This may or not have happened to me while subbing in a larger orchestra. Let’s say a rostered member of the section you’re subbing in gives you the finger out of frustration for an “unknown” reason. (Assuming it’s for skill level, personality disagreements, or both). Is this considered a form of harassment, or is this Freedom of Speech?

Local audition was a no-hire. National (1-year possibly permanent) audition will be happening on October 29th.

Matthew Mauro has been chosen as Lima Symphony's principal horn.

Audition: 10/30 & 10/31.

Laurie Blanchet won.

Ben Poirot won.

Hi all, I wanted to create a thread of any & all audition problems that I have personally expierenced, in a way to discuss & hopefully change the way auditions are run in the future. Please feel free to add to this list, and to discuss what I listed just below. 1. Audition announced only one month in advance. (Not enough time to prepare, will either not take the audition, or will show up ill-prepared.) 2. Audition list too long, or too difficult, or both. (Instead of deep-diving, on cleanliness, and musical decisions, forced to spread time thin on everything, leaving out a lot of details.) 3. Audition list unclear/excerpts not provided. (Orchestra does not send the same excerpts that the committee will have. Sometimes markings & dynamics DON'T line up, and candidates can be cut for this. Sometimes the candidates need to search for music that's NOT on public domain.) 4. Overly picky committee: ("This candidate was close to advancing, but they made 3 mistakes". Commitee members are sometimes 'over-judging', with little to no remorse over some inevitable minor mistakes during a high pressure situation.) 5. Poorly run audition: (You're told you had 50 minutes to warm-up, SURPRISE, committee needs to hear you NOW." - "We need you to wait an extra 30 minutes because the candidate before you was asked to come back & play again".) 6. Poor audition room choices: ("We couldn't book the hall, so lets do our 'bass trombone' audition in a small practice room". Players who might've advanced in a hall, may not advance in a smaller room.)

Zachary Bond won this position.

Kevin Dombrowski won the 2nd trombone position of Chattanooga Symphony & Opera.

The Finals are in May, but i'm wondering if anyone knows who has advanced, and if any were auto advanced?

Jack Grimm won principal trombone with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra on 3/3/2023.

any info?

I've heard that Tomer Marcus won Associate Concertmaster of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in Ohio.