Employment & Auditions

Thank you for your interest in the Madison Symphony Orchestra! If you have a passion for live, classical music and would like to lend your talents to one of America’s leading regional orchestras, please use the links below to browse our open administrative positions or learn more about auditions for the Orchestra and Chorus.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. The Madison Symphony Orchestra believes that diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich our organization. We are committed to increasing our efforts to diversify our administrative and board leadership, orchestral music and performers. Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Administrative Positions

None available at this time.

Internships

None available at this time.

Orchestra Auditions

The MSO is a fully orchestrated, part time professional ensemble comprised of 91 contracted, per-service musicians, offering approximately 80 services per season.  Section pay for the 2025-26 season is $146.17/rehearsal and $170.39/performance.  Current Auditions:

TRUMPET 3: 1 REGULAR POSITION (35 service guarantee, 90 services scheduled 2025-26)
Friday, May 16, 2025
Audition List: Madison Symphony Orchestra 2025 Third Trumpet Audition Excerpts revised 3-5-25

HORN 2: 1 REGULAR POSITION (49 service guarantee, 90 services scheduled 2025-26)
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Audition List: Madison Symphony Orchestra 2025 Horn 2 Audition Excerpts

SECTION VIOLA: 2 REGULAR POSITIONS, Chairs #6 and #12
(49 service guarantee for both, 100 services scheduled in 2025-26 for chair #6; 60 services scheduled for chair #12)
Friday, June 13, 2025
Audition List: Section Viola 2025

SECTION VIOLIN 2: 1 REGULAR POSITION (49 service guarantee, 60 services scheduled in 2025-26)
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Audition List: Section Violin 2025 as of 032725

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.
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If a current member of the orchestra wins a a new position, these auditions may be used to fill the resulting opening.
Employment to begin September 2025 or earliest mutually agreed upon date.

If you would like to audition, please email a one-page PDF resume indicating your instrument to MSO Personnel Manager Alexis Carreon at acarreon@madisonsymphony.org

The Madison Symphony is proud to be a partner orchestra of the National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS), an unprecedented national initiative to increase diversity in American orchestras. NAAS will do so by offering Black and Latinx musicians a customized combination of mentoring, audition preparation, financial support, and audition previews. Learn more at www.auditionalliance.org.

Madison Symphony Chorus Auditions

The Madison Symphony Chorus is comprised of more than 125 volunteer musicians who come from all walks of life who enjoy combining their artistic talent. New members are always welcome. To make an appointment to audition, contact Chorus Manager Dan Lyons at daniel.lyons1908@gmail.com