Position to begin as determined by the candidate with the Director of Operations. If the position is filled by a current member of the YSO, the resulting vacancy may be filled at this audition. Candidates may be required to submit a video in support of their application

Principal Piano Position Details

• Compensation: $112.77/service
• 2024-2025: Season: 6 Classical ($563.85+ per series) and 3 Pops ($338.31+ per series). Additional community engagement services may be available.
• Travel: Stipend based on mileage
• Housing: Homestay and Hotel options available
• Rehearsal Schedule: Condensed 2-3-day cycles

Audition Details

When: February 8, 2025
Materials due: January 27, 2025 by 5pm
Place of Audition: Appell Center (50 N George St, York, PA 17401)
Check in: 12:30pm; auditions beginning at 1:00pm

Audition Repertoire

Excerpts:

• Mozart: Any Piano Concerto Movement I (exposition only)
• Your Choice: Any Romantic Concerto Any Portion
• Bernstein Symphonic Dances: West Side Story m.400 to m.438
• Copland: Appalachian Spring Reh.7 to 4 before Reh.10
• Ellington: Ellington A Medley for Orchestra Pickup to m.146 to downbeat of m.177
• Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 67 Movement II: Reh. S to end (Piano 1)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 Movement II: 2 before reh.18 to reh.22
• Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version) Part I: Russian Dance (Reh.64 to Reh.73)
• Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version) Part II: reh.102 to reh.112

Questions? Email Jeff Phelps at jphelps@yorksymphony.org