Toronto Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
April 4, 2016
Audition date
May 2, 2016
Weeks in season
43
Payment
$85,126.24 per year
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(Posted on March 15, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Any solo on any instrument
Snare drum
Nielsen—Clarinet Concerto
  • 3–4
  • 16–18
  • 28–33
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
  • The Burial of Kijé: 54–55
Ravel—Alborada del Grazioso
  • 26–27
  • 33–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D
  • Mvt. III: E
  • Mvt. III: F
  • Mvt. III: G
  • Mvt. IV: 1 before C to D
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to O
  • Mvt. IV: P
  • Mvt. IV: Q
  • Mvt. IV: T–U
  • Mvt. IV: 15 after W to the end
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 5 after 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 4–18
Gershwin—An American in Paris
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 26–30
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Shostakovich—Cello Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 100–101
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 3 after 46 to 48
  • 127–133
Vibes
Adams—City Noir
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 567–607
  • 620–655
Glockenspiel
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 4 after 17 to 3 before 20
  • 22–24
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I: Finale
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 15 before 3
  • Mvt. I: 13 after 7 to the end
Cymbals
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse des Mirlitons: C to 10 before E
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • E–F
  • 22 before U to 13 before U
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 11 after G to the end
Bass drum
Prokofiev—Romeo and Juliet
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 124–127
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Danse de la terre: 72–75
  • Danse de la terre: 196–end
Tambourine
Adams—Short Ride in a Fast Machine
  • 82–122
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 7 before C
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème: 3 before D to 2 after F
Chabrier—España
  • L–M
  • 9 after O to the end
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1 to 4 before C
  • Q–S
  • 8 before U to the end
Bongos, Congas, and Timbales—Latin improvisation
Multi percussion
Stravinsky—L’historie du soldat
  • Royal March
  • Tango
  • Triumphal March of the Devil
Drum set
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
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