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Percussion Orchestra Auditions
FIRST TIMPANO
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Acting Assistant Principal Percussion
North Carolina Symphony (NCS)
🇺🇸 Raleigh, United States
Section Percussion | (volunteer/unpaid)
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Bloomington (Minnesota), United States
OAcademy
🇺🇸 Online / Remote, United States
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Double Bass
Flute
French Horn
Harp
Oboe
Percussion
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Viola
Violin
Principal Percussion/Assoc. Principal Timpani | (volunteer/unpaid)
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Bloomington (Minnesota), United States
Audition for Timpani / Percussion
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
🇸🇪 Örebro, Sweden
Deputy Principal Timpani, with a requirement to play drums
Bremer Philharmoniker (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Bremen, Germany
Section Percussion
Allentown Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Allentown (Pennsylvania), United States
Principal Timpani
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO)
🇨🇦 Winnipeg, Canada
Timpani
Orchestra della Toscana - ORT
🇮🇹 Florence, Italy
Solo percussion
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
an AUDITION for: Percussion Section Leader
Pilsen Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Pilsen, Czech Republic
Principal timpani with obligation to tutti percussion (application deadline: September 19, 2026)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
🇳🇴 Stavanger, Norway
Audition for Percussion instruments with mandatory keyboard instruments
Fondazione Haydn Stiftung
🇮🇹 Bolzano, Italy
Substitute Timpani
San Diego Symphony
🇺🇸 San Diego, United States
Percussion Section B
Rockford Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Rockford (Illinois), United States
Principal Timpani
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
🇮🇹 Roma, Italy
Solo timpani (m/f/d)
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Dresden, Germany
Percussion (Orchestra Academy)
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Drums (academy)
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Luebeck, Germany
Percussion
Royal Air Force Music Services
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
Solo timpani with secondary instrument percussion
WDR Sinfonieorchester
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
Principal Timpani
Opera Australia Orchestra
🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia
Principal Percussion
Houston Symphony
🇺🇸 Houston, United States
Section Percussion
Sarasota Orchestra
🇺🇸 Sarasota, United States
Principal Percussion
Louisville Orchestra
🇺🇸 Louisville, United States
Principal Percussion
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Principal Percussion | June 8, 2026
Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Honolulu, United States
application 2 months ago
audition June 8, 2026
Audition for the Orchestral Academy - Timpani & Percussion
Czech Philharmonic
🇨🇿 Prague, Czech Republic
application 3 months ago
audition June 4, 2026
Principal Timpani (doubling Percussion)
Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
🇮🇹 Trieste, Italy
application about 1 month ago
audition n/a
Section Percussion
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States