NHK Symphony Orchestra,Tokyo ~Recruitment (principal trumpet)~

1. Screening dates:

1) Screening by submitted documents:

Applicants should submit documents specified below by Monday, July 6th, 2015.

2) 1st Audition (1st and 2nd screening by section)

Saturday August 22 or Monday September 7 / Starting at 10:00 a.m.

If you have date preference, please specify it when submitting your document.

Pieces to play : set piece and orchestra study

Pieces to play : Orchestra excerpts only

3) 2nd Audition (decided by the whole orchestra) (Date, time and pieces to be announced.)

2. Place of audition:NHK Symphony Orchestra, Takanawa Studio (2-16-49, Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo

3. Audition repertoire: Set repertoire : Joseph Haydn : Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe- I

All movements without cadenza (to be performed on b flat trumpet)

Arthur Honegger : Intrada (to be performed on C trumpet)

Orchestra excerpts : Successful applicants of the document screening will be notified.

4. Please note:

1) For the 1st audition, the NHK Symphony Orchestra shall arrange a piano accompanist.

For the 2nd audition, a piano accompanist should be arranged by the applicant.

2) Those who pass the document screening will be notified about the audition date/time

by Saturday, July 25, 2015. No telephone inquiries will be accepted.

3) Those who pass the 1st audition will be notified by Saturday, September 12, 2015, and will be eligible to

take the 2nd audition.

4) All individual expenses for the audition shall be borne by applicant.

5) Submitted documents (rsum and letter of recommendation) are non-returnable.

* After the screening and auditions, submitted documents by all applicants except those of a successful

applicant shall be shredded and disposed with caution.

5. How to apply

1) Rsum - including your name and current address, date of birth, nationality, contact details (mobile phone

number and email address where you can be reached during the daytime), history of study (names of teachers

studied under), professional career, awards received, as well as your reason for applying for the audition, health

condition, and a recent photo.

2) A letter of recommendation (no format is specified, but it should be written after June 9, 2015. If you submit a

hand-written letter in a language other than Japanese, please attach a typed version.)

6. For inquiry, please contact:nsoaudition-inquiry@nhkso.or.jp

7. Send to by post to : NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Attn : Audition Section

2-16-49 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 108-0074

by email to : nsoaudition-inquiry@nhkso.or.jp