Third Oboe / English Horn - Toledo Symphony Orchestra
Third Oboe / English Horn - Toledo Symphony Orchestra
Deadline: May 15, 2025
Audition: May 31, 2025
The Toledo Symphony Orchestra announces auditions for the position of Third Oboe / English Horn. This is per-service, tenure track position with 120 services guaranteed each season. The per-service rate for the 2025-2026 season is $180.74 + 15% premium for doubling as required. Benefits included paid time off, 403b retirement savings plan, instrument insurance, and health insurance (beginning in the third year of service).
Auditions will take place on Saturday, May 31. To apply, please email your resume to Cheryl Trace, Orchestra Personnel Manager by Thursday, May 15.
Audition Repertoire
SOLO
Mozart Concerto for Oboe: Movement I opening through 7ms. after [70]
First Oboe Excerpts
Debussy - La Mer - Movement II [17] - [19] and [25] - 6ms. after [25]; Movement III: [54] - 9 ms. after [55]
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 - Movement II: m. 83 through m. 100
Schubert - Symphony No. 9 - Movement II: m. 8 to rehearsal [A]
Strauss - Don Juan - Rehearsal [L] to rehearsal [N]
Second Oboe Excerpts
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra - Movement II: m. 25 - m. 44
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn - Beginning through m. 30 (with repeats)
English Horn Exceprts
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture - 14 ms. before [1] - 3 ms. after [1]
De Falla - Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat - Miller's Dance: [1] - [2]
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 - Movement II: solo
Ravel - Piano Concerto in G - Movement II: [6] - [9]
Respighi - The Pines of Rome - Movement IV: 4 ms. before [19] - [20]
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez - Movement II: beginning - 6m. after [2]
Rossini - William Tell Overture - Solo
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring - Rehearsal nos. [2] - [4] and [6] - [7]
The official pitch of the TSO is A=440
About the Toledo Symphony Orchestra
The Toledo Symphony Orchestra is a community-supported organization of professional musicians and teachers who deliver quality performance and music education for all.
Formed in 1943 as The Friends of Music and incorporated in 1951 as the Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc., the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has grown from a core group of twenty-two part-time musicians to a regional orchestra that employs sixty-nine professional musicians who consider the Toledo Symphony their primary employer, as well as numerous extra players annually as repertoire demands.
On January 1, 2019, the Toledo Symphony and Toledo Ballet officially merged to form the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), a new non-profit organization dedicated to providing exceptional live music and dance performances and education for the region. This partnership promises to create new and invigorating programs, provide cost and revenue synergies in operations, and integrate the arts through shared educational missions.
The Toledo Symphony reaches more than 260,000 individuals annually through performances and education programs. The series concerts (Masterworks, Pops, Chamber, and Family Series) are the critical underpinning of the orchestra’s artistic mission and regularly draw people from 135 postal zip codes. Education programs, student performances, and community concerts are held in schools, neighborhood churches, performing arts centers, and community facilities throughout the region; many are offered at no charge or provided at a reduced fee to help expand participation.
About TAPA:
The Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) is a collective consisting of the Toledo Symphony, Toledo Ballet, Toledo Symphony School of Music, Toledo Symphony Youth Orchestras, and most recently, The Toledo Jazz Orchestra. TAPA strives to establish meaningful partnerships with individuals and organizations that fundamentally impact the cultural life of our region. As a vibrant and growing arts organization, TAPA empowers all in our region to experience the performing arts through concerts, recitals, education programs, community engagement and activation, private lessons, fully staged productions, and more.
The Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any candidates or employees based on race, sex, age, creed, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliations, union activities, or any other characteristic protected by law.
