Stockton Symphony Fellowship Training Program — Fellowship

The Fellowship Training Program is a one-year place with the Stockton Symphony, a professional orchestra based in Stockton, California, for violinists building an orchestral career. Two section violin fellowships are offered per cycle. Fellows rehearse and perform with the orchestra across the concert season.

Around the playing, the orchestra adds coaching from a principal player, mentoring from music director Peter Jaffe, critiques from stand partners, and mock auditions with Stockton Symphony musicians. The work is paid at $125.11 per service. The Sphinx Organization lists the program in its fellowship directory.

Benefits & funding

Paid $125.11 per service, with travel reimbursed up to $54.40 per service.
The program page calls $125.11 the orchestra’s section rate; the orchestra’s audition page lists the section rate as $140 per service.
Up to 36 services across the concert season, with at least 80 percent attendance required.
Four two-hour coaching sessions with a principal player.
Three mentoring sessions with music director Peter Jaffe.
Critiques from stand partners and access to Stockton Symphony players for mock auditions.

Eligibility

Violinists currently pursuing or already holding an undergraduate degree in music performance.
Applicants who intend to pursue an orchestral career on violin.
Availability for evening rehearsals (7:45–10:15 pm), weekend concerts, and occasional daytime services scheduled with the project manager.
No nationality, residency, age, or gender requirement is stated.
The orchestra strongly encourages applicants from racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, or geographic backgrounds underrepresented in the orchestra; this is an encouragement, not a bar.

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Application process

1
Download the audition repertoire list and music linked from the program page.
2
Prepare the listed excerpts for the section violin fellowship audition.
3
Submit the application by the cycle deadline; the program page currently shows placeholder text where the form belongs.
4
Email fellowship@stocktonsymphony.org (project manager Sara Marsh) to confirm the live cycle’s form and dates.

Program timeline

Application deadline of the most recently posted cycle.
Feb 1, 2025
Sep 2026 – May 2027
Stockton Symphony 2026–27 concert season, ten main concerts.
Not published
audition dates, decisions, and the opening of the next fellowship cycle.