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Honolulu Symphony

announces the following vacancies for the 2008-2009 Season

2008 Audition Tour – Registration Form

(pending results of local Honolulu auditions – March 24, 2008):

TENURE-TRACK FULL-TIME POSITIONS:
Associate Principal/Third Flute/Piccolo
Associate Principal/Second Oboe
English Horn/Third Oboe/Utility
Fourth Horn
Principal Trombone
Third/Bass Trombone
Principal Tuba
Section First Violin (1 position)
Section Second Violin (1 position)
Principal Librarian

TENURE-TRACK PER-SERVICE POSITIONS ALSO AVAILABLE:
Section First Violin (1 position)
Section Viola (1 position)
Section Cello (1 position)
Section Bass (1 position)


Resumes for mainland US auditions must be received by:
March 31, 2008.
Auditions will be held in Chicago, Illinois at the
Sherwood Conservatory of Music - 1312 South Michigan Avenue.


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Audition Schedule:

Wednesday 5/21 Tuba preliminaries
Thursday 5/22 Tuba preliminaries (if needed)
Bass Trombone preliminaries
Friday 5/23 Flute preliminaries
Saturday 5/24 Trombone preliminaries and semi-finals
Sunday 5/25 Horn preliminaries
Monday 5/26 Brass and Flute finals
Tuesday 5/27 Oboe and English Horn - all rounds.
Also, Librarian - if needed.
Wednesday 5/28 Strings - all rounds

Highly qualified applicants must mail, email or fax a current
one-page, typed resume, including current address,
telephone number and email
, to:

Honolulu Symphony Auditions
attn: Andrew Eckard, Audition Coordinator
650 Iwilei Rd., Suite 202, Honolulu, HI 96817
FAX: (808) 524-1507
email: auditionsHSO@gmail.com

REPERTOIRE WILL NOT BE GIVEN OUT OVER THE PHONE

Base salary for 2007-2008 Season:
$1,014.71/wk for 34 weeks, plus benefits
Per-service guarantee for 2007-2008 Season:
$126.84/svc for 84 services, plus benefits
Position scale guaranteed by CBA:
25% for Principal, 10% for Associate Principal
2008-2009 weeks and salary to be determined by new CBA

If a vacant position is won by a current HSO member, the resulting vacancy may be offered to another winning candidate.

The Honolulu Symphony Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss at any time any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards at these auditions. Candidates must show proof of eligibility to be employed in the U.S.A.

The Honolulu Symphony Society is an equal opportunity employer.