Thank you for your interest in Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong. At Pro Arte, you will be able to play music that you have longed for.

Get into a community that has excellent track record of academic and career development. 

Pro Arte’s musicians have been accepted into professional orchestras across four continents, including London Symphony Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and many others in Asia and Hong Kong. Thanks to the support of a number of reputable music schools, our musicians have been admitted to The Juilliard School, the Indiana University Jacob School of Music, Royal Academy of Music (UK), Royal College of Music and Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris (France) in multiple years. Pro Arte’s members have also performed extensively overseas at music festivals such as the renowned Tanglewood Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, The Pacific Music Festival and Youtube Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Grammy Award-winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. Covering a wide range of nationalities, our musicians come from Korea, the United States, Italy, Japan, Canada, and Hong Kong.

Receive pre-professional training in professional engagements.   Many of our alumni are already playing with professional orchestras as principal or tutti players in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia (in countries such as Japan and China). Selected experienced players in Pro Arte also get chances to represent the Orchestra in professional engagements like accompanying the famous IL DIVO operatic quartet, and numerous inter-institutional concerts as soloists or chamber musicians.

Extend musical knowledge, instrumental proficiency and repertoire.   Under the guidance of our Music Director, guest conductors and coaches, musicians in Pro Arte get to walk through repertoire that are of significance, learning the meaning and significance of such works and tackle specific problems of each piece. This provides a paradigm that is essential for personal and musical success. No wonder Pro Arte alumni are everywhere in significant music schools and professional orchestra worldwide!

Audition Brochure
Before you proceed with the application, please read the audition brochure carefully (with details of the audition requirements) to make sure that you understand the objectives of our orchestra, you may download the audition brochure at this link .

Audition Eligibility
ABRSM Grade 8 or equivalent

Application and Audition Fees
All applications are reviewed on a rolling basis (ie the orchestra will stop taking audition application as long as all orchestra positions are filled up. So it is to the applicant’s advantage to apply and schedule an audition with us as early as possible).

Audition Fee: HK$150 (non-refundable)
Application Deadline: 24 September 2023 - First Round

Second Round - for Strings (Violins, Cellos) and Bassoons ONLY - as long as vacancies are filled
Audition places are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Please deposit the audition fee into following account (Bank of China) -
Account No.: 01269700035761
Account Name: Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong Limited

and send the bank deposit record to personnel@paohk.com

Alternatively, online payment can also be made via PayMe, by scanning a QR code near the end of the online application form, or by credit card via Paypal.

Audition music for the orchestral excerpts will be emailed to the candidates with confirmed appointments.

First round auditions are held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (our rehearsal venue). Second round auditions are mostly held at Ko Shan Theatre.

Before proceeding to the Online Application Form by clicking "Next" below, please see the application checklist:
1. Application Form fully completed (after reading our audition brochure)
2. A Photo of the Applicant (Please send to personnel@paohk.com, indicating the name of the applicant)
3. Non-refundable audition fee (HK$150) by bank deposit or via PayMe