Grant Park Contrabassoon/Utility Bassoon
Matthew Melillo won this position . Diego Peña was the other finalist

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
I believe finals are today. Results or trials given out?
No hire 🙄
i have been told that Cornelia Sommer won this audition today. as far as i know, there were three finalists, and screens stayed up until a section playing round in a superfinal. congrats Cornelia!
Does anyone know if Steve Paulson will move down or will someone else win the spot?
I’m told William Ramos won this position
It’s been reported on social media that the Chicago Symphony held an internal audition for this position, and contrabassoonist Miles Maner has won following a successful trial.
Only one candidate was advanced to finals. no hire.
Does anyone know the results of the LA Chamber Orchestra Principal Bassoon audition?
Jessica Findley Yang won this audition, congrats to her!
I’m told Nicholas Ritter won this audition, and Nicole Haywood was the runner-up.
I believe the audition was completed this last weekend. Anyone hear of results?
Matthew Melillo won this audition, congrats to him! William Ramos was named runner-up.
Kai Rocke just won contra/utility bassoon with the Oregon Symphony. He has been in that same position since last fall on temporary contracts.
Sean Gordon is the new contrabassoonist of the Baltimore Symphony, congrats to him!
Joe Merchant won this position, congrats to him! I heard Thomas Roy-Rochette was in the super-final round, not sure if there were others.
After trials, Josh Baker of The Florida Orchestra was appointed Principal Bassoon and Wenmin Zhang of the North Carolina Symphony was appointed Assistant Principal. Congrats to them!
I heard this was a no hire…can anyone confirm or deny this?
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