Third / Utility Trumpet Audition
Deadline to Apply: On or before August 26, 2024
Audition Dates
- Preliminary Rounds: Monday, September 23, 2024 and Tuesday, September 24, 2024
- Semi-Final Round: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Final Round: Thursday, September 26, 2024
All rounds will be held at South Orange Performing Arts Center: 1 SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ 07079
- Next to the NJ Transit train station, a 35-minute ride to/from New York Penn Station and 15-minute ride to/from Newark.
- Easily accessible by car from I-280, I-78, and the Garden State Parkway.
- Within walking distance of dozens of restaurants, retail shops & services.
- In the SOPAC/NJ Transit parking lot next to the theater, parking is $1 per hour between 9:30AM and 6PM, Monday-Friday ($5 maximum).
- The map for SOPAC can be viewed here.
Dates of Employment
Employment will begin as soon as the winner’s availability and the New Jersey Symphony schedule allow.
Application Requirements
Applicants must submit two versions of your resumé as detailed below. Please submit both versions by uploading each as instructed on the application link below.
- A one-page resumé which includes your contact info (name, email address, physical address and phone number), as well as relevant work experience and education, including dates.
- A second version of your resumé with your name, email address, physical address and phone number removed. This redacted version is given to the Audition Committee for screening purposes.
Download the Audition List and Excerpt Packet
Please Note the Following:
- Audition invitations are sent by email, typically within five days after the resumé deadline.
- Please await confirmation of your audition before making travel plans.
- Candidates must show a valid photo ID upon check-in at the audition.
- All audition rounds will be held behind a screen.
- The Audition Committee reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards at these auditions.
- Clean copies of music will be provided on stage. You may use your own copies of the audition repertoire. You may also use a tablet device, such as an iPad, which must be placed on airplane mode during the audition. The use of any metronome function and/or tuning meter on a tablet during the audition is prohibited. This will be monitored by the audition proctor on stage.
- Musicians hired by the New Jersey Symphony are responsible for having and maintaining authorization to be employed in the United States of America.
- It is possible that the Symphony may choose to hold a Super-Final round, for which you would be invited to play a week with the Symphony. The Symphony will coordinate scheduling with Super-Final candidates should this round be held.
Safety Protocols
Third / Utility Trumpet audition candidates must comply with all current New Jersey Symphony Safety Protocols, which are subject to change before the audition. Updates will be sent to all candidates as they occur.
Travel Information
- A list of recommended hotels will be sent by email along with your scheduled audition time and date.
- If you are traveling by air for the audition, the closest airport is Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).
Compensation Information
- Minimum Weekly Salary: $1,510.40
- Length of Season: 29 Weeks (including two (2) weeks of paid vacation, up to one (1) additional week of vacation services and up to seventeen (17) Community Partners Program services ($295.47 per service).
- Electronic Media: An EMG payment in the amount of $114.65 is added to the minimum weekly salary
- Health Insurance
- Instrument Insurance
Questions about the application may be sent to Adria Benjamin, Orchestra Personnel Manager:
personnelmanager@njsymphony.org
The New Jersey Symphony is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and values diversity, equity and inclusion in all forms.
New Jersey Symphony is proud to be a partner orchestra of the National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS).
