They held a pre FINAL where one of the invited candidates was ruled out.

CSO auto advances up to 4 players pre approved by the Music director

Nobody advanced to FINALS. 4 people were pre invited to audition on May 22. Heard Maestro Muti didn’t like any of them but offered a trial to Mark Almond from SFS. His trial should be coming up in the next few weeks. His playing is not CSO style at all, won’t be surprised if he doesn’t get hired or tenured. He’s better in SFS

David Cooper won. From 8 semifinalists, he was the only person who advanced to the Final, to go against the acting assistant principal (LAPhil 3rd horn).

David Cooper