@CarsonGale is auditioning for the Symphony--will he get in???
Extending the market through early 2024 and will likely extend again until the actual audition happens--keep us apprised, @CarsonGale !
For context, it is a volunteer audition orchestra in the Bay Area. They let one play with the orchestra for a few weeks prior to auditioning. The section leader of the 2nd violins said that he would pick a few excerpts from the music for me to play along with potentially some unaccompanied Bach (which I do have on hand).
My subjective experience is that most everyone in the orchestra is a better player than I am, but at least in the back of the 2nd violins it is not to a mind-blowing degree.
It's not clear to me how many "seats" they have open and how many players are auditioning for these seats.