Vermont Symphony Orchestra: Section Violin Auditions

Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Additional requirements: All applicants should be prepared to demonstrate either U.S. citizenship or legal eligibility to accept employment, and, upon acceptance of employment, must belong to the American Federation of Musicians.

Type: Per-service
Tenure: Permanent
Additional employment details: The VSO is a unionized, part-time, fully professional, per service orchestra.

Additional salary information: 2025/2026 section rates: $166.28/performance – $51.17/rehearsal hour. Travel, per diem, and housing provided per CBA.

Apply by: September 01, 2025, 18:00 (time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Application instructions: Applications are due September 1st. Please see our website (https://www.vso.org/about-us/careers/) for all application materials, repertoire, and other information.
Application link: https://www.vso.org

Audition repertoire: Solo
First movement of a Romantic or 20th century concerto

Excerpts
Brahms Symphony No. 4, mvt. IV: mm. 33-80 (letter D)

Debussy La Mer, mvt. II: [19] – [20]

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, mvt. I: beginning to bar 86

Mozart Symphony No. 39, mvt. I: mm. 26-97 (letter C)

Mozart Symphony No. 39, mvt. IV: beginning to m. 104

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2, 2nd VIOLIN, mvt II: meno mosso after [32] to [35]

Schumann Symphony No. 2, mvt II: beginning to m. 54

Schumann Symphony No. 2, mvt II: coda

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, mvt I: beginning to 2 mm. after [5]

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, mvt I: [32]-[36]

Strauss Don Juan: beginning to 5 before letter D