Charlotte Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
November 1, 2016
Audition date
February 5–7, 2017
Weeks in season
37
Payment
$1,285.93 per week
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(Posted on May 3, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
One of the following marimba solos
Bach—Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
  • Fugue: 1–55
Bach—Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996
  • Gigue
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II: 1–9
Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5
  • Mvt. II: 37–40
  • Mvt. IV: 111–end
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–3
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Ravel—Boléro
  • 1 to 18 after 2
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–G
  • Mvt. IV: P–R
  • Mvt. IV: S–U
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: Beginning to 10 after L
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 200
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 73–79
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. III: 1–5
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 5 after 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—An American in Paris
  • 4 to 5 after 6
  • 6 after 20 to 22
  • 5 after 32 to 6 after 36
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Opening
Hayman—Pops Hoedown
  • 1 before 22 to 24
Kabalevsky—Colas Breugnon
  • Overture: 9–12
  • Overture: 36 to 12 after 36
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • 230–244
Stravinsky—The Firebird
  • 46–48
  • 127–133
  • 146–149
Williams—The Cowboys
  • Overture: 34–38
  • Overture: 85–91
Glockenspiel excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 17–20
  • 22–27
  • 40–end
Mozart—The Magic Flute
  • Act I, No. 8
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • 8 to 16 after 9
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Waltz of the Snowflakes
Williams—Harry Potter
  • Harry’s Wondrous World
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 581–589
  • 620–637
  • 701–705
Williams—Catch Me If You Can
  • Mvt. I, “Escapades”
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Aragonaise: 1 to 8 before C
Chabrier—España
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1–C
  • T–end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 3 after 201 to 1 after 206
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Trepak: 6 after C to the end
  • Danse Arabe
Cymbals excerpts
Mozart—The Abduction from the Seraglio
  • Overture
Mussorgsky—Night on Bald Mountain
  • S to 9 before T
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to 12 before 33
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 1–B
  • Mvt. IV: H–end
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to 7 before P
Bass drum excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1 to 2 after 2
  • Mvt. I: 13 to 1 after 14
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Ending
Triangle excerpts
Bizet—Carmen
  • Danse Bohème
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III: I–end
Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 1
  • 15 before F to F
Possible sight-reading
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