Performance Job
Manchester, United Kingdom
Posted: 12 Oct 2025
BBC Philharmonic
Sub Principal No.3 Cello
AUDITION FORMAT:
First Round
All applicants must submit an audio-visual file of:
1) The opening 15 bars of the slow movement of Brahms’ Symphony No.2 and
2) Bars 104 to 112 inclusive of James MacMillan’s “The Confessions of Isobel Gowdie”
This will be used to shortlist for the second, unscreened round in Philharmonic Studio. No CVs will be shared at this point and musicalchairs will remove the video element of your audition. The panel will be judging accuracy of playing rather than the quality of the recording and further guidance is given on this process upon application.
Second round
Successful first round candidates will be invited for an unscreened audition in our studio in Salford at MediaCityUK. Please prepare all the extracts from the booklet provided upon application.
First Round
All applicants must submit an audio-visual file of:
1) The opening 15 bars of the slow movement of Brahms’ Symphony No.2 and
2) Bars 104 to 112 inclusive of James MacMillan’s “The Confessions of Isobel Gowdie”
This will be used to shortlist for the second, unscreened round in Philharmonic Studio. No CVs will be shared at this point and musicalchairs will remove the video element of your audition. The panel will be judging accuracy of playing rather than the quality of the recording and further guidance is given on this process upon application.
Second round
Successful first round candidates will be invited for an unscreened audition in our studio in Salford at MediaCityUK. Please prepare all the extracts from the booklet provided upon application.
Closing date: 08 Nov 2025 23:59 GMT
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