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Bassoon Orchestra Auditions
BASSOON
Longwood Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Newton (Massachusetts), United States
OAcademy
🇺🇸 Online / Remote, United States
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Double Bass
Flute
French Horn
Harp
Oboe
Percussion
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Viola
Violin
Principal Bassoon
Nashville Symphony
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Principal Bassoon (Temporary Full-Time Position)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO)
🇮🇸 Reykjavík, Iceland
Associate Principal Bassoon
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada
Principal Bassoon with Section duties
FVG Orchestra
🇮🇹 Palmanova, Italy
Bassoon II
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
SECOND BASSOON (CORE, TENURE TRACK )
Virginia Symphony Orchestra (VSO)
🇺🇸 Norfolk, United States
Coord. 1st solo bassoon
NDR Radiophilharmonie
🇩🇪 Hanover, Germany
PRINCIPAL BASSOON - November 16, 2026
Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lexington (Kentucky), United States
Deputy 1st solo bassoon
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
Solo Contrabassoon (m/f/d)
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Dresden, Germany
Solo bassoon
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany
Solo Bassoon (m/f/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
One deputy solo bassoon
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Herford, Germany
Contrabassoon with secondary instrument bassoon
WDR Sinfonieorchester
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
Principal Bassoon
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
Administrative Assistant (m/f/d) and a Solo Contrabassoonist (100%) (m/f/d) 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Bas...
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
Recruitment (Bassoon)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Bassoon II (A1)
Austin Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Austin, United States
BASSOON
United States Army Band (Pershing’s Own)
🇺🇸 Fort Myer (Arlington, Virginia), United States
Second Bassoon
Detroit Opera
🇺🇸 Detroit, United States
2nd Bassoon and/or Contrabassoon
Fondazione Arturo Toscanini
🇮🇹 Parma, Italy
application 5 months ago
audition September 21, 2026
Contrabassoon/Section Bassoon
Philadelphia Orchestra
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, United States
Principal Bassoon
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Fort Worth, United States
Assistant Principal Bassoon
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
🇺🇸 Detroit, United States
Contrabassoon/Utility Bassoon (Temporary Position)
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Indianapolis, United States
application about 2 years ago
audition July 6, 2026
Principal Bassoon
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Bassoon with link to contrabassoon 50%
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Section Bassoon
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
CONTRABASSOON
San Francisco Symphony
🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States
Bassoon (Application deadline: May 3, 2026) (Orchestra Academy)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Philharmoniker
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
application 3 months ago
audition n/a
start ~ January 1, 2027
2nd Bassoon
Teatro Regio di Torino
🇮🇹 Turin, Italy
application 4 months ago
audition n/a
Associate Principal Bassoon
San Francisco Symphony
🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States
application 6 months ago
audition n/a