Liam Boisset is the winner of this audition. He's currently principal in the American Ballet Theater. Recently, he won second in the OSM-Montreal Symphony too and has decided to go the Met. Congratulations Liam!
Tai Yokomori is the new winner of this audition. He just completed his master's with Nathan Hughes at Juilliard. His other teachers were Sarah Jeffrey, Ted Baskin and Caitlin Kramer Braam. A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO TAI!!! Tai was the runner up at this OSM audition, but he got enough votes to qualify for the job when Liam Boisset declined it and went to the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. This was Tai's third audition win in the last three months. He won two Eh+oboe jobs in Edmonton and Charlotte. Congratulations Tai!!!
bio and pic HERE: https://nac-cna.ca/en/bio/tai-yokomori
Audition was June 8th in Northern Denmark.
Audition concluded June 5
Audition was today (international round).
Audition was May 15th
Finals are on 5/12
Virginia McDowell, Principal Oboe Louisiana Philharmonic, got this position. Congratulations to her!!!
Finals are today...
After a winning audition and a successful trial, Nathan Hughes has won the principal oboe position in the New York Philharmonic. Currently, Nathan is principal of the Minnesota Orchestra Previously, he was principal oboe in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Seattle Symphony. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO NATHAN!!
Here is a video clip of Nathan playing the Strauss Oboe Concerto in April 2026.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1_dufInNZg
Think the audition ended by 4/30, not sure.
More about Liam HERE: https://www.hautboisset.com/about
!!!AUDITION RESULT!!! Second Oboe Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - OSM Liam Boisset is the winner of this audition. He's currently principal in the American Ballet Theater in NYC, as well as an associate musician with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
His primary teachers were William Bennett, Elaine Douvas and Eugene Izotov. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO LIAM!!
Congratulations to Ian Wisekal!! He is the new principal of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic! Ian teachers at the University of Denver. Meet him HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwaR1k03LGU
Anyone know what happened?
Heard this ended yesterday, and Kenny Bader from the Charleston Symphony won it, congrats!
Audition was today (Apr 7)
Audition was last weekend
Audition finishes today
Congrats to Kip Zimmerman!! Zachary Boeding and Erik Andrusyak were super finalists.
Audition is from 3/22-3/24
AUDITION RESULT!! English horn/Section Oboe Charlotte Symphony in North Carolina. Tai Yokomori is the winner of this audition. Eight days ago he also won Assistant+Eh in Edmonton!! He's currently getting his master's at Juilliard with Nathan Hughes.. Congratulations Tai!!!!!!
Photo and bio here:
I believe finals were at the beginning of the month.
Audition was March 16 - anyone got the scoop?
Gwen Goble is the winner of this audition. Undergrad at Oberlin with Robert Walters. Graduate degree in Boston with Gabriele/Ferrillo. A huge congratulations to her!
Audition was 1/26
Nathan Swain won this audition. Congrats to them!!
Jacks Pollard is the winner of this audition. He studied with the late Bob Burks (former principal in Chattanooga,) with Zach Boeding (Assoc. Principal ATL) and Liz Tiscione (Principal in ATL) and with Elaine Douvas (formerly Met Opera) at Juilliard. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO JACKS. Here's a photo of him. https://app.stagetime.com/artists/web_mode/jacks-pollard
Audition was today (Jan 9)
Audition was on 11/17
Finals were yesterday. Any news?
Audition was Nov 13
Should have ended today. Any updates?
Audition was early October
Audition was Sept 18
Audition was September 15 and 16
Audition was Tues Sept 16
audition was sept 9 & 10
Auditions were this past weekend.
National round was today
Great Falls auditioned for principal flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon this past week - any word?
Finals are today.
Auditions were May 31
Sooyoung Kim was the winner! Bridget Nance, Antonio Urrutia, and Cameron Slaton were the super finalists
Audition ended today
Audition was May 26
I’m told this was a no-hire after 3 semi finalists played and none advanced to finals. This was a national round.
Joshua Bullock won this audition
Audition was May 9
Dominic Bernard won. Alexandra Shatalova Prior was runner-up. Jasper Igusa, Allison Rye, and Samantha Zelnik were also in finals.
Noah Breneman won this audition.
Did anyone succeed in the fall or April at the Air Force auditions?
#nobodylikesanohire - @hautbois-summer can you kindly update your post from "Unaswered" to "Answered" since we now have the result. Thanks! New thing we're trying.
Audition was yesterday (May 6)
Finals were supposed to be sometime in April, anyone know if it happened yet?
Audition concluded yesterday. Results?
Audition ended today.
(There was a post asking about this earlier, not sure what happened to it.)
Michael Keogh won. Congrats to him!
Audition was yesterday (Apr 4)
Auditions were yesterday
Finals were today. Anyone have updates?
The audition was Jan 22.
Harrison Linsey won this today, Mitchell Kuhns runner-up
Any news from the Marine’s English Horn audition today?
Belinda Rosen was offered the position, and John Uchal was named runner-up. Congrats to the both of them!
Finals are today.
It has been reported that Will Dunlop passed his trial and has officially taken the position of Second Oboe
Audition was today
Audition was Oct 5
Peter Davies won this audition after a superfinal round. The runner-up was Hoon Chang, and the third superfinalist was Kelley Osterberg. Congratulations to all!
Audition was this past Thursday, September 12.
Per Eugene Izotov's page, Ben Brogadir has won this position.
Just a correction, the position is for third oboe/English horn of SFO (Opera), not solo English horn of SFS (Symphony)
Kenny Bader won this position.
Finals were today.
this audition was Monday
Finals were today, who won?
Audition was May 2
This audition is today.
Congrats to John Upton (current oboe/EH associate) who won this audition.
Position is one-year substitute
James Riggs won this audition. He has been playing a one year with them this season. Congratulations James!
Alex Liedtke... Associate Principal Toronto won this position. He's also second in Grant Park.
Alex DiThomas was the winner. Leo De La Cruz and Anqi Zhou were the other finalists. Congrats to Alex!
There were 2 finalists
Tanavi Prabhu was offered a trial.
Amy Cassiere was runner up.
Congratulations!
Jonathan Snyder won
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
I believe there was an audition in Sep, was there a winner named?
Congratulations to Timothy Swanson for winning today's audition for Principal Oboe of the Charlotte Symphony! Best of luck to him in his new position!
These auditions were held the past few days. Any news?
I'm told Sophia Maeda won this position earlier this week
More audition winners for Dallas winds!
Principal Horn: Joseph Charleton
Section Horns: Eric Hessel, Ben Ruiz
Section Oboe: Abby Hawthorne
I'm told that Dan Bates and Rick Basehore have progressed from a screened final round. The committee then took the decision to have these two players split a 1-year probationary contract for next season, and following that process, one of them will be chosen for the permanent position.
While it certainly sounds bizarre to have two players share a 1-year, bear in mind this is not a full-time orchestra. According to their website the National Philharmonc will present just 10 programs in their 23-24 season, so this is essentially just a prolonged trial process.
Mark Debski won on 5/23/23
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Chelsea Russell won this position! Congratulations to her!