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The Green Bay Symphony is in need of a bassist to play the remainder of their 2007/2008 season. This is a quality orchestra located in northern Wisconsin. Folks interested in more information should fill out the form below, and I will send you further details.

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Here is audition information for January 2008
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Arizona Opera

DOUBLE BASS - 4th Chair Double Bass
Resume Date - February 12, 2008
Audition Date [...]

We’ve had several individuals submit additions to our music school audition requirements page, so take a look and see what pieces are being asked from various institutions.  If you have any additions, please leave them at the bottom of the audition requirements page.
As this list expands, I’ll start to analyze this data and put together [...]

Frequent blog and podcast collaborator Andy Anderson gave me the great idea of compiling a list of double bass audition requirements for major universities and conservatories.  I think this is a great idea, and I’ve put up what Andy has compiled thus far:
http://doublebassblog.org/features/audition-requirements
You can get to it in the left sidebar or under the Features [...]

Here are some video excerpts from U.S. double bassist Jacy Cobalis that he compiled for his NJO Summer Academy (Netherlands) audition tape.
It’s really cool (and brave!) of Jacy to put these up on YouTube, and I hope that we’ll be seeing more of this as time goes on.
It’s also interesting to see festivals which require [...]

For many more auditions, also visit
http://www.afm.org/ for information on the auditions below:

For many more auditions, also visit http://www.afm.org/ for information on the auditions below: New York Philharmonic
DOUBLE BASS - Section Double Bass - 1 positionResume Date - December 15, 2007Audition Date - Winter and Spring of 2007 and 2008Starting Date - Employment to begin at mutually agreed upon date based on availability of chosen candidate.General Information [...]

For many more auditions, also visit http://www.afm.org/ for information on the auditions below:
Opera Pacific Orchestra
DOUBLE BASS - Principal Double BassResume Date - January 4, 2008Audition Date - January 28, 2008Starting Date - May 2008 or upon the winning candidate’s availability and Opera Pacific schedule.Salary/Benefits - Wages for the 2007/08 season are: $255.00/Rehearsal, $355.03/Dr. Rehearsal, $311.09/Performance; [...]

Madison Symphony
The Madison Symphony Orchestra will be holding the following auditions for the 2007-08:
String/Keyboard Openings for the 2007-08 concert seasonSection Bass: September 17, 2007
The MSO is a professional per service orchestra, offering about 80 services a year. The pay for a section player for the 2007-08 season is $83.50 per rehearsal and $94.75 per [...]

San Diego Symphony Principal Bass Jeremy Kurtz recently passed this announcement along to me. Joel is a phenomenal player, and I would highly recommend checking it out.
Joel writes:
The Toronto Summer Music Festival and Academy is a new program taking place this year at the University of Toronto from July 23 to August 19th.
I will [...]