Opera Philadelphia percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Second percussion
Application deadline
February 1, 2017
Audition date
February 14, 2017
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(Posted on January 8, 2017; last updated over 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
One of the following marimba solos
Bach—Partita No. 1 in B minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1002
  • Bourée
Bach—Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
  • Fugue: 1–55
Bach—Partita No. 3 in E major for violin, BWV 1006
  • Gavotte en rondeau
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Xylophone excerpts
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture
  • Act I, Scene 2: 212
  • Act II, Scene 1: 108
Humperdinck—Hänsel und Gretel
  • Act III, scene 3: 5 after 169 to 176
Shostakovich—Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
  • Act III, scene 6: 379
Strauss—Salome
  • Dance of the Seven Veils: D
Glockenspiel excerpts
Delibes—Lakme
  • Bell Song
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 12 before 18 to 4 after 19
  • 22–24
  • 52–53
Puccini—Turandot
  • Act II: 30
  • Act III: 10
Saint-Saëns—Samson and Delilah
  • Act III, scene 3
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 620–631
Higdon—Cold Mountain
  • Act II: 558–568
Snare drum excerpts
Britten—Peter Grimes
  • Act III, scene 1: 36
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • The Birth of Kijé: 1–2
  • The Birth of Kijé: 13–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D
  • Mvt. IV: P–R
Rossini—La Gazza Ladra
  • Overture: 1 to 3 before A
Verdi—Nabucco
  • Sinfonia: 24–48
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen
  • Act II, No. 11: 11 to 5 after 20
  • Entr’acte IV
Britten—Peter Grimes
  • Act I, interlude 2: 61
Triangle excerpts
Bizet—Carmen
  • Overture: 1
  • Act II, No. 11: 16
  • Act IV, No. 25: 53
Bass drum excerpts
Britten—Billy Budd
  • Act III, scene 4: 20
Verdi—La Forza del Destino
  • Overture: P
Cymbals excerpts
Mascagni—Cavalleria Rusticana
  • Finale: final 12 measures
Mozart—The Abduction from the Seraglio
  • Overture
Verdi—La Forza del Destino
  • Overture: P
Verdi—Aida
  • Act I, No. 1: HA–HC
Bass drum/cymbal attachment excerpt
Stravinsky—Petrushka
  • Third part: 4 before 125 to 5 after 126
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