Are you interested in joining Orchestra Next for the 2026-27 season?  

Fellowship Program

ON Fellows are students and emerging professionals at various stages of experience. They are musicians who need to get a foot in the door and receive mentorship in a supportive, professional environment. The Fellowship Program is competitive and requires an audition. This year, Orchestra Next will be accepting roughly 35 orchestral musicians for the season.

What will Fellows be involved with over the season?

• Fellows will participate in Orchestra Next’s 26/27 Season which includes:
  • Taming of the Shrew (Farrenc) in October with Eugene Ballet
  • The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) in December with Eugene Ballet
  • A recording project in in March
  • Firebird in April with Eugene Ballet
• Fellows will also be ready to go for productions that come up for ON! 
• Fellows will be paid an honorarium for their work as they were in prior years ($80 per service)

Fellowship Audition Procedure and Requirements

• The audition is open to anyone who is looking for the opportunity to work in a training orchestra.  There are no age restrictions. For more information, please see ON’s DEIAB statement. 
• Please find the appropriate audition excerpts for your instrument below.
• Video record your audition and upload it to YouTube as unlisted (not public or private). Please compile all material into one video. Here is an example as to how you should label your video on YouTube: “Orchestra Next Audition: Trumpet“
• Include the link in the audition form.
• Auditions open (follow the link below) on July, 2026
• Deadline for submissions: 11:59 pm on Sept 25, 2026
• Chosen candidates will be notified about the results of their audition by early October
• Tuition for the ON program is $500, but all Fellows accepted into the program receive a full scholarship
• Questions? email us at orchestranext [at] gmail.com

Orchestra Next 26/27 Application

Audition Excerpts for Fellowship Application

Flute 26/27

1.        Mozart Flute Concerto in G, K. 313
Mvt. I Exposition (mm. 31-91)
2.        Tchaikovsky Nutcracker
Flute 2: Danse des mirlitons, beginning to C (m.43)
3.        Stravinsky Le Oiseu de Feu
Piccolo, Variation de l’Oise de Feu, complete

ON Flute Excerpts 26/27

Oboe 26/27

1. 1. Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major
      • Beginning through downbeat of m. 35
   2. William Grant Still: Incantation and Dance
      • Opening through m. 13
   3. Beach: Symphony in E Minor
      • Oboe 1: Mvt. II, mm. 5- 19
   4. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
      • Oboe 2: Overture, Reh 2 through 4th measure after Rehearsal 3

ON Oboe Excerpts 26/27

English Horn 26/27

1. 1. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
      • Act I, Scene 5: beginning to rehearsal #46
      • Act I, Scene 5: rehearsal #63-64
   2. Jenni Brandon, In the City Night
      • Opening through m. 7
      • Mm. 33 through downbeat of m. 49

ON English Horn Excerpts 26/27

Clarinet 26/27

1. 1. Farrenc: Nonet
      • Mvt IV: mm. 25-36
   2. Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
      • Mvt II: beginning to m. 26
   3. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
      • Overture: mm. 20-24
   4. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
      • No 12a: m. 13 to rehearsal #23
   5. Stravinsky: Petrushka
      • Begin at rehearsal 56 (see attached below)
   6. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
      • Scherzo (see attached below)

(pages 1-3 below)

ON Clarinet Excerpts 26/27

Bass Clarinet 26/27

1. 1. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
      • see attached
   2. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
      • see attached
   3. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcrakcer
      • see attached
   4. Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
      • Mvt III: rehearsal #2 to #3

ON Bass Clarinet Excerpts 26/27

Bassoon 26/27

1. 1. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
      • bracketed excerpts (two)
   2. Farrenc, Symphony #3 (i) Bassoon I [letter K to letter L]
   3. Farrenc, Nonet (ii) [pickup to m 41 to m 60; no repeats]
   4. Farrenc, Symphony #2 (ii) Bassoon I [letter O to 5 after letter P]
   5. Stravinsky, Firebird [reh 112 to reh 113 and reh 129 to reh 133]

