Auditions

FALL 2025 AUDITIONS 

Associate Principal/2nd Oboe

3rd/English Horn/Utility Oboe

Principal Harp

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Additional FAQ

  • Associate Principal/2nd Oboe - November 10, 2025

    3rd/English Horn/Utility Oboe - November 11, 2025

    Principal Harp - November 12, 2025

  • Blaisdell Concert Hall

    777 Ward Ave

    Honolulu, HI 96814

    The Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra does not accept recorded auditions

  • Resumes and $50.00 deposit checks - due Monday October 13, 2025

    Final date to withdraw without forfeiting deposit - Monday October 27, 2025

  • Should a current member of the HSO win a position, another candidate may be offered the resulting vacancy.

  • The Hawaii Symphony is a full-time orchestra with a 21-week 25/26 season that includes 64 core musicians and 20 per-service. Base pay for core musicians is $1,120.00/week with an additional 3% Electronic Media Guarantee ($33.60/week). Principal musicians receive an additional 25% positional guarantee ($280/week) while associate principals receive an additional 10% ($112/week). Per-service musicians are guaranteed a minimum of 66 services at $140.00/service base pay plus an additional 3% Electronic Media Guarantee ($4.20/service). There is also the possibility of extra/non-guaranteed services that are not part of our 21-week season.

  • The HSO provides core musicians with a benefits package that includes fully paid medical group insurance, paid instrument insurance, and contributes to the AFM-EPF.

    Core musicians receive paid and unpaid personal leave, paid sick leave, paid emergency leave, unpaid professional leave, and unpaid summer leave.

    Per-service musicians receive paid sick leave, unpaid professional leave, and paid emergency leave

  • Our current Collective Bargaining Agreement is set to last through August 31, 2026

  • Winners of the November 2025 auditions shall begin employment January 1, 2026

  • The Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra tunes to A=440.

  • Please direct all questions to HSO Personnel Manager, Megan Wade at hso.auditions.2011@gmail.com.

    No phone calls, please.

How to Apply

  • Email a 1-page PDF resume indicating your instrument to Megan Wade at hso.auditions.2011@gmail.com. Please make sure that your resume includes your current address, cell phone number, and email address.

  • Mail a $50.00 refundable deposit check. Checks should be postmarked no later than Monday, October 13, 2025, and made out to "Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra" with “Audition” in the memo line at:

    Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra
    Attn: Megan Wade
    3610 Waialae Ave
    Honolulu, HI 96816

  • Candidates will receive their deposit back if they withdraw from the audition before 5:00 pm (HST) on Monday, October 27, 2025. Checks will be deposited if candidates cancel after deadline or fail to show up for the audition.

  • Resume and deposit check must be received no later than Monday, October 13, 2025, to be considered. Only those highly qualified applicants will be invited to attend.

  • More information about audition location, specific audition times, etc. will be given upon receipt of the candidate’s resume and audition deposit.

  • Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. 

The Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra does not accept recorded auditions.