Midland-Odessa Symphony percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Section percussion
Application deadline
October 21, 2016
Audition date
November 4, 2016
Payment
$65 per service
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(Posted on August 16, 2016; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 1
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • The Birth of Kijé
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
  • Mvt. II: 98–end
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
Gershwin—An American in Paris
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
Kodály—Háry János
Stravinsky—The Firebird
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. III
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Mozart—The Magic Flute
Respighi—Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Dance of the Snow Maidens
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen
  • Aragonaise
  • Danse Bohème
Chabrier—España
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Danse Arabe
  • Mother Ginger
  • Trepak
Cymbals excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Triangle excerpts
Brahms—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. III
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
  • Mvt. III
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker
  • Overture
  • Waltz of the Flowers
Bass drum excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1–4
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV
Marimba—select from the J. S. Bach violin sonatas and partitas
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