Seattle Symphony Orchestra
percussion audition
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Audition information
- Position
- Third percussion
- Application deadline
- August 7, 2015
- Audition date
- September 25–28, 2015
- Weeks in season
- 47
- Payment
- $97,400 per year
(Posted on August 6, 2015; last updated over 8 years ago)
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Audition Repertoire
| Snare drum excerpts | |
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| Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra | |
| Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto | |
| Peters—Hard Times IV | |
| Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5 |
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| Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite |
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| Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35 | |
| Xylophone excerpts | |
|---|---|
| Gershwin—Porgy and Bess |
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| Gershwin—An American in Paris | |
| Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon | |
| Kodály—Háry János | |
| Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques |
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| Schuman—Symphony No. 3 | |
| Strauss—Salome |
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| Stravinsky—The Firebird | |
| Bells excerpts | |
|---|---|
| Debussy—La Mer | |
| Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | |
| Glazunov—Violin Concerto | |
| Respighi—Pines of Rome | |
| Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty | |
| Vibes excerpts | |
|---|---|
| Adams—City Noir |
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| Bernstein—West Side Story |
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| Marimba excerpts | |
|---|---|
| Bach—Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996 |
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| Penderecki—Concerto Grosso No. 3 for 3 Cellos and Orchestra | |
| Tambourine excerpts | |
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| Bizet—Carmen |
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| Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes | |
| Chabrier—España | |
| Debussy—Images pour orchestre |
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| Dvořák—Carnival Overture | |
| Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version) | |
| Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker |
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| Cymbals excerpts | |
|---|---|
| Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso | |
| Mozart—The Abduction from the Seraglio | |
| Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2 | |
| Sibelius—Finlandia | |
| Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker |
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| Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet | |
| Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4 | |
| Bass drum excerpts | |
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| Mahler—Symphony No. 3 | |
| Triangle excerpts | |
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| Brahms—Symphony No. 4 | |
| Dvořák—Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2 | |
| Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World” | |
| Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 1 | |
| Timpani excerpts | |
|---|---|
| Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra | |
| Bartók—Violin Concerto No. 2 | |
| Beethoven—Symphony No. 5 | |
| Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125 | |
| Elgar—Enigma Variations | |
| Hanson—The Mystic Trumpeter | |
| Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis | |
| Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543 | |
| Schuman—New England Triptych | |
| Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring | |