Principal Double Bass - The Lohja City Orchestra

The Lohja City Orchestra is looking for a principal double bass from 1 August 2022. The position is a permanent employment relationship.

The Lohja City Orchestra is looking for a principal double bass from 1 August 2022. The position is a permanent employment relationship.

 

As the principal double bass, your versatile job description includes playing in small compositions as well as in a symphonette and a symphony orchestra. You are responsible for the leading of your musical instrument group, the string techniques and the development of your musical instrument group. The position also includes giving double bass lessons 5 hours weekly at the Länsi-Uudenmaan musiikkiopisto music college. Teaching experience is considered an advantage.

 

The audition will be held on Monday 23 May 2022 at 10 am in Laurentius Hall, Kirkkokatu 6, Lohja.

 

Audition assignments

• The first and second part, including cadences, of one of the following: Dittersdorf: Double bass concerto no. 2 or Vanhal: Double bass concerto

• The first and second part of one of the following: Bottesini: Double bass concerto no. 2 or Koussevitzky: Double bass concerto

• Orchestra and chamber music assignments to be announced after the application period.

 

Please note that the audition pieces must be performed using an instrument tuned for an orchestra.

In addition, applicants should be prepared to give a short demonstration of teaching and an interview.

 

An invitation to audition and the orchestra and chamber music assignments will be sent by 2 May 2022 based on the applications.

 

The application must indicate the applicant's contact details, studies, work experience and whether the applicant will use the orchestra's pianist or their own accompanist for the audition. In addition, a short description of your interaction skills is requested for the application.

 

The salary is EUR 2516.32, according to KVTES. A trial period of six (6) months shall be observed in the fulfilment of the position. The selected person must present a certificate of their state of health at the Lohja office of Keski-Uudenmaan Työterveys Oy occupational health centre. An extract from the criminal record must also be presented in accordance with the Act on checking the criminal background of persons working with children (504/2002).

 

For more information on the assignments and auditions, please contact Intendant Heidi Ketola by email at heidi.ketola@lohja.fi or by telephone at +358 44 374 1464. Available from 10 February to 18 February and 28 February to 29 April 2022.

 

Lohja is a vibrant city of culture that is less than an hour's drive away from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Versatile services, beautiful nature with lakes and eskers, and a lively sports and cultural life together form a vibrant and prosperous city.

 

Founded in 1964, the Lohja City Orchestra is a dynamic semi-professional orchestra of 12 permanent musicians, which can be expanded with freelance musicians into a chamber or symphony orchestra. The artistic director of the orchestra is Jukka Untamala and the concert master Tero Latvala.