Omaha Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Assistant principal percussion
Application deadline
May 2, 2017
Audition date
June 20, 2017
Payment
$130.38 per service
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(Posted on April 13, 2017; last updated almost 8 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Solo
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 9
Green—Xylophone Rags
  • Triplets: beginning to trio
Snare drum excerpts
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé Suite
  • Mvt. I, The Birth of Kijé
Prokofiev—Peter and the Wolf
  • 49–51
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. IV
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III
  • Mvt. IV
Sousa—The Stars and Stripes Forever
Xylophone excerpts
Copland—Appalachian Spring
  • 5 after 48 to 4 after 49
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Overture: 4–18
Messiaen—Oiseaux Exotiques
  • 6–7
  • 2 before 18 to 20
  • 26 to 5 after 27
Schuman—Symphony No. 3
  • Toccata: 230–244
Shostakovich—The Golden Age
  • Polka: 6 after 45 to 1 after 46
Stravinsky—Firebird, 1910 version
  • 127–133
Williams—The Cowboys
  • Overture: 34–38
  • Overture: 85–91
Glockenspiel excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Respighi—Pines of Rome
  • Mvt. I
Vibraphone excerpt
Bernstein—Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
  • 620–637
Cymbals excerpts
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to 8 before P
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: H–end
Bass drum excerpt
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: H–end
Bass drum with attached cymbals — excerpts
Rossini—William Tell Overture
  • Allegro vivace: 17 after H to the end
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 124–127
Tambourine excerpts
Dvořák—Carnival Overture
Stravinsky—Petrushka (1947 version)
  • 201 to 3 before 207
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