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Application procedure:
- In the first instance, please send a current Curriculum Vitae (Lebenslauf) and a cassette recording/CD of any 'Classical' repertoire preferably by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert to the following address. Please do not send a recording of music from the 'Romantic' period or of any contemporary composer. The recording need not be made on professional equipment. Please record at least one movement of the works chosen.
All applications should be sent to:
Simon.Pickel — Project Manager
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Allington House
150 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5AE
Tel: +44-20-7630 2900
Fax +44-20-7630 2910
E-mail Simon.Pickel@coeurope.org
- A short-list of candidates is made, and those selected are invited to audition as is mutually convenient. You will be notified of the result of your application and yourtape/CD will be returned to you. It may take some time before we are able to assessyour recording for logistical reasons. Auditions normally take place in Berlin, Frankfurt, Köln, Paris, London and Graz but other venues can be arranged depending on where the orchestra will be performing.
Audition requirements:
- a first movement and cadenza from a Mozart concerto
- a movement of solo Bach
- a first movement and cadenza from a large scale concerto
- orchestral excerpts sent in advance.
Brahms: Symphony No 3
Mozart: Symphonies No 39 and 41
Schubert: Symphony No 2
Prokovief: Symphony No 1
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
R Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye
Brahms: Symphony No 1
JS Bach: St Matthew Passion
- The auditions are judged by the playing members of the orchestra; the members of the violin section and principal players.
- Unsuccessful candidates will be notified by letter as soon as possible after their audition. Regrettably we are not able to advise you of the result immediately after the audition or give any feedback.
Successful auditionees will also be advised by letter after the audition and offered an initial introductory tour with the orchestra as is mutually convenient. If all goes well during this first period of work with COE, you would be offered a trial for membership.
The COE works for roughly 90/110 days per annum divided into approximately ten special projects spread throughout the year. The vacant position of Leader requires a commitment to the COE of between 45-50 days per year. Every member of the orchestra is paid at the same rate - including the leader. Players may live anywhere in Europe. There is no written contract of membership and players are booked on a freelance basis. Pension plans, Health and Instrument Insurance, Personal tax etc are all the responsibility of the individual.
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