Double Bass Orchestra Auditions

Principal Bass

Oregon Symphony

🇺🇸 Portland, United States

8 days to apply

audition February 17, 2025

start ~ September 1, 2025

Double bass

Berliner Philharmoniker (Stiftung)

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

11 days to apply

audition February 13, 2025

Section Bass

Metropolitan Opera (the Met)

🇺🇸 New York, United States

11 days to apply

audition April 1, 2025

2. Solo bass

Wiener Symphoniker

🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria

12 days to apply

audition February 24, 2025

Section Double Bass

York Symphony Orchestra

🇺🇸 York (Pennsylvania), United States

13 days to apply

audition January 18, 2025

Principal Bass (a Section Bass position may also be offered)

Kansas City Symphony (KCS)

🇺🇸 Kansas City, United States

20 days to apply

audition May 12, 2025

Double Bassist

Chicago Summer Opera

🇺🇸 Chicago, United States

26 days to apply

audition n/a

an AUDITION for: Assistant Principal Double Bass

Pilsen Philharmonic

🇨🇿 Pilsen, Czech Republic

29 days to apply

audition n/a

Audition for the position of 2nd Associate Principal Double Bass (third chair)

Czech Philharmonic

🇨🇿 Prague, Czech Republic

30 days to apply

audition February 24, 2025

start ~ August 1, 2025

Double bass tutti

Bruckner Orchester Linz

🇦🇹 Linz, Austria

about 1 month to apply

audition March 12, 2025

Contrabass （Tutti, 1 position）

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan

2 months to apply

audition March 31, 2025

Assistant Principal Double Bass

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

🇸🇪 Norrköping, Sweden

3 months to apply

audition March 31, 2025

Double Bass // Berlin Opera Academy Orchestra

Berlin Opera Academy Orchestra

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

3 months to apply

audition March 15, 2025

PRINCIPAL DOUBLEBASS with duty of Tutti and Five Strings Doublebass

Fondazione Teatro alla Scala

🇮🇹 Milan, Italy

3 months to apply

audition n/a

Associate principal solo double bass

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany

deadline n/a

audition January 22, 2025

Double bass tutti

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany

deadline n/a

audition January 28, 2025

1. Solo double bass

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany

deadline n/a

audition February 10, 2025

Associate principal solo double bass

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

deadline n/a

audition February 18, 2025

Solo double bass

Düsseldorfer Symphoniker

🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Double bass (academy)

Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck (GmbH)

🇩🇪 Luebeck, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Double bass

Fulham Symphony Orchestra (FSO)

🇬🇧 Fulham, United Kingdom

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Strings – Upper Strings and Double Bass.

Leicester Symphony Orchestra

🇬🇧 Leicester, United Kingdom

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Double bass

Macao Orchestra

🇲🇴 Macao, Macao SAR

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Solo double bass

Münchner Philharmoniker

🇩🇪 Munich, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Double Bass/Bass Guitar

Royal Air Force Music Services

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Double bass

Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO)

🇦🇺 Brisbane, Australia

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Double bass tutti (m/f/d)

Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper

🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Solo double bass (m/f/d)

Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper

🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

One double bass player

Konzerthausorchester Berlin

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Solo double bass (m/f/d)

Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz

🇩🇪 Munich, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

SECTION BASS AUDITIONS

Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra

🇺🇸 Evansville (Indiana), United States

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Solo double bass (coord.)

Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)

🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Double bass (academy)

WDR Sinfonieorchester

🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Solo double bass

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Double bass tutti

Düsseldorfer Symphoniker

🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

start ~ February 1, 2025

Coord. Solo double bass, from season 2025/2026

Essener Philharmoniker/Theater und Philharmonie Essen (GmbH)

🇩🇪 Essen, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

start ~ August 1, 2025

Double bass tutti

Nationaltheaterorchester Mannheim

🇩🇪 Mannheim, Germany

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Assistant principal double bass (coordinated)

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande OSR

🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland

deadline n/a

audition n/a

Principal Associate Double Bass + Section (2 positions)

Montreal Symphony Orchestra

🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada

application 22 days ago

audition January 13, 2025

Section Double Bass

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO)

🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia

application 10 days ago

audition January 30, 2025

Assistant Principal Double Bass

Houston Symphony

🇺🇸 Houston, United States

application 12 days ago

audition February 10, 2025

West Point Band - Double Bass

United States Military Academy Band (West Point Band)

🇺🇸 West Point (New York), United States

application 14 days ago

audition April 15, 2025

Solo double bass

Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester

🇩🇰 Sønderborg, Denmark

application about 1 month ago

audition November 26, 2024

Section Bass

The Cleveland Orchestra

🇺🇸 Cleveland, United States

application 6 months ago

audition November 11, 2024

October 22, 2024 Section Bass (rotating)

New Bedford Symphony Orchestra

🇺🇸 New Bedford (Massachusetts), United States

deadline n/a

audition October 22, 2024

Principal Bass

Bozeman Symphony Orchestra (BSO)

🇺🇸 Bozeman (Montana), United States

application 3 months ago

audition October 9, 2024

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | Principal Double Bass (Principal | Tenure Track) (Approximately 84 se...

New Mexico Philharmonic (NMPhil)

🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United States

deadline n/a

audition October 8, 2024

Orchestra Auditions for Associate Principal and Fourth Chair Double Bass will take place on Octob...

Los Angeles Opera

🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States

deadline n/a

audition October 3, 2024

Double bass

Athens Symphony Orchestra

🇺🇸 Athens (Georgia), United States

deadline n/a

audition August 29, 2024

POSTPONED: NHSO Assistant Principal Bass

New Haven Symphony Orchestra

🇺🇸 New Haven, United States

application 4 months ago

audition n/a

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Double Bass Orchestra Auditions

Principal Bass

Double bass

Section Bass

2. Solo bass

Section Double Bass

Principal Bass (a Section Bass position may also be offered)

Double Bassist

an AUDITION for: Assistant Principal Double Bass

Audition for the position of 2nd Associate Principal Double Bass (third chair)

Double bass tutti

Contrabass （Tutti, 1 position）

Assistant Principal Double Bass

Double Bass // Berlin Opera Academy Orchestra

PRINCIPAL DOUBLEBASS with duty of Tutti and Five Strings Doublebass

Associate principal solo double bass

Double bass tutti

1. Solo double bass

Associate principal solo double bass

Solo double bass

Double bass (academy)

Double bass

Strings – Upper Strings and Double Bass.

Double bass

Solo double bass

Double Bass/Bass Guitar

Double bass

Double bass tutti (m/f/d)

Solo double bass (m/f/d)

One double bass player

Solo double bass (m/f/d)

SECTION BASS AUDITIONS

Solo double bass (coord.)

Double bass (academy)

Solo double bass

Double bass tutti

Coord. Solo double bass, from season 2025/2026

Double bass tutti

Assistant principal double bass (coordinated)

Principal Associate Double Bass + Section (2 positions)

Section Double Bass

Assistant Principal Double Bass

West Point Band - Double Bass

Solo double bass

Section Bass

October 22, 2024 Section Bass (rotating)

Principal Bass

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | Principal Double Bass (Principal | Tenure Track) (Approximately 84 se...

Orchestra Auditions for Associate Principal and Fourth Chair Double Bass will take place on Octob...

Double bass

POSTPONED: NHSO Assistant Principal Bass