Symphoria percussion audition


Audition information

Position
Second percussion
Application deadline
April 25, 2016
Audition date
May 24, 2016
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(Posted on April 7, 2016; last updated about 8 years ago)


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Audition Repertoire
Snare drum repertoire
BartókConcerto for Orchestra
DelécluseTwelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 1
ProkofievLieutenant Kijé Suite
RavelBoléro
Rimsky-KorsakovCapriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Rimsky-KorsakovScheherazade, Op. 35
SousaThe Stars and Stripes Forever
Glockenspiel repertoire
DebussyLa Mer
DukasThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice
MozartThe Magic Flute
RespighiPines of Rome
Xylophone repertoire
CoplandAppalachian Spring
GershwinAn American in Paris
GershwinPorgy and Bess
KabalevskyColas Breugnon
ShostakovichThe Golden Age
  • Polka
StravinskyFirebird Suite
Vibraphone repertoire
BernsteinWest Side Story
SchullerSeven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
  • “Little Blue Devil”
The candidate’s choice of one 2-mallet and one 4-mallet solo (maximum of 3 minutes for each)
Bass drum repertoire
BerliozSymphonie fantastique
MahlerSymphony No. 3
StravinskyThe Rite of Spring
Cymbals repertoire
MussorgskyNight on Bald Mountain
RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2
TchaikovskyRomeo and Juliet
TchaikovskySymphony No. 4
Tambourine repertoire
BizetCarmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise
BizetCarmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème
DvořákCarnival Overture
StravinskyPetrushka (1947 version)
Triangle repertoire
BizetCarmen Suite No. 2
  • Danse Bohème
BrahmsSymphony No. 4
LisztPiano Concerto No. 1
Castanets repertoire
ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 3
Saint-SaënsSamson and Delilah
  • Danse Bacchanale
Timpani repertoire
BartókConcerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. IV
  • Mvt. V
BeethovenSymphony No. 9, “Choral,” Op. 125
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. II
BrahmsSymphony No. 1
  • Mvt. I
  • Mvt. IV
ElgarEnigma Variations
  • Variation VII, “Troyte”
HindemithSymphonic Metamorphosis
MozartSymphony No. 39, K. 543
  • Mvt. I
TchaikovskySymphony No. 4
  • Mvt. I
Drum set repertoire
CusterDuke Ellington: A Medley for Orchestra
Possible sight-reading
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