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Viola Orchestra Auditions
Now Accepting Auditions for Harp & Viola
Orchestra at Temple Square
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, United States
Section Viola
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Section Viola - Short Contract - Thursday, July 16, 2026
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Colorado Springs, United States
Cello
Clarinet
French Horn
Piano
Viola
Violin
Assistant Principal Viola
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
Viola Tutti （one position）
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan
Ticino Musica Festival
🇨🇠Lugano, Switzerland
Bassoon
Cello
Clarinet
Flute
French Horn
Oboe
Piano
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
Viola
Violin
Acting Section Viola (one-year position)
North Carolina Symphony (NCS)
🇺🇸 Raleigh, United States
Core Section Viola
Omaha Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Omaha, United States
One Viola, associate principal
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Sapporo, Japan
Cello
Viola
Violin
Two Vacant Tutti Viola Positions
Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO)
🇮🇸 ReykjavÃk, Iceland
Viola tutti
Wiener Symphoniker
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
VIOLA : September 15
Eugene Symphony
🇺🇸 Eugene (Oregon), United States
Section Viola | (volunteer/unpaid)
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Bloomington (Minnesota), United States
Chief conductor Martin Fröst Has a vacancy for Viola (tutti), 100%
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
🇸🇪 Örebro, Sweden
Section Viola (2 positions) – September 9, 2026
Allentown Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Allentown (Pennsylvania), United States
Viola
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
🇺🇸 East Providence, United States
Section Viola
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada
Vacancy: Viola tutti (80%)
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
SECTION VIOLA (tenure track)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Atlanta, United States
Audition for Principal Viola
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (OPRL)
🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium
Audition Viola 2nd soloist
La Monnaie / De Munt
🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium
Solo viola (application period begins in August)
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
🇫🇮 Tampere, Finland
1. solo viola
Wiener Symphoniker
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Section: Viola Principal（One person）
Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan
A viola tutti
Berliner Philharmoniker (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
August 18, 2026 – Section Strings (volunteer/unpaid)
Salt Lake Symphony
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, United States
Viola tutti
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
October 1, 2026: 10:00 a.m. Viola Tutti
Niedersächsische Staatsoper/Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Hanover, Germany
Deputy Solo Viola - Permanent (m/f/d)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz/Theater Mainz
🇩🇪 Mainz, Germany
Solo viola
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
Viola (Orchestra Academy)
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Viola (Academy)
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Luebeck, Germany
Deputy Solo viola (m/f/d)
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal/Wuppertaler Bühnen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Wuppertal, Germany
Viola tutti (m/f/d)
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal/Wuppertaler Bühnen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Wuppertal, Germany
Viola tutti
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany
SOLO VIOLA
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, Germany
Viola tutti (m/f/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
Viola auditioner (m/f/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
Viola tutti
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Solo viola (coord.)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
A deputy solo viola 50% (temporary contract)
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Herford, Germany
Tutti Viola (1) – permanent
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
🇨🇠Lucerne, Switzerland
Solo viola
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Viola tutti
NDR Radiophilharmonie
🇩🇪 Hanover, Germany
Viola player (NHKSO Academy)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
One solo viola (special contract)
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Herford, Germany
Section Viola
Canton Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Canton (Ohio), United States
Principal Viola
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Orchestra Academy Viola
Bruckner Orchester Linz
🇦🇹 Linz, Austria
application 28 days ago
audition June 29, 2026
Orchestra Academy viola
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
A Viola tutti 100% (m/f/d)
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
Section Viola – 2 Positions
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO)
🇨🇦 Winnipeg, Canada
June 19, 2026: 10:00 a.m. Viola Tutti ZV
Niedersächsische Staatsoper/Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Hanover, Germany
Deputy solo viola
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Assistant principal Viola
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
deadline n/a
audition June 15, 2026
Deputy solo viola
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Cologne, Germany
Solo viola
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Section Viola
Regina Symphony Orchestra (RSO)
🇨🇦 Regina, Canada
application about 1 month ago
audition May 29, 2026
start ~ September 1, 2025
Deputy Solo Viola (coord.)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
Viola tutti (50%)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
Viola (Orchestral Academy)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Section Viola
Philadelphia Orchestra
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, United States
Viola tutti 50%
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Solo viola
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
NHSO Principal Viola and Section (2 positions)
New Haven Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 New Haven, United States
Open position: Principal viola
Keski-Pohjanmaan Kamariorkesteri
🇫🇮 Kokkola, Finland
Assistant Principal Viola
Springfield Symphony Orchestra MO
🇺🇸 Springfield (Missouri), United States
Section Viola
Chicago Sinfonietta
🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL VIOLA (2nd Chair)
National Symphony Orchestra (NSO)
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., United States
Viola Section (100% / full-time)
Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz Reichenbach (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Greiz, Germany
application 25 days ago
audition n/a
Tutti Viola
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande OSR
🇨🇠Geneva, Switzerland
application 2 months ago
audition n/a
Viola Principal and Section Spring 2026
West Michigan Symphony
🇺🇸 Muskegon (Michigan), United States
Viola solo, category 1
Orchestre de Paris
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Section Viola
Symphony in C Orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony)
🇺🇸 Collingswood, United States
Viola
Longwood Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Newton (Massachusetts), United States