The Hershey Symphony is a volunteer orchestra dedicated to bringing musical excellence to the Central Pennsylvania area.
We are reinstituting an Audition Day as a result of the amount of interest in joining the Hershey Symphony Orchestra. Auditions for our upcoming season will be August 24, 2025, at the Hershey Free Church from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
While we have no official openings in our wind or brass sections, we encourage you to audition and get on our sub list. We frequently have opportunities throughout our season.
Our string and percussion sections, while also filled, DO have opportunities for us to add more players!
If you are a keyboardist or harpist, please contact the Music Director, Mr. Greg Woodbridge at greg.woodbridge@hersheysymphony.org for audition materials.
Audition Procedure:
- Sign up for a time HERE.
- Prepare the following:
- A solo or excerpt of your choice, not to exceed 2 minutes. Start and end anywhere you like.
- The excerpt provided below, taken from Shostakovich’s Festive Overture. (Click on the measure numbers next to each instrument name.) Prepare the spots listed and marked on the excerpt. Please print your own copy or download on a device as none will be provided.
- Show up!
- Allow yourself plenty of time to arrive, find our friendly greeter who will show you to the warm-up room and then escort you to the audition room when it’s your time.
- Play for the Music Director and a committee of your peers in a non-threatening, welcoming audition to demonstrate your skills.
Festive Overture–Dmitri Shostakovich
Instrument: Rehearsal Numbers
Piccolo: 6 before 19-24
Flute: 5-6; 10-12; 32-end
Oboe: 10-13; 22-26
Clarinet: 2-6; 10-13; 22-26
Bassoon:11-14; 24-26
Horn: 13-14; 6-11
Trumpet: Beg. to 4; 23-26
Trombone: 11-13; 23-25
Bass Trombone: 11-13; 24-26
Tuba: Beg. to 4; 11-13
Percussion: complete perc excerpts NOT from Shostakovich
Violin 1: 21-25
Violin 2: 21-25
Viola: 24-30
Cello: 11-14
Bass: 25-30
Piano: email greg.woodbridge@hersheysymphony.org to request
Harp: email greg.woodbridge@hersheysymphony.org to request
The Hershey Symphony is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination. Please refer to our full statement here.