Auditions

Auditions Update – September 23, 2025

• All 2025 audition results emails and communications were completed by the end of the day on Tuesday, September 23.
• Several people have reported our results emails being directed to spam folders—please check there first.
• If you have not received an email by the morning of Wednesday, September 24, please contact jhart@symphonyinc.org.
• Thank you to everyone who auditioned for Symphony in C.
• Please check this page for 2026–27 audition information in June or July 2026.

Symphony in C is pleased to announce auditions for the 2025–26 season with Music Director Noam Aviel. Auditions are open to students pursuing a music degree at a college, university, or conservatory, as well as recent graduates.

Current Openings to Be Filled During September 4–13 Auditions
(Updated September 2, 2025 — check back for frequent updates)

Strings

• Assistant Concertmaster
• Principal 2nd Violin
• Associate Principal 2nd Violin
• Section Violin
• Section Viola
• Section Cello
• Section Double Bass

Winds

• Principal Flute
• Flute III / Piccolo
• Oboe II
• Oboe III / English Horn
• Clarinet II / Bass Clarinet
• Principal Bassoon

Brass

• Trumpet II
• Principal Trombone
• Bass Trombone

Percussion

• Principal Timpani
• Principal Percussion
• Section Percussion

Substitute List

• All orchestral instrumentalists are welcome to audition for the substitute list, depending on audition availability. Priority will be given to instruments with openings.

Auxiliary Instrument Note

• Audition time will include one solo piece and three excerpts total.
• If auditioning on an auxiliary instrument (e.g., English horn, piccolo, bass clarinet), please plan to perform at least one excerpt on that instrument.

Audition Dates & Locations

Open to Strings, Winds, and Brass (NO Percussion)
All auditions are unaccompanied and will not be behind a screen

Thursday, September 4, 2025 — Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia

10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., Lenfest Hall (1616 Locust Street), Gould Rehearsal Hall
4:30–7:30 p.m., Main Building (1726 Locust Street), Curtis Opera Studio (Room II-J)

• Posted signage will direct you to warm-up rooms and audition spaces

Friday, September 5, 2025 — Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Lenfest Hall (1616 Locust Street), Gould Rehearsal Hall
2:00–9:00 p.m., Main Building (1726 Locust Street), Curtis Opera Studio (Room II-J)

• 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (1616 Locust Street)
  • Auditions: Gould Rehearsal Hall (2nd floor)
  • Warm-up Rooms: 312 (3rd floor), 412 and 418 (4th floor)
• 2:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. (1726 Locust Street)
  • Auditions: Curtis Opera Studio (Room II-J)
  • Warm-up Rooms:
    • 1:30–3:00 p.m. — Vengerova Teaching Studio
    • 1:30–4:00 p.m. — I-D Teaching Studio
    • 2:30–8:00 p.m. — Room 235B
    • 3:30–8:00 p.m. — Room 235G
    • 4:00–8:00 p.m. — Room 235D

Sunday, September 7, 2025 — Manhattan School of Music, NYC

9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.

• Check-in instructions:
  • Select “I’m a guest of a staff member”
  • Select “Devon Kelly”
  • Print and wear name tag while on premises
  • Proceed to 3rd floor and follow posted signage
• Audition Room: 329
• Warm-up Rooms:
  • 323
  • 324
  • 325

Open to Strings, Winds, Brass, and Percussion

Friday, September 12, 2025
Rutgers University–Camden (NOT New Brunswick)
10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 13, 2025
Rutgers University–Camden (NOT New Brunswick)
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Audition Repertoire

Strings

• One movement from a solo work by J.S. Bach
• Unaccompanied exposition of a Romantic concerto (or standard work)

Works should be contrasting in style. No orchestral excerpts required.

Winds and Brass

• Exposition of a solo sonata or concerto (unaccompanied)
• Three contrasting orchestral excerpts
  • Auxiliary instruments must be demonstrated on at least one excerpt

Percussion

• Click here for the percussion audition repertoire list

How to Apply

• Email a one-page résumé to auditions@symphonyinc.org
• Include your preferred date, time, and location
• Application deadline: Friday, August 29, 2025

Scheduling begins in late August and is first come, first served until slots are filled. All instruments may audition for the substitute list, though priority is given to instruments with openings.

Please allow up to three business days for a response.

Email auditions@symphonyinc.org

Updated September 2, 2025