Madison Freed was a finalist

4 finalists advanced from the starting rounds. At least 1 additional candidate is invited to the final round

Yes, he was denied tenure. Then won again

???

Maggie O'Leary won this audition, congrats to her!

I hear Will Ramos won this audition. Matthew Melillo was the runner up

I hear Cameron Bonner of the Alabama Symphony won this audition. Congrats to him!

Pittsburgh did this type of thing for principal flute and it still took them 10 years to hire. Clearly not a fair or effective way to proceed. Hold another audition!

Will Ramos won. He currently plays contrabassoon with the Grant Park Festival Orchestra.

Anyone know who else was in finals?

Anyone have any updates on this one?

Who was the other finalist?

Music director was ill, I heard

Sure, why not? That's a great idea. Why should there be a limit to forum posts on the topic? Try not to be so dismissive

also, we all know of so many situations where someone with little orchestral experience wins an audition. These people likely prepared the list over the course of at least a month before the audition.

Not unfair perhaps, but still not ideal and not the norm

However, we are in America, where the norm is not this

you Wouldn't-know

Depends what the rep list is.

gotcha, that makes a bit more sense