Detroit Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal timpani percussion
Application deadline
March 4, 2016
Audition date
April 17 through May 23, 2016
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(Posted on December 2, 2015; last updated almost 9 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Timpani excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. IV: 42–50
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
  • Mvt. I: 421–end
Beethoven—Symphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I: 513–end
  • Mvt. II: F–H
Brahms—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. IV: 375–end
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation M
Hindemith—Symphonic Metamorphosis
  • Turandot: S–end
Mahler—Symphony No. 7
  • Mvt. V: 223–224
Mozart—Symphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I: 1–21
Schuman—New England Triptych
  • Mvt. I: 1–13
Sibelius—Finlandia
  • E–I
Strauss—Burleske
  • 1–20
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 189–end
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I: 4 before T to V
Williams—Star Wars
  • Main title
Second timpani excerpts
Bernstein—On the Waterfront
  • 3–7
Holst—The Planets
  • Jupiter
Nielsen—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 1035–1109
Marimba solo
Bach—Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996
  • Allemande
Snare drum repertoire
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 4 after 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Opening
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Beginning to 1
  • 7 to 6 before 8
  • 10–end
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 26–30
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • 230–244
Stravinsky—The Firebird
Glockenspiel excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Mozart—The Magic Flute
Respighi—Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
  • Waltz
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–577
  • 620–637
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Chabrier—España
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
Cymbals excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Bass drum excerpts
Britten—The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  • Variation M
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Danse de la terre: 72 to 6 after 78
Possible sight-reading
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