Orchestral Casual Assessments
Open orchestral casual positions and general information about the ASO’s Casual Assessments.
Expression of Interest – Casual Auditions
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra holds regular casual auditions, for musicians interested in being added to our list of casual players.
To express your interest in auditioning for casual work with the ASO, please email orchestramanagement@aso.com.au with the following details:
– Full Name
– Email Address
– Contact Number
– Instrument
– Working Rights (Australian or NZ citizen, Australian Permanent resident or Working visa)
– CV/resume attached
There are no set dates for casual auditions. Casual auditions will be held at mutually suitable times throughout the year. We will hold your application on file and contact you ahead of the next round of casual auditions.
Please note that you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid working visa (we may ask you to provide proof if required).
Tutti Cello
Casual Assessment Details
These assessments are open to Australian and New Zealand citizens and those with Australian residency status
Assessment Dates
Wednesday 18 September 2024 OR
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Venue Grainger Studio, 91 Hindley Street, Adelaide.
Required Works
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C or D Major (first movement exposition only) – unaccompanied
Orchestral excerpts
Orchestral excerpts will be emailed out 2 weeks prior to the assessment date of choice:
Tuesday 3 September OR
Tuesday 12 November
Interested candidates must provide a current CV outlining their suitability for the post. Applications should be made for the attention of Ashley Retter, Orchestra Coordinator and emailed to orchestramanagement@aso.com.au. Application must specify preferred audition date, and whether it will be in person (live), or a recording sent in as per ASO protocols outlined below.
Submitting a Video Recording for Assessment
Whilst attendance at a live casual assessment is the best option, the ASO will accept a video recording. Generally, applicants elect this option if they live overseas or interstate or have performance commitments which conflict with the audition time. It is in the applicant’s best interest to provide a video recording with superior sound recording qualities.
Where an applicant chooses to submit a video recording for audition, the following
requirements apply:
- All material to be recorded in one session.
- All material to be recorded once only with no retakes or editing.
- The recording deadline will generally be 48 hours prior to the specified audition date (i.e. 9.30am on Monday for a 9.30am Wednesday audition). It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that recordings arrive on time. Recordings that arrive late cannot be assessed.
- The recording must be accompanied by a declaration form supplied by the ASO and signed by both the applicant and the recording engineer/ producer stating that:
- the video recording is a true and recent recording of their playing, and
- no editing or re-recording of the musical performance has taken place
- The recording must be done in the following order:
- 1. orchestral excerpts
- 2. set piece/s (as per the advertisement)
- Orchestral excerpts must be played in numerical order and recorded in groups of five excerpts in one continuous take with no editing or re-recording. Each excerpt must be given a separate track listing number as the panel may need to jump from one to another as necessary. The track listing must be provided as a word document or similar file. Auditions without track listings may not be accepted for consideration by the panel.
Each required solo repertoire piece (concerto, recital pieces etc) must be tracked as an entire piece, as if it was being played as a performance (no editing or re-recording & no stopping between movements). Rest breaks in the recording schedule can take place between these pieces.
An applicant may replay a section of the required material in the same take, if dissatisfied, however the original attempt must remain recorded (i.e., no editing).
The applicant is required to send a direct drop box link to their electronic recording
via orchestramanagement@aso.com.au