The Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taipei, Taiwan 🇹🇼 has announced two new hires:
Christopher Chung - Principal Bassoon
Trevor Nuckols - Principal Horn
Both were appointed by Jaap van Zweden. Congratulations to both!
Emma Fuller is the winner of this one. She went to BYU+Yale and currently is a member of the Northeastern Philharmonic Orchestra in PA.
A huge congratulations to her!!!!
Finals are today.
Not sure what happened to the original post.
Finals today.
Kenny Ford won this audition on September 16th!
Caleb Hutchings is the winner. Previously, he had a one year in the Louisiana Philharmonic. Congratulations Caleb! In October he will perform Salome five times with the Seattle Opera..
John Fulton won the position, Zachary Feingold was runner up. Congrats!
Audition was yesterday.
Has this been posted yet?.
Any leads?
Heard this was an invite only audition. Any leads?
Finished up Aug 2nd
Justin Cummings got the only trial for this position. He's currently the second bassoonist of the SFS and previously played in the Knoxville Symphony. He began his professional career in the New World Symphony. Congratulations Justin!
Audition was yesterday
Audition was May 23
Audition was today
Jürgen Hirt won this!
Nicolas Richard was the winner on May 5
Matthew Matheny won the audition today, according to a Facebook post from the "News of Bassoon" page!
Audition in New Orleans today
Auditions were today
Auditions were the 5th
Dean Woods is the winner of this audition. He's currently in the US Army Band, "Pershing's Own" and will stay in that position!! He is also in several orchestras in the Washington, DC area..
Congratulations Dean!!!
Bio with pic HERE:
https://usarmyband.com/bios/dean-woods
Dean is also a talent bluegrass singer....See HERE:
I believe the audition concluded this past weekend.
Wraps up today 3/26
Finals are today
Jensen Bocco won this, congrats to him!
This was a video audition
Finals were today I believe
Matthew Melillo won this position . Diego Peña was the other finalist
National audition was a little over a week ago, any news?
Any news?
Catherine Van Handel won, congrats!
Any word on who won or will they just keep just calling the Rice/Eastman bassoon studios?
Audition concluded September 16th
Audition was today.
Auditions were earlier this month for flute, bassoon, horn, and several string positions.
Audition was today.
Auditions were this past weekend.
Any news?
Great Falls auditioned for principal flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon this past week - any word?
I heard the Lafayette Symphony recently held auditions for their Principal Bassoon chair, and Kathleen Moniaci was the winner.
Finals were 6/14/25.
Finals are today
Finals were today
Audition was yesterday!
Audition was Monday
This was won by Julia Harguindey of the Nashville Symphony. Congrats to Julia!
Finals are today 5/13/25
Audition was 5/9
Website says audition is today. Any results or are finals later?
Audition is today.
Peter Ecklund won this position!! Congratulations to him! Kody Harrington was runner-up
Audition happened yesterday. Was there a winner? Last audition resulted in no-hire.
Jordan Brokken won this audition! He’s currently Principal Bassoon of the Charleston Symphony and Central City Opera.
Results?
Audition was today.
This was a couple days ago.
There was an audition scheduled for 3rd bassoon/contrabassoon and 2nd flute. Any updates?
Results?
Conrad Cornelison won this. Congrats to him!
Does anybody know who won the Naples Phil associate principal bassoon audition a couple weeks ago?
Finals are today.
Audition was today.
Assistant Principal Flute/Piccolo: Elvin Schlanger
Second Flute: John McMurtery
Principal Bassoon: Corbin Krebs
Second Clarinet: Alessandro Tenorio-Bucci
Auditions were held this past weekend. Any news?
AJ Neubert won the Charlotte Symphony’s Principal Bassoon audition that was held from April 7-9th, 2024. There were no runners up. Huge congrats to AJ and best of luck to him in his new position!
This audition was a no hire.
I’m told the finalists were Mark Lauer and Michael Deresz
Rose Vrbsky won this audition.
Congrats to Josh Baker, principal bassoon of the Florida Orchestra, for winning this audition today!
Auditions were held last week. Any update?
Principal
Second
Third & Contra
Dana Jackson won. Congrats!
Asha Kline, student at the Curtis Institute of Music, won Principal Bassoon in the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in November, 2023.
I know there were three finalists. Nothing more.
Finals were yesterday- any updates?
Four people got to a super final round, three people got trials.
I'm told this ended in a no-hire.
Ian Morin was the winner!
Runner up: Kody Harrington
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