PRINCIPAL HARP
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
2026-27 Per Service Compensation:
Principal: $187.59
Approximately 35-60 Services per season
RESUMES MUST BE EMAILED NO LATER THAN April 27, 2026
Musicians also receive a generous
Per Diem ($35.98 to $90.09 per day based on RT mileage)
Single-occupancy hotel room provided
To apply, please email a one-page résumé to:
tom@harrisburgsymphony.org
Repertoire and deposit information will be sent upon receipt of résumé.
Repertoire will not be given over the phone but will be posted on the website.
harrisburgsymphony.org
HARP AUDITION REPERTOIRE
1. Solos:
Choose 1 from the following:
-Debussy Danses – Danse Profane – 9th bar after 4 to the End
-Ravel Introduction Allegro – Cadenza to the End
2. Required solo for Final Round – Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto – Letter B – Letter E to be played with the principal flute
3. Orchestral excerpts:
Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra
I. Introduzione – Measure 155-198
IV. Intermezzo Interrotto – Measure 43 with pickup – Measure 59
V. Finale – Measure 96 – 112; Measure 344-356
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique – Mvt. II: Complete
Britten – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Variation I – harp cadenza
Fugue – Letter I to J
14th bar after M (con stancio) to the End
Bruch Scottish Fantasy
Mov. I – Adagio Cantabile – entire Mvt.
Mov. IV – Finale – Letter E to K
Mahler – Symphony No. 5 – Mvt IV, – Rehearsal 3 to the end
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio espagnol
Mvt. IV – Cadenza
Mvt. V – Fandango – Letter H to V
Strauss – Don Juan
Letter L – N
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
Waltz of the Flowers – Beginning to the end of the cadenza
Pas de deux – Andante Maestoso – entire
Verdi – La Forza Del Destino – Letter G – H
Williams – Adventures on Earth from “E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)”
Measure 216 – 223
Measure 274 – 305 (count and stay in tempo during measures rest)
