Vermont Symphony Orchestra: Second Oboe 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 30, 2025
Application instructions: Applications are due September 30th. 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:
Mozart Oboe Concerto Mvt. 1 exposition

1st oboe excerpts:
Amy Beach Gaelic Symphony, Mvt. 2, pick up to bar 5-bar 19

Brahms Violin concerto, Mvt. 2, bars 3-32

Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin, Prelude, beginning to rehearsal 2, and rehearsal 8-9
(first oboe parts only)

Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, Mvt. 2, Serenata, rehearsal 8-10 and Variazione 1a 77- 8 after 80

2nd oboe excerpts:
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Mvt. 4 Trio I: Complete, all repeats
(optional ornamentation on repeats)

Brahms Haydn Variations, Chorale St. Antoni bars 1-29
(without repeat)

Dvořák Symphony No. 7, Mvt. 2, bars 1-8

Dvořák Cello Concerto, Mvt. 2, bars 1-9

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, Mvt. 2 Pickup to bar 33 (A)-bar 67 (B), and bars 88 (C)-100 (13 after C)

Prokofiev Classical Symphony, Finale, 2 bars before rehearsal 50 to 5 after rehearsal 55