Bass Trombone of National Ballet
Shin Tanaka has won a trial

Shin Tanaka has won a trial
Anyone know the result?
Finals are today.
Finals are today.
I believe this finishes today.
All round are being held today due to the weather.
Some people found out after arriving to this audition that there were 2 completely separate panels judging 2 completely separate groups presumably to speed up the preliminary round. The weather turned this 2 day audition into 1 day that some argue should’ve just been rescheduled/postponed.
Audition was scheduled for today (1/26).
Finals are supposed to happen today. Did this audition actually end up happening due to the weather, though? Heard there were tons of cancellations.
Finals are today.
Excerpts were played. Slides were slid. Greg Ochotorena is your new 2nd trombone in San Diego
Audition was today. Any word on who won?
Finals are today.
Trials were offered to Dustin Nguyen and David Kidd. Aidan Davidson was named Honorable Mention. The other finalists were Shiv Love and Kaz Kruszewski
The audition is today.
Finals are today.
Audition was today.
Elias Wagner won this.
Other finalists were Ulrich Gruchmann-Bernau and Joe Maiocco.
Auditions were on Sunday.
Audition was December 15th.
Winner Noam Greenfeld (The Israeli Opera - Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion bass trombone)
Runner Up Scott Hartman (Charlotte Symphony Orchestra bass trombone)
Happened on December 15th
Audition was 11/27 and 11/28
Ken Kagawa won a trial
Finals were Nov. 26
Finals are today too.
Audition was yesterday, the 23rd.
Audition was yesterday.
Audition is today.
Congrats to Hiram Rodriguez for winning this audition!
Audition is scheduled to conclude today.
Auditions happened a few weeks ago I believe
Audition was 10/2.
Congrats to Leo Ernest Garcias Leite!
who won
I’m told Jason Sato was runner up. Fully screened from what I’ve heard as well.
Erich Corfman won principal trombone, James Reed Ricotta won 2nd trumpet, and Spencer Clark won 3rd trumpet.
I believe this auditon ends today.
Audition was Wednesday.
Finals are today. This is a 1-year position with the possibility of becoming tenure track.
Audition was yesterday.
Audition was yesterday.
Audition took place on May 24th.
Any results?
Finals wrap up this week.
This happened today.
some more info:
16 candidates played in prelim round
3 candidates advanced to second/final round
the other 2 finalists were Samuel Boeger and John Humphreys
Audition was last week.
Mark Bennett won this after 2 rounds. Unsure if a runner-up was named. Congrats to Mark!
Audition was today.
Audition was May 4.
Finishes today. Post results.
Finals are tomorrow…
Steven Osborne was named runner up. Ben Smelser was also in finals.
This audition was today.
Principal Trumpet: Richard Neckermann
Second Trumpet: trials given to Kai-Chun Chang and Trey Moore
Bass trombone: Christopher Kemp
Audition is 4/8/25
Who won this?
Rafael Noriega was offered this position, congrats to him!
Grant Futch won this. David Seder was named runner-up and other finalists were Jace Byrd and Tim Wright.
Heard that Nate Fanning has won a trial for this position.
Finals are today.
I saw on social media that Chris announced their decision to go back to St. Louis.
Finals are today.
Finals were today
Don’t believe so. Might have to do a national audition for that position first?
Auditon was yesterday.
Finals were today.
Finals are today.
Even rigged to professional recording equipment, getting trombone playing to come across through Zoom is difficult since it's designed for conferencing, and even with the outside noise auto-mute turned off it can get canny and the dynamic range is severely stunted. Not to mention the possible connectivity issues...
Audition was last week.
2nd international auditon ends today.
Anyone know how this audition is going?
Audition was the 18th.
Finals are today.
Congrats to Alex Felker!
Brian Johnston was offered the Principal Trombone position following a trial
Audition was on Saturday. If anyone knows the result of the bassoon audition too feel free to share.
Audition was today; this is a 1-year contract.
Congrats to Samuel Wamhoff who won principal and Hiram Rodriguez who won second!
Audition is today.
Congratulations to Thomas Valle on passing his trial at the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra!
Alex Russell won! Adam Hanna and Devin Drinan were the other finalists.
Principal trombone audition was yesterday; bass trombone audition is today.
Audition was on the 26th.
Finals are today.
Finals are today.
I have a feeling we all know the outcome... worth checking obviously!
Auditions are today I believe.
Austin Richardson won principal trombone. I believe it was a no-hire for principal trumpet.
Audition was Sept. 8
This audition was today. Note this is for tenor trombone, not the bass trombone audition from a couple weeks ago.
Audition is today.
Audition is today.
Audition was on 8/24.
Audition was today.
Not sure of the winner, but I’m told Ricky Horne was the runner-up and was appointed Second Trombone
Finals were today.
Live rounds were today.
Apparently there was a re-audition for this that ended today, anybody heard anything?
I’ve been told this audition was actually cancelled, and the position may have been eliminated after the last no-hire
Finals for the international audition are today.
Now hearing the trial was not successful and the audition will be held again next season
The audition procedures of an orchestra are spelled out in its cba. This is publicly available. There is no need nor utility in speculating, if you are curious read the cba.
Finals are today I believe.
Audition was today.
Congrats to Erich Corfman who won this position!
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2 people were offered trials