Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Third percussion
Application deadline
August 22, 2016
Audition date
August 28, 2016
Payment
$65.50 per service
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(Posted on July 11, 2016; last updated almost 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo of your choice
Snare drum excerpts
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé: 13 to 5 after 14
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–E
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to 15 before O
  • Mvt. IV: P–R
Tambourine excerpts
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1 to 4 before C
Glockenspiel excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 4 after 17 to 4 after 19
  • 22–24
Xylophone excerpts
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1 to 4 before B
Cymbals excerpts
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Mvt. III: 32 to 13 after 32
Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to 7 before P
Bass drum excerpts
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • Danse de la terre: 72 to the end
Timpani excerpts
Beethoven—Symphony No. 1
  • Mvt. III
Possible sight-reading
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