How to Actually Win Your Next Double Bass Auditions

Let's be honest, double bass auditions are a special kind of torture that only we truly understand. You spend months locked in a practice room, obsessing over three measures of Mozart until you can't even remember what music is supposed to sound like, just to stand behind a screen and play for ten minutes. It's a wild process, but if you want to land a seat in a professional orchestra, it's the only way through the door. ...

February 22, 2026 · 6 min · Marisela Mccafferty