Oboe 2 Grant Park Orchestra
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!

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
audition was last week
Should have ended today. Any updates?
Audition was early October
Audition was yesterday (Oct 14)
Audition was Sept 18
Audition was September 15 and 16
Audition was Tues Sept 16
audition was sept 9 & 10
Kate Bruns was the winner. Finals were Kearsen Erwin, Robert Diaz and Kate.
Auditions were this past weekend.
National round was today
This has concluded in a no-hire. I’m told there were 2 finalists.
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
I think I remember hearing Mark Doerr won this audition. Congrats!!!🥳🥳🥳
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.
Erik Andrusyak won this. He also won Hartford principal in May. Congrats to him!
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
Kate Wegener won this, congrats to her!
Oliver Talukder won second oboe in the Opera Philadelphia Orchestra.
Any updates?
Heard that Bobby Nunes won this!
Congratulations to Melissa Scott for winning this audition! The other players in the finals were Ron Cohen Mann and Tai Yokomori.
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I've heard that Eli Stefanacci was named the winner of this audition; Eli is currently a grad student at the University of Michigan. Congrats to Eli!
I’m told Paul Lueders won this. A pretty amazing run continues for him, after recent wins in Florida Orchestra and Vancouver Symphony
I’m told three candidates played a super-final round, and one candidate has been offered a trial.
I heard this trial was successful and Ben has been appointed to the position
I’m told Kelly Mozeik was the winner.
Benjamin Brogadir
does anyone know who won this?
Any updates on results for this one?
Anyone have news from these auditions for the Chautauqua Symphony?
Minnesota Orchestra announced today Nathan Hughes has been appointed the new Principal Oboe. Congratulations to Nathan!
Zac Hammond won this position after a trial period. He was previously Principal Oboe in the Charleston Symphony.
Paul Lueders won this audition last month. The other finalists were Mark Debski and Brooks Fisher.
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James Laase and Noah Breneman were offered trials!