To apply for the 2026 Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra, please click the link below, fill in the application form and submit to us. We look forward to hearing from you.

Auditions

Conductor - Thomas Hull 

Leader - Ruth Rogers

Wind - Anthony Robb

Brass - Oliver Preece

Operations - Jessica May 

Auditions

Auditions will be held in February 2026 in  London, Birmingham, Wales and Manchester (and Scotland if enough applications are received).

We will only accept video submissions from overseas applicants.

Dates of auditions will be published in November 2025

Audition requirements

Orchestral excerpts  will be distributed to all candidates in December.

In addition to excerpts, candidates are asked to bring a performance piece from the list below which we prefer to hear  played unaccompanied.  In all cases, the cadenza is appreciated, but not mandatory.

Violin - First movement from any Mozart Violin Concerto.

Viola - Any suitable concerto movement or solo piece

Cello - Any suitable concerto movement or solo piece

Double Bass - Any suitable concerto movement or solo piece

Flute - First movement from any Mozart Flute Concerto

Oboe - First movement from the Mozart Oboe Concerto

Clarinet - First movement from the Mozart Clarinet Concerto

Bassoon - First movement from the Mozart Bassoon Concerto

Horn - First movement from any Mozart Horn Concerto

Trumpet - Any suitable concerto movement or solo piece

Trombone - Any suitable concerto movement or solo piece

Availability

Candidates should be available from 17th - 23rd May 2026 to spend the full week in Chipping Campden. Bed and Breakfast with local hosts is included and we provide supper on the concert days.

Successful candidates will be notified by the beginning of March 2026.

We offer a bursary of £450 to each successful candidate for the week.

We aim to notify unsuccessful candidates by the end of March 2026. Feedback on auditions will be available on request. 

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