West Point Timpani / Percussion
Any updates?

Any updates?
The audition was today. Did anybody win the job?
Auditions took place 11/17-19.
According to a recent social media post, Peyton Esraelian won this position.
Matthew West won this audition. Congratulations to him!
Bryce Burton was named the runner up.
Finals are 11/10
Hamza Able was offered the position 🥶
Audition was today, October 30, 2025.
Audition happened 10/24/25.
Audition is today, October 26, 2025.
Any news? Finals were today, I believe.
Jake Darnell was the winner of this audition (also offered a trial week with the orchestra).
Brad Davis was named the runner up. Congratulations to all!
Assistant Principal: Wesley Sumpter
Section Percussion: Andres Pichardo Rosenthal
Other super finalists were David Yoon and Matthew West. Congratulations to all!
Audition is today I believe
Any news? Should be finishing up today.
According to the Indiana University Percussion Studio’s Instagram account, William Kim won the Principal Timpani audition.
The Baton Rouge Symphony's website lists Jordan Fajardo-Bird as the winner of the 2nd Percussion audition.
This was last week, there were 2 finalists and Connor Stevens won the position.
Connor Ainsworth and Seth Bagwell were offered positions. Audition was September 7.
Congratulations to Tyler Stell!
Auditions were on September 4th
Auditions were today September 3rd
Audition was on August 26. Who won the position?
Any news?
Principal and Section percussion, audition was July 24th
Any updates?
Any news on who the finalists are?
Horn audition was yesterday, percussion is today.
Who won this audition?
Should have finished up May 28th. Anyone know the results?
Dominic Grande won. Congrats to him!
Audition was today, May 25, 2025.
Finals were supposed to be 5/20. Any updates?
Caleb Breidenbaugh won!
Audition was today, May 19, 2025.
I was told the audition, with just 2 invited candidates, was to take place this week. Any news?
Jonas Koh won this audition.
Auditions took place May 12 and 13.
Audition is 5/5/2025
I think the auditions were this past weekend.
Audition was yesterday
Anyone happen to know the result of this ?
Anyone know what the result of the recent national round was?
Joe Desotelle, Michael Rogers, and Austin Cantrell won this audition. Congratulations to all!
Finals are today for both positions.
Heard this was a no hire
This audition took place on December 6, 2024.
Audition was yesterday.
The Israel Philharmonic had a couple of percussion auditions recently, anyone know of the results?
Audition was today.
Matt Prendergast won. Congrats to him!
The runner-up was Mingyu Son.
Greg LaRosa was offered this position. Nice one bruv.
AJ Hudson won. Congrats to him!
The runner-up was Alex Artale.
The audition was on the 29th of October. Anyone know the results?
Irene Kang won this audition. Congrats to her! Other finalists were Yibing Wang and Gustavo Barreda.
Caleb Breidenbaugh won the Albany Principal Percussion audition on October 8th, 2024.
2 candidates advanced to a final round to be held at a later date.
Audition was yesterday I believe
Audition was June 25th, 2 positions
Finals for both positions are today.
Position filled by local audition. Only local union members and frequent subs were invited. National audition cancelled.
Congratulations Andrew Nowak.
No hire.
Finalists were Patrick Bain, Gustavo Barreda, Jake Darnell, and Justin Doute.
No hire
Eric Stoss won, congrats to him!
It should be finished today.
No hire, finalists were Lucas Esposito and Jeff Saugerton
Dana Dominguez won this audition. Congrats to her! Other finalists were Zach Harris and Michael Rogers.
Who won this? There were 2 or 3 spots
Leo Simon won this audition. Congrats to him! Other finalists included Matthew West, Jack Rutledge, James Nickel, and Austin Cantrell.
Anybody know who won? I believe the finals were supposed to be today.
Congratulations to Caleb Breidenbaugh on winning this position!
Toby Grace won this audition today. Other finalists were George Nickson, Alex Garde, and Marcelina Suchocka.
Any updates for this? Auditions were to be held on Jan 8
Eric Schweikert won this audition today. Heard that the other finalists were Jake Darnell (Huntsville Sym) and Brad Davis (Hawaii Sym). Eric has been acting in the role this season, and was runner up at the audition Jim Benoit won a few years ago.
I think the national round happened earlier this week. Anyone have news?
Mary LaBlanc won the audition today! Matthew West was named runner up and Micheal Rogers was finalist. Congrats!!
Alex Orfaly won this audition today. Congrats to him!
The other finalists were Kumiko Ito and Artie Storch.
Eric He won this audition. Congrats to him!
Congrats to Andrew Nowak on winning this position!
Justin Doute won a trial for this position. He studied at UNF Rice and U Denver Lamont, and has a section position with Boise Phil. Congrats!
Eric Schweikert won this audition. Congrats to him!
I heard that Matt Thomas (Malaysian Philharmonic) has recently been appointed timpanist of the Melbourne Symphony in Australia
International audition held yesterday. Congrats to Justin Gingrich on winning the position
Hanna Kim won this audition. Congrats to her!
The other finalists were Leo Simon, Matt West, and Charlie Rosmarin.
Congrats to Meagan Gillis!
Runner up: Justin Gingrich
Jacob Hord won this position earlier today. Tyler Marvin was runner-up.
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