the results from the auditions this week.
Joe Ferris - Principal Bass
Carla Fabris - Principal Harp
Katya Jarmulowicz - Assistant/Utility Horn
Acting Principal Horn, Second Horn, and Third Trumpet all happened today.
Acting Principal Horn was a no-hire. Rachel Hockenberry won 2nd horn, and Bryant Millet won 3rd trumpet
There was an audition scheduled for 3rd bassoon/contrabassoon and 2nd flute. Any updates?
A few positions were up today for the Terre Haute Symphony. Second Bassoon, Asst. Principal Trumpet, and Bass Trombone. Any news?
Auditions were 3 weeks ago
Assistant Principal Flute/Piccolo: Elvin Schlanger
Second Flute: John McMurtery
Principal Bassoon: Corbin Krebs
Second Clarinet: Alessandro Tenorio-Bucci
I’ve never seen an orchestra have less regard for young musicians than the CSO. This, while very disappointing, totally tracks.
Live auditions were this week for the BSO Resident Fellowship Program for Early-Career Musicians. Anyone know who got the 2 spots?
Trombone academy position at STAATSPHILHARMONIE NÜRNBERG?
Leo Simon won this audition. Congrats to him! Other finalists included Matthew West, Jack Rutledge, James Nickel, and Austin Cantrell.
“Toxic” seems like a good word for this comment tbh
I think the words you were looking for were “congrats to these great players for their successes” maybe try that next time? Or say nothing?
There were two tenure track auditions for the Glimmerglass Festival's opera orchestra this week, Principal Horn and Second Trombone. Anyone know how they turned out?
Could it have been Michael Bellofatto? I know he is based in Boston and he has been doing well at many auditions over the last couple years
auditions were last week
Kate Carter, Carmen Abelson, and Caroline Slack won the section violin jobs
Robbie Herbst won the 2nd Violin Assistant Principle job
Any results? They had auditions for strings, cello, viola, horn, percussion, timpani.
I heard Kira Goya won the horn spot and Maria D’Ambrosio and Sophie Steger were the runners-up
Heard that Scott Sanders won the horn audition and Camila Berg won the viola audition for the Sarasota Orchestra. Congrats to both!
Anyone have news from these auditions for the Chautauqua Symphony?
Steven Harmon won Principal Horn, Mackenzie Austin won Principal clarinet
Congrats to the following New World Symphony fellows and alums for their job wins this season:
Nikki Abissi, Trombone, Radio City Orchestra Chris Blackmon, Senior Librarian, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ** Emilio Carlo, Viola, Cincinnati Symphony (one-year) ** Corbin Castro, Second Horn, North Carolina Symphony (one-year) Autumn Chodorowski, Violin, Columbus Symphony and Kansas City Symphony ** Victoria Chung, Principal Oboe, Richmond Symphony ** Justin Cummings, Principal Bassoon, Knoxville Symphony Karla Donehew Perez, Faculty (Violin), Longy School of Music of Bard College ** Brendon Elliott, Violin, Virginia Symphony ** Antonio Escobedo, Bass, Bergen Philharmonic Timothy Dodge, Director of Development, Grand Teton Music Festival ** Gianluca Farina, Principal Trumpet, Sarasota Orchestra Roy Femenella, Regular Extra Musician (Horn), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Boston Symphony Gary Ginstling, Board, League of American Orchestras Alex Gonzalez, Violin, The Knights; Faculty, University of Colorado Boulder ** Johanna Gruskin, Principal Piccolo, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Richard Harris, Assistant Professor (Trombone), University of Denver ** Ethan Hoppe, Violin, U.S. Air Force Strings Spencer Ingersoll, Viola, Columbus Symphony Miles Jaques,…
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Horn 4 finalist here. Haven’t heard anything since I emailed for an update on 4/14 when I was told that they were still waiting on the committee to make a decision and that it would be “anytime.”