Opportunities

Co-Principal Trumpet
Core orchestra + Sarasota Brass Quintet
2022-23 salary: $56,388.03 + Benefits*

Preliminary Rounds: Friday, September 22, 2023
Advanced Rounds: Saturday, September 23, 2023

Employment to begin in October 2023.

*Salary and benefits based on current CBA, a successive CBA is currently being negotiated.

Benefits include, but aren’t limited to: health insurance (Sarasota Orchestra pays no less than 75% of premium), instrument insurance, short- and long- term disability, 403b retirement plan, and Flexible Spending Account.

The Sarasota Orchestra Co-Principal Trumpet position is one of two core trumpet positions and functions more as an associate principal – fulfilling the duties of principal in his/her absence. This position plays parts as assigned which may include 1 st, 2nd and/or 3rd parts due to concert type and repertoire. Co-Principal Trumpet, in conjunction with the Principal Trumpet, plays in the Sarasota Brass Quintet.

Excerpts will be posted here as soon as they are available.

One-page resumé and $75 deposit (check made out to Sarasota Orchestra) must be received on or before August 1, 2023.

Audition Coordinator (Trumpet)
Sarasota Orchestra
709 N. Tamiami Trail, FL 34236

Do not e-mail your resumé. It will be considered an incomplete application.

Please list your instrument, e-mail, cell, and a current mailing address on your resumé. All correspondence from Sarasota Orchestra will be by e-mail.

Any questions should be directed to auditions@sarasotaorchestra.org. No phone calls please.

The Sarasota Orchestra tunes to A=440.

No electronic devices are allowed in the audition room during your audition. This includes, but is not limited to: tuners, metronomes, cell phones, and recording devices.

Auditions will take place at Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center (sometimes also known as Holley Hall), 709 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, 34236. The physical location is one block west of Tamiami Trail (towards the water) on Van Wezel Way, between 10th Street and Blvd. of the Arts (6th Street). If you have a GPS, enter 709 Van Wezel Way, that will usually get you to our front door.

The audition committee reserves the right to dismiss any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards. Winning candidates are required to show proof of eligibility to work in the United States.