The next season’s Audition Information will be distributed announced in early November on this web site, and then your online application will start to be accepted. If you need printed brochure and/or poster, please e-mail your name and postal address and number of copies you would need to audition@pmf.jp with the subject "Request brochure." PMF Organizing Committee would start sending out brochures and/or posters from mid-November.

Audition venue and audition time allocations would be informed to you after passing the deadline date of the city you have applied. If you need to confirm your registration or need to change any item(s) on the application form due to unavoidable reasons, please contact with audition@pmf.jp . If you need to know the audition venue or time for a special reason, such as prior reservation of the airline ticket, you can also write to audition@pmf.jp . Please bear in your mind that audition time slots are served on first-come, first-served basis. The application may close before the deadline, due to number of applications received.

If you could not choose the city where you wished to be auditioned, this might mean that the application for the certain city is closed. You can confirm this by writing an e-mail titled "Cannot Apply" to audition@pmf.jp , but please do not register yourself selecting other city and write to audition@pmf.jp saying that you wish to change your venue. This would arise confusion and we cannot accept your registration.

No other dates/cities are available for the auditions except for those on the list of schedule: http://www.pmf.or.jp/en/participate/schedule/, however the recorded audition is available for those who are unable to take live audition.

You do not need to bring/send your CV. You would need to send your CV if you are applying for the Conducting Academy.

Please write to PMF Organizing Committee, audition@pmf.jp with a title "Cancellation" (FAX: +81-11-242-1687). Please write your name, the program you have applied (for the Orchestra Academy, please also write your instrument), and the registered city.

PMF Organizing Committee cannot send parts/scores due to copyright issue. Please ask your teacher, friend, or search at your conservatory/school libraries, or ask librarian in the orchestra. If you cannot find them, you can speak out to our jury during your live audition.

Please use your own parts/score for the audition. We do not have any work to lend at the audition site. There will be music stand(s) and chair(s) available for your use during the audition. You can also warm up a little at a shared room before the audition.

Consider that the piece said to be "Standard" is the work that is played often in general. If you cannot decide whether or not the piece you have chosen is considered to be "Standard," e-mail to audition@pmf.jp with a name of the work that you intend to play.

Basically, there is no harp at the venue(s). As other instrumentalists, please bring your own harp with you.

Audition is free, but you need to pay yourself the travel and accommodation expenses when you come to the audition.

There is neither tuition fee, nor scholarship when you are being selected as a successful member. PMF Organizing Committee would arrange a return trip between the city where you currently live and Sapporo Japan, and cover all the accommodation and minimum meal expenses during your participation. Special meal arrangement is limited.

The audition results will be posted on this web site (around early March), and you would be notified on your result by e-mail/post/FAX.