Principal Keyboard - Houston Symphony
Audition Dates: Preliminary and Semifinal Rounds on February 23 – 25, 2025,
Final Rounds on March 18 – 19, 2025
Auditions to be held at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Houston.
Applications must be received by: January 7, 2025
Cancellation Deadline: February 9, 2025
• Audition Repertoire to be available soon.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
To be considered for an invitation to audition, highly qualified candidates should submit an audition application, to be received no later than the indicated date.
Please complete the audition application form linked below and email your audition application to: hssauditions@houstonsymphony.org
Please indicate the name of the position for which you are applying in the subject line of the email.
No phone calls please.
The audition committee reserves the right to dismiss any candidate not meeting the highest artistic standards.
The Houston Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
EMPLOYMENT
The Houston Symphony has a 52-week season which includes 9 weeks of paid vacation with a minimum annual salary of $109,200 for the 2024-25 contract year for all permanent musicians. Benefits include health/dental/vision insurance, instrument insurance, disability insurance, and pension contributions to the AFM-EPF.com
Successful candidates from the Houston Symphony substitute and extra musician auditions will be placed on the substitute pool list for possible engagement with the orchestra as needed. Substitute and extra musicians are engaged on per-service basis at the rate of $210.00, as of October 6, 2024.
