International Audition
October 26 & 27, 2023
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto
Start date: September 2024, or at candidate’s earliest availability
Tafelmusik’s two core oboists share section leadership responsibilities
Candidates must have extensive experience performing on period instruments, including baroque oboe, oboe d’amore and oboe da caccia at A=415Hz, baroque oboe at A=392Hz, and classical oboe at A=430Hz, and excel in historical performance practice from baroque to the early romantic period.
Instruments required for the live audition will be baroque oboe and oboe d’amore at A=415Hz, and classical oboe at A=430Hz.
Highly qualified applicants should submit their application form, professional CV, and live unedited audio recordings no later than Tuesday August 22, 2023.
All applicants will be contacted by email.
Tafelmusik is a 16-member chamber orchestra with a 45-year history of international touring, recording, and an extensive performance season in Toronto, Canada. Our core mandate also embraces artist training, education and outreach initiatives, and chamber music opportunities. Current annual income is approximately CA $50,000-$55,000, dependent on scheduled season activities, plus tours and 3rd party engagements. The musicians of Tafelmusik are independent contractors and members of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 149. Benefits: AFM-EPW 11%, sick leave (based on years of service). Core members of Tafelmusik are offered first right of refusal for all Tafelmusik services. Full tenure may be granted following a two-year probationary period.
Tafelmusik is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our working culture and in our community. We welcome and encourage applications from qualified candidates of all cultures, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. We invite candidates who may require assistance during the application or audition process to let us know and we will work with them to meet their needs.
THE AUDITION COMMITTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISMISS ANY CANDIDATE NOT MEETING THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AT THESE AUDITIONS.
International Oboe Audition Recording Requirements
- Telemann Fantasia No. 6 in D Minor, TWV40:7
- I. Dolce
- II. Allegro
- Handel Sonata in F Major, HWV 363a
to be performed with continuo (cello and/or bassoon and/or harpsichord)
- I. Adagio
- II. Allegro, b. 1-13
- Bach, Opening movement of Cantata 84 “Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke”
- I. b 1-24
- Mozart Posthorn Serenade, K.320
- IV. Rondo Allegro ma non troppo, b. 163-188
- Mozart Symphony no. 41
- III. Menuetto, b. 17-59 (B section, without repeat), and Trio b. 1-8 (without repeat)
- Beethoven, Symphony no. 6
- I. Allegro ma non troppo, b. 28-53
- III. Allegro, b. 91-122.
Pitch: A=415 (Telemann, Handel, Bach) and A=430 (Mozart, Beethoven). All audio files must be unedited.
Please refer to the audition application document here for all submission details. Questions may be directed to auditions@tafelmusik.org.
A list of required live audition solo works and excerpts will be made available to invited applicants after September 1, 2023.