49 active percussion opportunities are currently published on Cadenza across 4 categories — orchestra auditions, competitions, summer festivals, conservatory admissions, grants, calls for scores, freelance gigs, and U.S. military band positions. New listings are added daily from organizations worldwide. Browsing is free; deadline alerts and saved-listing tracking require a free account. The next deadline closes on August 14, 2026.
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North Carolina Symphony·UNITED STATES
North Carolina Symphony is recruiting: Acting Assistant Principal Percussion. Audition: 2026-11-01. Full conditions and the application rou…
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra·UNITED STATES
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra is recruiting: Section Percussion. Audition: 2026-08-30. Full conditions and the application route are publi…
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra·Bloomington, UNITED STATES
Audition for the volunteer Bloomington Symphony Orchestra as Principal Percussion or Associate Principal Timpani. First‑round video submiss…
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra·Amsterdam, NL🇳🇱
Permanent solo percussion position (1 vacancy) with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Auditions will be held on 19, 20 and 21 October 2026…
Haydn Foundation of Bolzano and Trento·Bolzano, ITALY
Audition for Percussion instruments with mandatory keyboard instruments
The Global Conservatory·Remote, Worldwide
TGC seeks percussion faculty covering orchestral percussion, timpani, mallets, and audition-excerpt coaching. THE ROLE, PLAINLY: this is p…
The Global Conservatory·Remote, Worldwide
Forty instruments, one player. Percussionists need teachers fluent in all of them. YOUR STUDIO Teach snare technique and rudimental founda…
Lansing Symphony Orchestra·UNITED STATES
Lansing Symphony Orchestra is recruiting: Section Percussion. Audition: 2026-09-10. Full conditions and the application route are published…
Sarasota Orchestra·UNITED STATES
Sarasota Orchestra is recruiting: Section Percussion. Audition: 2026-09-18. Full conditions and the application route are published by the…
Swedish Chamber Orchestra·Örebro, SWEDEN
Swedish Chamber Orchestra is recruiting: Timpani / Percussion, based in Örebro, Sweden. Audition: 2026-09-30. Full conditions and the appli…
Opera Australia·Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Opera Australia Orchestra is recruiting: Principal Timpani, based in Sydney, Australia. Audition: 2026-09-11. Full conditions and the appli…
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck·Lübeck, GERMANY
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck is recruiting: Schlagzeug (Akademie), based in Lübeck, Germany. Full conditions and the ap…
San Francisco Symphony·UNITED STATES
San Diego Symphony is recruiting: Substitute Timpani. Audition: 2026-10-22. Full conditions and the application route are published by the…
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia·Rome, ITALY
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is recruiting: Principal Timpani, based in Rome, Italy. Full conditions and the application route are…
Rockford Symphony Orchestra·UNITED STATES
Rockford Symphony Orchestra is recruiting: Percussion Section B. Audition: 2027-02-10. Full conditions and the application route are publis…
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest·Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest is recruiting: Percussion (Orchestra Academy), based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Audition: 2027-03-30. Full…
Allentown Symphony Orchestra·UNITED STATES
Allentown Symphony Orchestra is recruiting: Section Percussion. Full conditions and the application route are published by the ensemble — s…
WDR Sinfonieorchester·Köln, GERMANY
WDR Sinfonieorchester is recruiting: Solopauke mit Nebeninstrument Schlagzeug, based in Köln, Germany. Full conditions and the application…
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra·UNITED STATES
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra is recruiting: Principal Percussion / Associate Principal Timpani. Audition: 2026-08-30. Full conditions and…
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden·Dresden, GERMANY
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden is recruiting: Solo-Pauke, based in Dresden, Germany. Probespiel / audition: 2027-02-18. Full conditions a…
Euskadiko Orkestra - Basque National Orchestra·Donostia-San Sebastián, ES🇪🇸
Audition May 19, 2026 at 09:30 (Europe/Madrid)
Louisville Orchestra·UNITED STATES
Louisville Orchestra is recruiting: Principal Percussion. Audition: 2026-10-04. Full conditions and the application route are published by…
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck·Lübeck, GERMANY
Das Philharmonische Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck vergibt zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Akademieplätze in den Instrumentengruppen (m/w/d)
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra·Winnipeg, CANADA
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is recruiting: Principal Timpani, based in Winnipeg, Canada. Audition: 2026-09-22. Full conditions and the appl…
Royal Opera House·London, UNITED KINGDOM
Royal Air Force Music Services is recruiting: Musician – Percussion, based in London, United Kingdom. Full conditions and the application r…
Bremer Philharmoniker·Bremen, GERMANY
Bremer Philharmoniker is recruiting: Stellv. Solopauke mit Verpflichtung zum Schlagzeug, based in Bremen, Germany. Full conditions and the…
Fondazione Haydn Stiftung·Bolzano, ITALY
Fondazione Haydn Stiftung is recruiting: Percussion, based in Bolzano, Italy. Audition: 2026-09-21. Full conditions and the application rou…
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest·Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest is recruiting: Solo Percussion, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Audition: 2026-10-19. Full conditions and t…
Pilsen Philharmonic·Pilsen, CZECH REPUBLIC
Pilsen Philharmonic is recruiting: Percussion Section Leader, based in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Full conditions and the application route ar…
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra·Stavanger, NORWAY
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra is recruiting: Principal Timpani with tutti percussion duties, based in Stavanger, Norway. Key date: 2026-09-1…
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano·Milan, ITALY
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano is recruiting: Principal Timpani, based in Milan, Italy. Audition: 2026-09-02. Full conditions and the applic…
Greek National Opera·Kallithea, GR🇬🇷
The Greek National Opera Orchestra announces an audition for a - Percussion (Subprincipal – 4th Category) on March 2026. Exact audition dat…
Orchestra della Toscana·Florence, ITALY
Orchestra della Toscana is recruiting: Timpani, based in Florence, Italy. Audition: 2026-09-09. Full conditions and the application route a…
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