First Violin, Chairs 7 & 8 Auditions

Arizona Opera Company; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 3,000 - 5,000; Full time

Job summary

Arizona Opera Company in Phoenix is seeking a First Violin to fill chairs 7 and 8 for the 2026/27 season. Auditions will be held on Sunday, September 20, 2026 at the Arizona Opera Center, with resumes due by Thursday, September 13, 2026.

The 2026/27 season per-service rate is $152.62, plus per diem, travel and hotel stipend per CBA. Audition materials include solo excerpts from Mozart concertos and orchestral excerpts; refer to azopera.org for brackets and specifics.

Qualifications

• Audition for First Violin chairs 7 & 8.
• Solo and orchestral excerpt performance required as listed in audition materials.

Job description

Arizona Opera Orchestra (performing in Phoenix and Tucson, AZ) announces auditions for the following:

First Violin, chairs 7 & 8 (26 svcs*)

Audition date: Sunday, September 20, 2026

Resumes due Thursday, September 13, 2026

Projected number of services for 2026/27 Season

2026/27 Season per service rate*:

• Section Violin: $152.62
• Plus per diem, travel and hotel stipend per CBA. Contact Orchestra Manager for details.

First Violin, Chairs 7 & 8 auditions will take place on Sunday, September 20, 2026 at the Arizona Opera Center. Times will be announced prior.

Audition Materials List

Required excerpts are marked with brackets on azopera.org and at the audition.

Solo

• The 1st movement, exposition only from Mozart's Concerto No. 4 in D major
• OR-
• The 1st movement, exposition only from Mozart's Concerto No. 5 in A major
• AND-
• The 1st movement, exposition only, from your choice of the following concerti: Beethoven, Brahms, Glazunov, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, or Tchaikovsky

Orchestra Excerpts (when divisi, play the top line)

• Leoncavallo – Pagliacci, Act II Scene 2: [122] to 1 bar before [124]
• Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro, Overture: bars 108-171
• Puccini – Tosca, Act III Scene 1: 2 bars after [7] to 7 bars after [8]
• Rossini – La Cenerentola, Act I No.1 Introduzione: bars 9-31, top line
• Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier, Act I: Beginning to [5]
• Verdi – La Traviata, Act I Prelude: Beginning to End of Prelude
• Verdi – Falstaff, Act I Part 1: 8 bars after [13] to [14]
• Wagner – Siegfried, Act III Scene 3: 4 bars before [58] to 5 bars before [59]

Reports To

Orchestra Manager

Job Category

Artistic