Cincinnati Orchestra vacancy??
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:43 am
I was looking on the CSO's website and saw that the tuba position was vacant. Anyone know if it has been filled and if so who got the gig?
No formal announcement has been made regarding auditions for the The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Principal Tuba position, thus they have not held national auditons and thus there has been no "winner."
They are filling the position, on a (currently) temporary basis with very fine "guest principals" or "acting principal" tubists. These people are usually identified and hired by the personnel manager/contractor and other brass players, with some input from management and the music director. Those players may end up at the audition or not, may be advanced directly to the finals or not (depending on the CSO's auditon procedures spelled out in their contract), may be appointed to the position permanently or not.
Major orchestra contracts require that the Music Director be present (and serving on the audition committee) before auditions can commence and a vacancy can be filled. In this particular instance, the position will likely remain officially "vacant" this season and the next one, two, or even 3 seasons since Music Director Paavo Jarvi is departing and it often takes that long to select a new Music Director and work through scheduling issues. Additionally, Cincinnati is working through a difficult period with the Cincinnati Pops, as Maestro Kunzel passed away about a year ago and a successor is yet to be named.
Any further comment on the tuba position would be nothing but pure speculation on my part.