Los Angeles Philharmonic
percussion audition
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Audition information
- Position
- Principal percussion
- Application deadline
- March 28, 2016
- Audition date
- May 16–31, 2016
(Posted on February 3, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)
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Audition Repertoire
| Marimba solo | |
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| Bach—Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996 |
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| Snare drum solo | |
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| Delécluse—Test-Claire | |
| Snare drum excerpts | |
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| Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra | |
| Kodály—Háry János | |
| Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto | |
| Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé | |
| Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5 | |
| Ravel—Boléro | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35 | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 | |
| Schuman—Symphony No. 3 | |
| Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10 | |
| Xylophone excerpts | |
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| Copland—Appalachian Spring | |
| Gershwin—An American in Paris | |
| Gershwin—Porgy and Bess |
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| Kodály—Háry János | |
| Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques | |
| Schuman—Symphony No. 3 | |
| Shostakovich—Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District | |
| Stravinsky—The Firebird | |
| Glockenspiel excerpts | |
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| Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | |
| Glazunov—Violin Concerto | |
| Kodály—Háry János | |
| Respighi—Pines of Rome | |
| Respighi—Roman Festivals | |
| Salonen—Wing on Wing | |
| Marimba excerpts | |
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| Salonen—Piano concerto | |
| Vibraphone excerpts | |
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| Adams—City Noir | |
| Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story | |
| Williams—Escapades | |
| Cymbals excerpts | |
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| Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain | |
| Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2 | |
| Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever | |
| Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet | |
| Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4 | |
| Bass drum excerpts | |
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| Mahler—Symphony No. 3 | |
| Prokofiev—Symphony No. 3 | |
| Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring | |
| Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version) | |
| Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4 | |
| Tambourine excerpts | |
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| Borodin—Polovtsian Dances | |
| Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes | |
| Chabrier—España | |
| Dvořák—Carnival Overture | |
| Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version) | |
| Triangle excerpts | |
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| Bizet—Carmen |
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| Brahms—Symphony No. 4 | |
| Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World” | |
| Snare drum excerpt to be played with members of the percussion section | |
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| Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 |
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| Excerpt for bass drum and/or cymbals to be played with members of the percussion section | |
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| Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4 | |