Newport Symphony Orchestra is the only full-season professional symphony orchestra on the Oregon coast. The ensemble includes musicians from the Oregon coast, Eugene, Portland, Salem and beyond. Home base for the orchestra is the 328-seat Newport Performing Arts Center, just steps away from the gorgeous Oregon seashore in historic Nye Beach. The Newport Symphony Orchestra is under the direction of Music Director and Conductor Adam Flatt.
Newport Symphony Orchestra typically convenes in Newport for three rehearsal services on the Saturday and Sunday one week in advance of a concert weekend. A concert weekend typically includes a Saturday morning dress rehearsal, Saturday evening concert, and a Sunday matinee repeat performance. If needed Newport Symphony Orchestra can provide musicians housing while in Newport.
Auditions
Newport Symphony Orchestra announces auditions for the following vacancies:
Principal Percussion
Principal Horn
2nd Horn
2nd/Asst. Principal Trumpet
All auditions will take place in Newport, Oregon.
- Principal Percussion auditions will take place Friday, July 5, 2024.
- Principal Horn, 2nd Horn & 2nd/Asst. Principal Trumpet auditions will take place Saturday, July 6, 2024.
Current per service rate is: Principal = $74.97; Section = $60.63
Excerpt Lists:
- Principal Percussion: List Cymbals Glockenspiel Snare Xylophone
- Principal Horn: List/Excerpts
- 2nd Horn: List/Excerpts
- 2nd/Asst. Principal Trumpet: List Excerpts
To schedule an audition, please send a resume to:
Newport Symphony Orchestra
Attn: Orchestra Personnel Manager
PO Box 1617
Newport, Oregon 97365 USA
or
E-mail to: info@newportsymphony.org
Please do not call the symphony office.
We are accepting resumes for the substitute list. Interested musicians should send resume and contact information to the NSO office. Please provide sound samples or video when possible. Musicians interested in joining our substitute list may be asked to audition.
Email at: info@newportsymphony.org
or
Newport Symphony Orchestra
Attn: Orchestra Personnel Manager
PO Box 1617
Newport, Oregon 97365 USA
No phone calls please.
