Per-service core musician, with chamber music & education/community engagement opportunities.

2025-26 Season: September 11, 2025 – April 26, 2026

• 7 concert cycles total plus additional chamber and education/community engagement opportunities throughout the season; total number of services no fewer than 40 
• Service pay for 2025-26 season for section position is $146
• Paid travel at $0.67 per mile round trip, maximum 500 miles 
• Savannah Philharmonic provides housing with a host during each cycle 

Audition Dates: 

• November 21, 2024 – January 20, 2025:  First Round Online Audition submission window via the Accept’d platform
• January 28, 2025: Applicants notified of first round results
• February 25, 2025: Live Audition in Savannah, GA

First Round:
Interested applicants should submit one unedited video with the following pieces to the Accept’d platform. In addition to the video, applicants are requested to submit a resume with two references and a non-refundable $35 application fee. Repertoire should be performed solo, without piano accompaniment. No editing or sound enhancements of any kind are permitted. The audition video must be shot in one continuous take and include, in this order:

Solo Repertoire:

• Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Mvt. I, Exposition only

First Clarinet Excerpts:

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Mvt. I, 2 before K to 18 after K
• Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Mvt. II, beg. to B
• Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, beg. to B
• Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Mvt. I m. 1-32, Mvt. III 5 after E to 6 after G

Second Clarinet Excerpt:

• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Mvt. V, 5 after 62 to 14 after 62

Live Round:

Applicants who advance into the Live Audition in Savannah will be asked to prepare all first round repertoire plus:

Solo Repertoire:

• Libby Larsen: Dancing Solo for solo clarinet, pg. 7, “In ten slow circles”

First Clarinet Excerpts:

• Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Mvt. II, m. 4 to B
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Mvt. I, A to B, C to the end, Mvt. III, 11 after K to the end

Second Clarinet Excerpts:

• Mendelssohn-Hensel: Overture in C Major, m. 186-208
• Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, beg. to 9 before B
• Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), m. 206-217
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Mvt. I, 4 after F to 8 after H
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. I, beg. to Allegro con anima

A PDF of the audition packet repertoire can be accessed here. Technical questions regarding submission via the Accept’d platform can be directed to their online support. All other questions can be directed to Sharon Mays, Artistic Manager, at [email protected].