Performance Job
Hobart, TAS, Australia
Posted: 02 Jun 2025
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Section Principal Oboe
(full-time, permanent)
95,000 - 105,000 AUD p/year
Salary range $98,027 - $102,676. This position is only open to Australian Citizens, Permanent Residents of Australia, or New Zealand Citizens. If applicants are unable to travel to Hobart, the TSO will accept recorded auditions.
KEY DATES
Applications open: Tuesday 17 June 2025
Excerpts released for live auditions: Tuesday 15 July 2025, or four weeks prior to a confirmed recording date
Applications close: Tuesday 22 July 2025
Final deadline for recorded submissions: Two days following a confirmed recording date, but no later than Thursday 31 July 2025
Audition date: Tuesday 12 August 2025
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
All set works to be performed with piano accompaniment
- Mozart Oboe Concerto, 1st mvt exposition and cadenza only
AND
- Mozart Oboe Concerto, 2nd mvt plus cadenza
AND
- Strauss Oboe Concerto, 1st mvt up to figure 5
AND
- All orchestral excerpts
PROCESS
First, please read the full Information Pack on our website. Then, please return a completed Candidate Information Form (available on our website) and a CV detailing relevant experience, training, and referees to:
Emily Becker
Orchestra Coordinator, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Email: auditions@tso.com.au
If you intend to submit a recorded audition, please read and follow the Guidelines for the Preparation of a Recorded Audition, also found on the TSO website. Upon submitting your Candidate Information Form, you will receive more detailed information about how the audition process will occur on the day.
Applications close Tuesday 22 July 2025, 4pm – no applications will be accepted after this date.
KEY DATES
Applications open: Tuesday 17 June 2025
Excerpts released for live auditions: Tuesday 15 July 2025, or four weeks prior to a confirmed recording date
Applications close: Tuesday 22 July 2025
Final deadline for recorded submissions: Two days following a confirmed recording date, but no later than Thursday 31 July 2025
Audition date: Tuesday 12 August 2025
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
All set works to be performed with piano accompaniment
- Mozart Oboe Concerto, 1st mvt exposition and cadenza only
AND
- Mozart Oboe Concerto, 2nd mvt plus cadenza
AND
- Strauss Oboe Concerto, 1st mvt up to figure 5
AND
- All orchestral excerpts
PROCESS
First, please read the full Information Pack on our website. Then, please return a completed Candidate Information Form (available on our website) and a CV detailing relevant experience, training, and referees to:
Emily Becker
Orchestra Coordinator, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Email: auditions@tso.com.au
If you intend to submit a recorded audition, please read and follow the Guidelines for the Preparation of a Recorded Audition, also found on the TSO website. Upon submitting your Candidate Information Form, you will receive more detailed information about how the audition process will occur on the day.
Applications close Tuesday 22 July 2025, 4pm – no applications will be accepted after this date.
Closing date: 22 Jul 2025
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