New Haven Symphony Orchestra percussion audition

Audition information
Position
Principal percussion
Application deadline
August 4, 2017
Audition date
September 10, 2017
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(Posted on June 7, 2017; last updated over 6 years ago)

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Audition Repertoire
Snare drum excerpts
Delécluse—Twelve Etudes for Snare Drum
  • Etude No. 1
Prokofiev—Lieutenant Kijé
  • Mvt. I: 1–2
Ravel—Boléro
Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade, Op. 35
  • Mvt. III: D–E
  • Mvt. IV: 4 before N to 19 after N
  • Mvt. IV: P–R
Xylophone excerpts
Bartók—Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
  • Mvt. III: opening
  • Mvt. IV: 173 to 3 after 181
Gershwin—Porgy and Bess
  • Opening
Hindemith—Kammermusik No. 1
  • Mvt. I: 17 to 3 after 44
  • Finale: 37 to 4 after 152
Glockenspiel excerpts
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • 4 after 17 to 3 after 19
  • 22–24
Glazunov—Violin Concerto
  • 46–53
Tchaikovsky—Sleeping Beauty
  • Waltz: 14 after 6 to 9
Tambourine excerpts
Bizet—Carmen
  • Aragonaise
Chabrier—España
  • L–M
Triangle excerpts
Rimsky-Korsakov—Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
  • Mvt. V: V to 5 after Y
Cymbals excerpts
Tchaikovsky—Romeo and Juliet
  • 2 before O to 5 after O
Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4
  • Mvt. IV: 273–end
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