Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
April 21, 2017
Audition date
June 9–10, 2017
Weeks in season
40
Payment
$60,219.20 per year
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(Posted on March 23, 2017; last updated about 7 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
A four-mallet marimba Bach solo of the candidate’s choice
Snare drum solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 1
Snare drum excerpts
Bartók—Concerto for Orchestra
  • Mvt. II
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • Mvt. II
  • Mvt. V: 54–55
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: 1–P
  • Mvt. V: V–end
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV: B–U
Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
Xylophone excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. III: 1–6
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 48–end
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 1–18
Hindemith—Kammermusik No. 1
  • Finale
Kodály—Háry János Suite
  • Mvt. VI
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–245
Glockenspiel excerpts
Debussy—La Mer
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Respighi—Pines of Rome
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
  • Waltz
Vibraphone excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 268–276
  • 567–607
  • 620–637
  • 688–705
Cymbals excerpts
Dvořák—Scherzo capriccioso
  • L–end
Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
Bass drum excerpts
Mahler—Symphony No. 3
  • Mvt. I: 1–5
  • Mvt. I: 32–33
  • Mvt. I: 56–60
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 124–134
Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
  • 72–79
  • 189–end
Tambourine excerpts
Britten—Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
  • Mvt. IV: 10–11
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201–207
Triangle excerpts
Dvořák—Symphony No. 9, “New World”
Liszt—Piano Concerto No. 1
Drum set excerpts
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 656–705
Possible sight-reading
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