Billings Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
April 4, 2017
Audition date
April 23, 2017
Payment
$80 per service
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(Posted on March 1, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
An optional two-minute excerpt from a solo of the player’s choice
Glockenspiel excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 4 after 17 to 4 after 19
  • 22–24
Castanets excerpt
Tchaikovsky—Nutcracker Suite
  • No. 12, Le Chocolat: 3–5
Bells excerpts
Tchaikovsky—Nutcracker Suite
  • No. 9, Valse de Flocons de Neige: E to 16 after E
  • No. 9, Valse de Flocons de Neige: G to 16 after G
Bass drum excerpts
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • 1–8
  • 16 after 12 to the end
Cymbals excerpts
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • “solo”–end
Tambourine excerpts
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
  • 1 to 4 after B
  • 17 after K to 26 after K
  • 4 before U to the end
Triangle excerpts
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. IV: 9 after W to X
Snare drum excerpts
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Leggiero: 143–165
  • Leggiero: 190–199
Field drum excerpts
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
  • 49 to 7 after 50
Xylophone excerpts
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka: 6 after 45 to 1 after 46
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