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03/23/2026

📯AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT🎻

—Substitute and Extras—

Resumes must be received by APRIL 13TH—Audition slots are limited!

11/29/2025

Please give a warm welcome to our newest member and second flute: 🪈

TYLER MARTIN serves as Second Flute/Piccolo of the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Second Flute of the Houston Ballet Orchestra, and he is Affiliate Professor of Flute at the University of Houston. He has performed with orchestras throughout the United States, including the Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, and San Antonio Philharmonic. He also performs frequently with the Houston Symphony.

Recognized for his artistry as a recitalist and chamber musician, Tyler has appeared with Performing Arts Houston’s New/Now Series, the Context Chamber Music Series, and Musiqa Houston. As a soloist, he has been featured on American Public Media’s nationally broadcast Performance Today and has performed at the National Flute Association’s annual convention in 2020 and 2023. In March 2025, he will premiere a new concerto for flute orchestra entitled Dark Matter—composed by Jaylin Vinson—presented by Performing Arts Houston.

Tyler is a prizewinner of numerous competitions, including the Houston Flute Club, New York Flute Club, Austin Flute Society, Sphinx Organization’s SOPA Competition, and the National Flute Association’s Orchestral Audition Competition. His recent summer engagements include performances with the Gateways Festival Orchestra, Spoleto Festival USA, the National Repertory Orchestra, and Orford Musique.

09/29/2025

Congrats to our newest tenured members - cellists and !! 🎻🎻

08/01/2025

❗️AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT❗️

Second Clarinet of Orchestra 🩰

📄 Resumes due by August 31st
🎼 Auditions held September 30th

07/03/2025

Wishing a wonderful retirement to our longtime harpist, Joan Eidman! We are so lucky to have been graced with her beautiful musicianship over the past 45 years!!

Joan Eidman studied harp with Alice Chalifoux at the Cleveland Institute of Music and in Camden, Maine.

She enjoyed being a versatile orchestral performer for symphony, opera, ballet, and musical theatre for more than 50 years.

She fell in love with the harp hearing her mother play as she went to sleep at night, and when she played a run of The Fantasticks in her 19th summer at a local Houston dinner theater she fell in love with the theater.

June 22, 2025 marked her last performance with Houston Ballet after 45 years. She said, “It has been my honor and my joy to perform with my colleagues for so many generations of dancers. It’s a wonderful thing to devote your life to artistic endeavor.“

06/02/2025

Wishing violinist Karen Wilkson a very happy retirement after 43(!!) years with Houston Ballet Orchestra! We are grateful for all she has done for the organization, serving on countless committees, being a member of HB Guild, and volunteering at events and fundraisers. We are in awe of her dedication to this orchestra, the company, and the music. She has played over 1500 Nutcracker performances! We will miss her infectious smile and joyous laughter 🤍

02/18/2025

⚡️AUDITION ALERT⚡️

Our rescheduled audition for Assistant Principal Viola will be held May 5th, 2025!

🚨 RESUMES DUE MARCH 24TH! 🚨

We look forward to hearing you and having you join us!! 🎻

12/30/2024

We just finished our run of 37 Nutcrackers! We had two sets of proud parents in the orchestra! Pictured first is Mark Holley and Karen Slotter with their daughter, Charlotte. Second is Kana Kimura and Craig Hauschildt with their daughter, Hana. Congrats to both girls on their performances on stage!!

12/16/2024

We are thrilled to welcome Chennie Sung to Houston Ballet Orchestra!
Cellist Chennie Sung is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at Rice University under Brinton Smith, having earned her Master’s degree at Rice and graduating cm laude with a Bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University under Young Sook Yun. She has served as principal cellist for the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, Pohang Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hankyung Philharmonic Orchestra, performed as a substitute with the Houston Symphony, and will soon join the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra’s cello section. A winner of prestigious competitions such as the Bach International Music Competition and The Strad Competition, she made her solo recital debut at Kumho Art Hall in 2012. As an active chamber musician, she has collaborated with musicians from Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society at the LG CMS Concerts and in the Samsung Chamber Music Concert series. Chennie’s participation in festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, Kronberg Music Festival, and Naantali Music Festival allowed her to work with esteemed cellists like Arto Noras and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.

09/19/2024

Audition announcement! Assistant Principal Viola - resume deadline is December 1 🎻

06/15/2024

Not only does this weekend’s performances mark the end of our 23/24 Season, but this is the last weekend with Maestro Ermanno Florio as our Music Director 💔

We cannot begin to describe how thankful we are for his 32 years of service as Music Director and Principal Conductor.

Ermanno, we wish you all the best, and thank you for all you have done for our company, community, and most importantly our orchestra ❤️

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