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IHS Members are invited to submit information on any upcoming horn auditions not listed here.

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Campus Grafenegg

French Horn - Grafenegg Academy Orchestra. Application deadline: Jan. 31, 2020. Audition date: not listed.

Belgium

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

2./4. Horn 100% (1) – Permanent. Application deadline: Apr. 20, 2020. Audition date: May 25, 2020.

Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen

3rd horn (Part-time). Application deadline: Jan. 13. Audition date: Feb. 3, 2020.

Brazil

Bulgaria

State opera - Plovdiv

Associate Principal French Horn. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

State Opera Stara Zagora

Principal horn & utility horn (2nd and/or 3rd). Application deadline: not listed. Audition deadline: not listed. 

Vratsa Symphony

Audition for French horn player. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Canada

National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts

3rd Horn. Application deadline: Nov. 10. Audition date: Feb. 1, 2, 3, 2020.

Chile

China

Guiyang Symphony Orchestra

Principal, Associate Principal, and Tutti Horn. Application deadline: Mar. 31, 2020. Audition date: see website. 

Suzhou Symphony Orchestra

Principal Horn (One-year contract). Application deadline: Oct. 18. Audition date: not listed.

Colombia

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Aalborg Symfoniorkester

Tutti Horn. Application deadline: Jan. 16, 2020. Audition date: Feb. 3, 2020.

Ecuador

Egypt

Cairo Symphony Orchestra

Associate Principal Horn and Low Horn 2 + 4 (one-year contract). Application deadline: Feb. 15, 2020. Audition date: contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Estonia

Europe

Finland

Finnish National Opera and Ballet

French Horn Player. Application deadline: Jan. 17, 2020. Audition date: Feb. 26, 2020.

Oulu Symphony Orchestra

Assistant principal horn (3rd horn). Application deadline: Jan. 31, 2020. Audition date: Feb. 28, 2020.

France

Germany

Berliner Philharmoniker

Principal Horn. Application deadline: Mar. 12, 2020. Audition date: Apr. 23-24, 2020.

Dresdner Philharmonie

koord. Solo-Horn. Application deadline: Dec. 19. Audition date: Feb. 5, 2020.

Frankfurt Radio Symphony

Solo-Horn. Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: Feb. 18, 2020.

Frankfurt Radio Symphony

Orchesterakademie des hr-Sinfonieorchesters Stipendiat(in) Horn (Apprenticeship/Academy position). Application deadline: n/a. Audition date: May 12, 2020.

Staatskapelle Berlin

Solo-Horn. Application deadline: Oct. 16. Audition date: not listed.

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln

Solo-Horn m.V.z. hohen Horn (Bachhorn; koordiniert). Application deadline: Jan. 31, 2020. Audition date: not listed.

Granada

Greece

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Fourth/Utility Horn. Application deadline: Feb. 23, 2020. Audition date: April 3, 2020. 

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica J. Haydn di Bolzano e Trento

Audizione per corno (Extra work/Substitutes). Application deadline: Dec. 1, 2020. Audition date: not listed.

Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana

Ruoli in Orchestra. Application deadline: Oct. 31. Audition date: not listed.

Fondazione Teatro alla Scala

International competition: Third Horn with duty of 2nd Horn, 4th Horn and following and Wagner Tuba. Application deadline: Dec. 31, 2020. Audition date: Feb. 19. 2020.

Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice

Primo corno con obbligo del terzo e della fila. Application deadline: Mar. 1, 2020. Audition date: not listed.

Japan

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macao

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

New Zealand

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Principal 3rd Horn. Application deadline: Jan. 22, 2020. Audition date: Feb. 10-11, 2020.

Royal New Zealand Navy Band

Horn. Ongoing auditions.

Norway

Stavanger Symfoniorkester

Principal Horn with duty to 3rd horn. Application deadline: Jan. 2020. Audition date: Mar. 12-13, 2020.

Palestine/Israel

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Russia

Scotland

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

ADDA·SIMFÒNICA

1 Trompa. Application deadline: Jan. 30, 2020. Audition date: not listed.

Sweden

Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg

Master of Fine Arts in Music with specialization in Symphonic Orchestra Performance (Apprenticeship/Academy position). Application deadline: Jan. 15. Audition date: not listed.

GöteborgsOperan

Horn tutti with duty to play Wagnertuba. Application deadline: Feb. 2, 2020. Audition date: Feb. 10-11, 2020.

Switzerland

Taiwan

Turkey

United Kingdom

Aurora Orchestra

Principal Horn. Application deadline: January 20, 2020. Auditiond date: not listed.

Corps of Army Music

Horn. Ongoing auditions.

English National Opera

Sub-Principal Horn. Application deadline: Jan. 24, 2020. Audition date: Feb. 18, 2020.

Royal Air Force

Horn - ongoing auditions.

USA

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Associate Principal Horn. Application deadline: Feb. 24. Audition date: Mar. 30-31, 2020.

Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Civic Orchestra Regular and Associate Membership (Horn) (Apprenticeship/Academy position). Application deadline: Feb. 14. Audition date: not listed.

Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

Horn II or IV (TBD). Application deadline: April 19, 2020. Audition date: May 20, 2020.

New World Symphony

(apprenticeship/academy position). Application deadline: not listed. Audition date: not listed.

Shen Yun Orchestra

Horn. Application deadline: ongoing. Audition date: ongoing.

United States Air Force Band

Horn, Ceremonial Brass. Application deadline: Jan. 28. Audition date: Mar. 3, 2020.

United States Air Force Academy Band

Horn. Application deadline: Mar. 3, 2020. Audition date: April 14, 2020.

US Marine Corps Musician Enlistment

Horn. Ongoing auditions. For further information please contact Gunnery Sergeant Jonathan Bley at 757-613-8215. Or by e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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