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Join us as we bring musical enrichment to audiences of all ages in Central Minnesota through Masterworks and Pops concerts, Classics for Kids programs, Senior Outreach Concerts, holiday programs, and chamber music performances.

The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra will hold auditions for all string positions and substitute woodwind and brass players in January.

Woodwind and brass players will audition in front of a committee.

String players will have 2 options for joining the orchestra.

  1. Play an audition consisting of two excerpts, with or without a solo of their choice. Excerpts are available digitally on the SCSO website, from the Personnel Manager, or in hard copy at Johnsons’ Violins in St. Cloud.

OR

  1. Play a concert cycle with the orchestra (sitting with the section principal), during which they will be evaluated by the principal of their section and the conductor.

    Jill Pattock, SCSO Personnel Manager, will schedule and communicate audition times, deliver feedback to the musicians who audition, and will collect contact information from musicians chosen to join the orchestra.

    New members of the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra will receive a digital copy of the Musician Handbook.

Contact SCSO Personnel Manager Jill Pattock at JPattock@stcloudsymphony.com to request excerpts and arrange an audition.

Violin I Excerpts
Violin II Excerpts
Viola Excerpts
Cello Excerpts
Bass Excerpts

Our Season

The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra season begins in October and concludes with the Lemonade Concert in late June. Each year we perform four Masterworks Concerts, two Classics for Kids Concerts, and a Pops Concert, with additional performances added throughout the season.

Rehearsals take place on Monday evenings, with an occasional rehearsal on an alternate evening during the week. Subscription Concert performances are usually on Saturday evenings. All rehearsals and performances are held on the St. Cloud State University Campus in Ritsche Auditorium – Stewart Hall.

Compensation

The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra is a paid orchestra, offering the following pay rates to musicians: 

  • Principal Musicians: $20/Service 
  • Section Musicians: $12/Service

A small mileage stipend is also available per service to those musicians driving more than 30 miles one way.

Eligibility

All musicians must meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States or be able, at their expense, to meet all eligibility requirements no later than the date upon which services would commence. 

The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra provides equal opportunity to participate in and/or benefit from the programs to every person regardless of race, national origin, color, sex, age,  religion, sexual orientation, or disability.

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