ON Bassoon Excerpts 26/27 (updated 7.22)

Horn 26/27

1. 1. Beach: Symphony in E minor
      • Horn 1: Mvt. II, Beginning – m. 4
   2. Stravinsky: Petrushka
      • Horn 1: Russian Dance, Reh 33-34
   3. Stravinsky: Petrushka
      • Horn 1: Danse des Nounous, Reh 91-95
   4. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
      • Low Horn Tutti: Mvt 1 – Reh 17 to 21
   5. Ethyl Smyth: “The Wreckers”
      • Horn 1, Reh. 20 to downbeat of Reh. 23

Trumpet 26/27

1. 1. William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony 
      • Mvt. I,  17mm before 2 through 4 bars after 2
      • Mvt. I, 9th bar of 14 through 15
   2. Stravinsky: Petrushka 1947
      • 2nd trumpet
        • reh. 116-119
        • reh. 156-158
        • reh. 163-167
        • reh. 265-267
          
   3. Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra
      • Mvt I: mm. 216 – 235 (tpt in C)
   4. Debussy: La Mer
      • 2nd trumpet:
        • reh. 26-27
        • 1st cornet:
          • 6 mm. before reh. 58 to 2 before 58
          • reh. 62 to 4 before reh. 63

ON Trumpet Excerpts 26/27

Trombone 26/27

ON Tenor Trombone Excerpts 26/27

Bass Trombone 26/27

Tuba 26/27

1. 1. Mahler: Symphony No. 1
      • Mvt. III Satz: 4 before 3 to 5 after 3
   2. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
      • pick-up to 11 through 5th bar of 12
   3. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
      • Mvt. I: [3] to 2 bars before [6]
   4. Respighi: Fountains of Rome
      • REH 11 to downbeat of REH 14

ON Tuba Excerpts 26/27

Harp 26/27

1. 1. Solo of choice, 2 minutes max.
   2. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
      • Waltz of the Flowers Cadenza
   3. Verdi: Forza del Destino
      • Harp 1: Reh G- H
   4. Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
      • Var. I & Fugue, I to end

ON Harp Excerpts 26/27

Violin 26/27

Viola 26/27

1. 1. Concerto of choice (2min)
   2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
      • Mvt II: Beginning to m. 10
   3. Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream 
      • No. 1: Scherzo: m. 17 – letter D
      • letter E – letter G
   4. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
      • Overture: beginning to letter A (first 16 bars)
   5. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
      • No. 4: beginning to m. 14
   6. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
      • Mother Gigogne and the Clowns: m. 4 – 18 measures after letter A (or m. 36)

Cello 26/27

1. 1. Solo piece excerpt (unaccompanied) – 2 min
   2. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
      • One before rehearsal 15 to rehearsal 16
      • Pickup to twelve before rehearsal 17 to 17
      • Ten before rehearsal 68 to four after 68
      • Rehearsal 69-71 (Pas de deux)
   3. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
      • Scherzo: C-D
      • Scherzo: N-O
   4. Farrenc: Symphony no. 1
      • mm 255-267

Bass 26/27

1. 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
      • Mvt. III: beginning through m. 100
      • Mvt. III: mm. 141- 218 (no repeat)
   2. Mozart: Symphony No. 39
      • As marked, see below
   3. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
      • As marked, see below

ON Bass Excerpts 26/27

Percussion 26/27

1. 1. Marimba or Vibraphone. 1 movement from Bach’s Cello Suites, Violin Sonatas and Partitas or Lute Suite.
   2. Snare. Etude No. 1 from Douze Etudes by Jacques Delecluse

Excerpt PDF available by request

Piano 26/27

1. 1. ~3 minute solo of your choice
   2. Stravinsky: Petrushka
      • Danse russe (rehearsal 33 through the downbeat of rehearsal 39)

ON Piano Excerpts 26/27

Orchestra Next 26/27 Application