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French Horn Orchestra Auditions

3rd Horn and Utility - International Audition
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec
🇨🇦 Quebec, Canada
Cor grave - 2ème catégorie
Opéra National de Bordeaux - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
🇫🇷 Bordeaux, France

Third Horn
Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)
🇺🇸 Boston, United States

Assistant Principal Horn
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
🇺🇸 Detroit, United States

Horn (3rd, 1st player) 1 (one)
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Horn III
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Bloomington (Minnesota), United States

Second Horn
Rockford Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Rockford (Illinois), United States

French Horn
Royal Air Force Music Services
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom

Change horn (3rd/2nd) with obligation to play Wagner tuba
WDR Sinfonieorchester
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany

1st and solo horn (m/f/d)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern
🇩🇪 Saarbrucken, Germany

Low horn (4th/2nd)
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

Deputy solo horn with Wagner tuba and high horn (Bach horn)
WDR Sinfonieorchester
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany

3rd / Associate principal 1. Horn with obligation to the Wagner tuba
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester/Oper Frankfurt (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Change horn 2nd/3rd (100 %) fixed
WDR Funkhausorchester
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany

QSO Academy 2026 - Violin, Flute, French Horn and Trumpet
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO)
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Australia

Recruitment (Horn)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

1st solo horn (m/f/d)
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal/Wuppertaler Bühnen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Wuppertal, Germany

Solo horn with responsibility for third horn (1) – permanent
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
🇨🇭 Lucerne, Switzerland

Second and Fourth Horn (two positions)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
🇺🇸 Detroit, United States

Horn, co-principal
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
🇫🇮 Lahti, Finland

Fourth Horn
San Diego Symphony
🇺🇸 San Diego, United States

Solo horn with obligation to Wagner tuba
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany

Low horn with Wagner tuba and natural horn
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany

PRINCIPAL HORN (1 position)
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A2SO)
🇺🇸 Ann Arbor (Michigan), United States
application 9 months ago
audition January 19, 2026
start ~ March 3, 2026

Horn
United States Air Force Regional Bands
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., United States

2nd/4th horn (50%) Temporary contract
Nürnberger Symphoniker (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Nuremberg, Germany

HORN II - Core Complement - September 15
Eugene Symphony
🇺🇸 Eugene (Oregon), United States

Fourth Horn (“B” contract)
Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Lincoln (Nebraska), United States

Horn IV
Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United States

Second Horn
The Santa Fe Symphony
🇺🇸 Santa Fe, United States

Principal Horn
The Santa Fe Symphony
🇺🇸 Santa Fe, United States

Principal Horn
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Peoria (Illinois), United States

Assistant Principal Horn
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Peoria (Illinois), United States

Second French Horn
Opera San José
🇺🇸 San Jose, United States

French Horn (Millington, Tennessee)
United States Fleet Forces Band
🇺🇸 Norfolk (Virginia), United States

3rd Horn Auditions
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO)
🇨🇦 Saskatoon, Canada

Audition for PRINCIPAL HORN
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan

French Horn
United States Army Field Band
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., United States

Principal Horn
Artis-Naples, Naples Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Naples (Florida), United States