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Viola Orchestra Jobs
Now Accepting Auditions for Harp & Viola
Orchestra at Temple Square
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, United States
Section Viola
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Cello
Viola
Violin
Section Viola - Short Contract - Thursday, July 16, 2026
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
🇺🇸 Colorado Springs, United States
Assistant Principal Viola
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO)
🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
Cello
Clarinet
French Horn
Piano
Viola
Violin
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
Two Vacant Tutti Viola Positions
Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO)
🇮🇸 ReykjavÃk, Iceland
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
about 2 months to apply
audition October 13, 2026
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
🇨🇦 Montréal, 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
Section: Viola Principal（One person）
Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan
Eine Bratsche tutti
Berliner Philharmoniker (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
eine Viola tutti 100% (m/w/d)
Bochumer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
August 18, 2026 – Section Strings (volunteer/unpaid)
Salt Lake Symphony
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, United States
Viola tutti
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
01.10.2026: 10h Viola Tutti
Niedersächsische Staatsoper/Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Hannover, Germany
stellvertretende Solo-Bratsche – Fest (m/w/d)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz/Theater Mainz
🇩🇪 Mainz, Germany
deadline n/a
audition October 7, 2026
start ~ August 1, 2026
Soloviola
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Germany
Viola (Akademie)
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Lübeck, Germany
Viola Tutti (m/w/d)
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal/Wuppertaler Bühnen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Wuppertal, Germany
stellv. Solo-Viola (m/w/d)
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal/Wuppertaler Bühnen (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Wuppertal, Germany
Viola tutti
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
Solo Viola
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
Viola Tutti (m/w/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
Viola Vorspieler (m/w/d)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Staatsoper
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
Section Viola
Canton Symphony Orchestra
🇺🇸 Canton (Ohio), United States
BRATSCHE TUTTI
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 München, Germany
Solo-Bratsche (koord.)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
eine stv. Solo-Bratsche 50% (Zeitvertrag)
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Herford, Germany
Tutti Viola (1) – permanent
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
🇨🇠Luzern, Switzerland
Solo-Bratsche
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Bratsche tutti
NDR Radiophilharmonie
🇩🇪 Hannover, Germany
Viola player (NHKSO Academy)
NHK Symphony Orchestra
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
eine Solo-Viola (Sondervertrag)
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Herford, Germany
Principal Viola
Nashville Civic Orchestra
🇺🇸 Nashville, United States
Orchesterakademie Viola
Bruckner Orchester Linz
🇦🇹 Linz, Austria
application 26 days ago
audition June 29, 2026
Orchesterakademie Bratsche
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Section Viola – 2 Positions
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO)
🇨🇦 Winnipeg, Canada
19.06.2026: 10h Viola Tutti ZV
Niedersächsische Staatsoper/Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Hannover, Germany
Stellv. Solo-Bratsche
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Vorspieler/In Viola
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Köln, Germany
deadline n/a
audition June 15, 2026
Stv. Solo-Viola
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
🇩🇪 Köln, Germany
Solo-Bratsche
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
Stellv. Solo-Bratsche (koord.)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
Bratsche tutti (50%)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Bamberg, Germany
Viola (Orchesterakademie)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (GmbH)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Section Viola
Philadelphia Orchestra
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, United States
Bratsche tutti 50%
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Stiftung)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Solo-Bratsche
Münchner Philharmoniker
🇩🇪 München, 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 Tutti (100 % / fest)
Vogtland Philharmonie Greiz Reichenbach (e. V.)
🇩🇪 Greiz, Germany
application 23 days ago
audition n/a
Tutti viola
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande OSR
🇨🇠Genève, Switzerland
application 2 months ago
audition n/a
Viola Principal and Section Spring 2026
West Michigan Symphony
🇺🇸 Muskegon (Michigan), United States
Alto solo, catégorie 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