Percussion/Timpani Openings & Teaching Vacancies
Updated on 3/7/10
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Oregon Symphony
Principal Timpani
Auditions will be held May 14, 15 & 16, 2010 in Portland, Oregon
Starting: 2010-2011 Season
Minimum compensation for the 38 week season: $59,393.75
Benefits include:
- EMG and insurance allowance
- Year round medical and dental insurance
- LTD, AFM pension plan and paid parking
Send your one page resume along with your $100 deposit to:
Oregon Symphony
Attn: Bridget Kelly
Director of Musician Resources
921 SW Washington, Suite 200
Portland, OR 97205
All correspondence is by email:
Bridget Kelly (bkelly@orsymphony.org)
Timpani Audition Repertoire List available soon at: http://www.orsymphony.org/orchestra/auditions.aspx.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Assistant Principal Percussion
Resume Date - April 12, 2010
Audition Date - June 7 & 8, 2010
General Information - The Audition Committee of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards at these auditions.
Contact Information - Highly qualified candidates should email a one-page resume by April 12, 2010 to: auditions@mso.org Employment to begin in Highly qualified candidates should email a one-page resume by April 12, 2010 to: auditions@mso.org Employment to begin in September, 2010 or the winning candidate’s earliest availability thereafter.
Email - auditions@mso.org
Website - www.milwaukeesymphony.org
New York Philharmonic
PERCUSSION/ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TIMPANI – 1 POSITION
Resume Date - April 1, 2010
General Information - The Audition Committee of the New York Philharmonic reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards at these auditions. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Contact Information - Applicants may receive information regarding these auditions by sending a one-page written resume to this office Application information will be sent and/or available on our website at www.newyorkphilharmonic.org/auditions in the Fall of 2009.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND TAPES AT THIS TIME. REPERTOIRE WILL NOT BE GIVEN OUT OVER THE PHONE. Address resumes to: Carl R. Schiebler, Orchestra Personnel Manager, New York Philharmonic, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
Website - www.newyorkphilharmonic.org/auditions
Canadian Forces Music Branch
Percussion - Pipe Band Drums, Percussion (Drum Set Specialty)
Resume Date - June 30, 2010
Audition Date - Sept. 20- Oct. 1, 2010
General Information - The Canadian Forces Music Branch announces auditions for Regular Force musician positions. Applicants must be Canadian citizens.
Contact Information - For more information about the application process, submission of recordings, or new audition procedure, please call, e-mail, or view or web site.
Phone - 1-866-991-0422
Email - dhhmusic@forces.gc.ca
Website - www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/musi/ar/index-eng TARGET="_">
National Academy Orchestra
Percussion
Resume Date - March 12, 2010
General Information - An extraordinary opportunity for emerging young Canadian professional musicians to work alongside established professionals from Canada's finest orchestras. Master classes |Seminars|Chamber Music|Mock Auditions International Soloists |Guest Conductors, Concertmasters & Mentors $400 CDN/week| Accommodations available at reasonable rates. Applicants should be 18-‐30 years old, completed post-‐secondary studies and be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant with a valid Social Insurance Number. For info on International Program please see website.Major repertoire for the 2010 22nd Season includes*:
Beethoven Symphonies 6& 9|Mahler Symphony No. 4|Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5Respighi’s Pines of Rome|Holst's The Planets|Bartok Concerto for Orchestra Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Contact Information - Online applications available on our website.
Phone - 905-525-7664
Email - orchestramanager@brottmusic.com
Website - www.nationalacademyorchestra.com
Hugh Hodgson School of Music – University of Georgia
Assistant Professor of Percussion
Website - http://www.music.uga.edu/Employment/index.php
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