Position:
Principal Cello, tenure-track position
Compensation:
- 2025-26 per-service rate: $120.00
- Travel stipend based on mileage and home-stay housing provided for commuting members.
- Typical 45 services per season, scheduled in 1–3-day condensed sets.
Deadline to Apply: Monday, May 5, 2025
Audition Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Dates of Employment: to begin fall of 2025
Who Should Apply?
The YSO is looking for string principals who demonstrate consistent musical excellence, strong leadership skills, and the ability to motivate and unify their section. Successful candidates will be responsible for collaborating with the orchestra librarian and other string principals on bowing preparation. Applicants should exhibit professionalism, reliability, and a commitment to high artistic standards in both rehearsals and performances.
Application Requirements
- A one-page resumé which includes your contact info (name, email address, physical address and phone number), as well as relevant work experience and education. Submit to Personnel Manager Vanessa Moss at musicians@ysomusic.org.
- Applicants must send a refundable deposit for $100 with a check made payable to the Yakima Symphony Orchestra, mailed to: attn. Personnel Manager, 32 N 3rd St., Suite 333, Yakima, WA 98901. Deposit will be returned at audition or if cancellation is made at least 2 days prior to the audition day. Your deposit must be mailed no later than Monday, May 5, 2025 in order to secure an audition time.
- The successful candidate must hold valid U.S. work authorization documents.
- Audition will be held in Yakima, WA.
Click here to download the Audition List and Excerpt Packet
Additional Information
- Typical season runs September through May; 11 concert sets totaling 45 services per season.
- Tenured and tenure-track musicians may be eligible for YSO Teaching Artist positions with El Sistema-based program Yakima Music en Acción.
- The Audition Committee of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to dismiss immediately any candidate not meeting the highest professional standards at these auditions.
- If this seat is won by a current member of the YSO, their seat may be offered to a runner-up.
