Open Positions:
Principal Horn
Principal Second Violin

Date: April 27, 2025
Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 23
Location: All auditions will take place at the FIM Dort Music Center (DMC) 1025 East Kearsley Street, Flint MI 48503.  Click here to view on Google Maps.

The FIM Flint Symphony Orchestra (FSO) announces auditions for the following tenure-track positions, beginning fall 2025:

Principal Horn

34 guaranteed services
Audition Date: Sunday, April 27 @ 6:00 pm
Download: FSO Principal Horn Audition Packet
If a position is won by a current member of the FSO, the resulting vacancy may be offered to a runner up.

Principal Second Violin

34 guaranteed services
Audition Date: Sunday, April 27 @ 2:00 pm
Download: FSO Principal Second Violin Audition Packet
Runners up may be offered a section position.

Email correspondence will be coming from auditions@thefim

Accepting a Position with the Flint Symphony Orchestra:

Under the existing contract, the FIM Flint Symphony Orchestra section player per-service rate is $98.15, and the principal player per-service rate is $114.00. Those rates are subject to change as the FSO is currently undergoing contract negotiations.

For musicians traveling from Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Lansing/East Lansing shall receive a travel allowance of $20.00 per service.

About the FIM FSO

The Flint Institute of Music (FIM) Flint Symphony Orchestra (FSO) is a program of FIM. The FIM FSO is a professional, per-service, union orchestra made up of 76 contracted musicians performing under the baton of Maestro Enrique Diemecke, Music Director and Conductor. The FIM FSO performs 1-2 concerts per month on average. A typical FSO season includes six classical concerts, a Holiday Pops concert, Nutcracker performances with dancers from the FIM Flint School of Performing Arts, a music to picture concert and/or pops concert and more. Our main performance venue is at the James H Whiting Auditorium.

The Flint Institute of Music and its programmatic entities provide equal opportunity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Audition Questions:

With audition questions, please email: auditions@thefim.org and include which instrument you are auditioning for in the Subject line. In the body of the email, please list your name, instrument, and preferred contact information.