Orchestral Immersion

Yes. You must be enrolled full-time in a music performance program (undergraduate or graduate level) for the 2025–26 academic year.

McGill University, Université de Montréal or the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal

No. There is no minimum/maximum age to participate in this project.

No. You are not required to be a Canadian citizen to participate in this project.

All instruments in the symphony orchestra can participate.

• Strings: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp
• Woodwinds: Flute/piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon/contrabassoon
• Brass: Trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba
• Percussion

No. To offer this opportunity to as many students as possible, previous participants are not eligible to apply again.

No, if you have already been hired by the OSM as a supernumerary musician, you are not eligible for this project.

Fill out the registration form available HERE [link to come]

Send your video as a DOWNLOADABLE LINK (OneDrive, GoogleDrive or Dropbox) to the following address education@osm.ca by January 25, 2026 (11:59 pm). *Don’t forget to grant access when sending the link.

• You must record your instrument’s listed excerpts mentioned in the list of orchestral excerpts (in the order listed). [Link to come]
• The excerpts can be recorded in separate takes, but you must edit them into a SINGLE MP4 FILE. You must send us a SINGLE MP4 FILE containing all excerpts.
• Your video should be filmed with a single fixed camera (horizontally if filmed with a phone or tablet) and the musician should take up as much space as possible in the image. The candidate’s face, upper body and hands must be visible at all times.
• You may not talk in the video (your video will be converted to an audio file to ensure the anonymity of the applicants during the selection process).
• Please name your file as follows: Instrument_Surname_Name.mp4

A confirmation email will be sent to you within 3-5 business days.

All applicants will be notified by email at the latest on February 13, 2026 as to whether or not they have been selected.

For any questions, contact us at education@osm.ca.

Good luck to all!

No. Participation in this program is completely free!

No. You may not audition on multiple instruments.

No. Each participant is responsible for obtaining their own sheet music, except for the Shostakovich, which is available thought a link on the registration form.