ERSO is recruiting for a new, highly experienced Principal Horn.
ERSO is one of London’s leading and longest established amateur orchestras, playing to a very high standard. Our Principal Conductor Christopher Stark is best known as co-founder and Principal Conductor of the RPS Award-winning Multi-Story Orchestra with whom he made his critically acclaimed BBC Proms debut in 2016. We have a highly experienced professional leader, John Crawford, a Professor at Trinity Laban and former member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and our string sections are led by talented young professionals.
We rehearse on Sundays in Camden and present a series of five concerts each year, always on Sundays, which combine high quality performance with an approachable style of presentation. Recent and imminent repertoire includes Debussy La Mer; Brahms 4; Schubert 9; Sibelius 6; Walton 1; Shostakovich 10 and Ravel’s L’Heure Espagnol.
ERSO has a long history working with children and emerging professional musicians. Two events each year are dedicated to working with Camden children and our ERSO Talent Programme provides multiple opportunities for young professionals each season.
Our ideal candidate is an excellent, enthusiastic, experienced musician who would be interested in being part of our team of wind principals for at least a couple of years. The role also involves leading and developing a strong and stable horn section. As we are an amateur orchestra this is an unpaid role.
The schedule can be accessed to give an idea of our rehearsal pattern: Rehearsal schedule – ERSO
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As this is such a critical role for the orchestra, we plan to create a shortlist of really strong, keen players who will then each have a chance to spend some time in the role so that we can find the right fit for this position.
If you are interested please send us a short CV highlighting relevant orchestral experience to ersoinfo@gmail.com
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